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He’s a singer in a cantina whispering songs of lament to the heartbroken backed by muted trumpets and arpeggioed guitars when a gray-haired gentleman asks him to stop.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2021

Not one firm, clanging chord could he extort; all were more or less arpeggioed, and as for climax—there was none.

From Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques by Huneker, James