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  • The word arpeggio (plural arpeggi) is a derivation of the

    Music Notation and Terminology Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928

  • Mark Hambourg's book is called _How to Play the Piano_ and the text is helped with practical illustrations and diagrams and a complete compendium of five-finger exercises, scales, arpeggi, thirds and octaves as practised by Hambourg.

    When Winter Comes to Main Street Grant Martin Overton 1908

  • She took her violin, and putting it under her arm, plucked arpeggi sharply.

    The Nebuly Coat John Meade Falkner 1895

  • How delighted I shall be to hear you again, and to rock myself as in a hammock to the sound of your arpeggi.

    Letters Liszt, Franz 1893

  • I confess it: yet muffle your cymbals, moderate your arpeggi, for the sake of your historian!

    Social Life in the Insect World Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

  • The album title refers to the practice of virtuosic ornamentation of melodies through the use of agile runs, scales and arpeggi.

    News & Features from Minnesota Public Radio 2009

  • The album title refers to the practice of virtuosic ornamentation of melodies through the use of agile runs, scales and arpeggi.

    News & Features from Minnesota Public Radio 2009

  • The album title refers to the practice of virtuosic ornamentation of melodies through the use of agile runs, scales and arpeggi.

    News & Features from Minnesota Public Radio 2009

  • The album title refers to the practice of virtuosic ornamentation of melodies through the use of agile runs, scales and arpeggi.

    News & Features from Minnesota Public Radio 2009

  • There's a delicate art at play in the placement of pitches, from the use of motives in a sequence to the deployment of broad leaps and arpeggi. (10 mins.)

    Netvouz - new bookmarks 2008

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