Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The sounding of the tones of a chord in rapid succession rather than simultaneously.
- noun A chord played or sung in this manner.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The sounding of the notes of an instrumental chord in rapid succession, either upward or (rarely) downward, as in harp-playing, instead of simultaneously.
- noun A chord thus sounded; a broken chord. Sometimes written harpeggio.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mus.) The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun music The notes of a chord played individually instead of simultaneously, usually moving from lowest to highest.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Cut one over the other, so that each animal's arpeggio is mapped to appropriate newscasters and personalities (I want the duck's music mapped the Bush, I do!) and release it online.
Boing Boing: December 15, 2002 - December 21, 2002 Archives 2002
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The word arpeggio (plural arpeggi) is a derivation of the
Music Notation and Terminology Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928
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He came up with a very beautiful, odd, staccato kind of arpeggio thing, melting into a wistful resolve.
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After a few opening bars in "arpeggio" a vibrant voice resounded, the tones of which appeared to stir the Provencal to the depths of his being.
The Lesser Bourgeoisie Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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And how do you distinguish that from the typical arpeggio which is written out in, say, eighth notes (or as Bach did with the Well-Tempered Clavier Prelude #1, sixteenth notes)?
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] JDWpianist 2010
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And how do you distinguish that from the typical arpeggio which is written out in, say, eighth notes (or as Bach did with the Well-Tempered Clavier Prelude #1, sixteenth notes)?
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And how do you distinguish that from the typical arpeggio which is written out in, say, eighth notes (or as Bach did with the Well-Tempered Clavier Prelude #1, sixteenth notes)?
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] JDWpianist 2010
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And how do you distinguish that from the typical arpeggio which is written out in, say, eighth notes (or as Bach did with the Well-Tempered Clavier Prelude #1, sixteenth notes)?
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Ed Poor 2010
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And how do you distinguish that from the typical arpeggio which is written out in, say, eighth notes (or as Bach did with the Well-Tempered Clavier Prelude #1, sixteenth notes)?
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And how do you distinguish that from the typical arpeggio which is written out in, say, eighth notes (or as Bach did with the Well-Tempered Clavier Prelude #1, sixteenth notes)?
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] JDWpianist 2010
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