arpeggio
noun
the sounding of the notes of a chord in rapid succession instead of simultaneously.
arpeggiated
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a word derived from
arpeggio.
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a word form of
arpeggiate.
arpeggiateverb (used with object)to sound the notes of (a chord) in succession.
Example Sentences
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Reviews of “People Watching” have nearly universally invoked Bruce Springsteen, and the critics aren’t wrong: With its gauzy keyboards and arpeggiated electric guitar, “Crumbling Empire” has some undeniable “I’m On Fire” energy.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025
A flute, hazy and lightly arpeggiated, introduced melody to the mix, which grew richer: percussion in the familiar falling interval of bird song in classical music, and harmonic runs in the strings.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2022
Sondheim's tight, episodic rhyming lyrics, and twisting, arpeggiated, complicated music reveals so many intricacies about the life of a woman, particularly a woman of the theatre:
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2021
Wuorinen’s complaints against the commercial sheen of minimalism were certainly cranky, but they also proved eerily prescient: Every other ad on TV now features some form of aggressively arpeggiated piano or productive-sounding marimba.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2020
Presently, a flowing melody in the bass begins against a pianissimo, arpeggiated accompaniment in the right hand, with a very charming and thoroughly pianistic effect, and the praeludium is carried through on this motive.
From The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations by W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock) Mathews
