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arpeggio
[ ahr-pej-ee-oh, -pej-oh ]
noun
- the sounding of the notes of a chord in rapid succession instead of simultaneously.
- a chord thus sounded.
arpeggio
/ ɑːˈpɛdʒɪəʊ /
noun
- a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously
- an ascending and descending figuration used in practising the piano, voice, etc
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Other Words From
- ar·peggi·ated ar·peggi·oed adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of arpeggio1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of arpeggio1
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Example Sentences
We started with some scales and arpeggios, and then I had a book of sonatinas that I’d bought when I got the piano, and we decided to work from there.
It is doubtful whether even the forms most peculiar to him (such as the arpeggio-prelude) are of his invention.
Begin by making the class sing them in arpeggio, and in a definite rhythm, so as to get precision.
He gloats a while over the Second's gloomy outlook, and yawns in that irritating arpeggio, the foretaste of a good sound sleep.
In a large number of his themes the arpeggio predominates, and always with a special interest and a special personality.
All this had been the merest muted arpeggio accompaniment to the steady practical advance of her housekeeper's mind.
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