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ar⋅peg⋅gi⋅o

[ahr-pej-ee-oh, -pej-oh]

–noun, plural -gi⋅os. Music.

1.	the sounding of the notes of a chord in rapid succession instead of simultaneously.

2.	a chord thus sounded.

Also called broken chord.

Origin:
1735–45; < It: lit., a harping, n. deriv. of arpeggi(are) to play on the harp (< Gmc; cf. OE hearpi(g)an to harp)

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ar·peg·gi·o (är-pěj'ē-ō', -pěj'ō) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. ar·peg·gi·os

The sounding of the tones of a chord in rapid succession rather than simultaneously.
A chord played or sung in this manner.

[Italian, from arpeggiare, to play the harp, from arpa, harp, of Germanic origin; see harp.]

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arpeggio

1742, from It., from arpeggiare "to play upon the harp," from arpa "harp."

arpeggio
noun
a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously

Arpeggio

Ar*peg"gio\, n. [It., fr. arpeggiare to play on the harp, fr. arpa harp.] (Mus.) The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played.

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