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UK
/ɑːpˈɛɡɪˌəʊ/
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NOUN
- a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously
How To Use arpeggio In A Sentence
- The loops are very simple: lush melodies backed by atmospheric arpeggio countermelodies.
- Essentially it's a series of arpeggios phrased in two groups of three and one group of two eighth-notes per bar.
- Dog took one last look then played a little arpeggio on the keyboard and the screen went blank. THE ONLY GAME
- As the first song played, I pressed different buttons on the joystick and keyboard and heard notes, chords, cadenzas, arpeggios, and even special effects typical of the piano.
- The data base from which the app chooses arpeggios is a linked bifurcated system where the computer "knows" which upper structures are consonant with which lower structures so the chords can move in leap-frog fashion: top notes can remain when lower notes change or vice versa because the moves are guaranteed to make harmonic sense. Joseph Vella: Jazz, Math, Tech & Lyle Mays
- The following sections deal with four issues particularly relevant to small-handed players: legato playing; fortissimo playing; playing octaves, large chords, and arpeggios; and fingering.
- The song was difficult to perform, with complicated pizzicato parts and arpeggios, requiring swift and flexible movements.
- This basic introduction also excludes triads and arpeggios.
- In the ground-breaking ensemble pieces 1898 and Kantrimiusik, familiar scales and arpeggios are combined with oompah rhythms and the emancipation of the consonance was complete.
- The arpeggione, or guitar d' amour, was a six-stringed instrument, fretted and tuned like a guitar, but played like the ‘cello, held between the knees and bowed.