Arpeggio 601 Words You Need to Know
/ɑːˈpedʒ.i.əʊ/ (noun)
Definition
(in music) the successive playing of the notes or tones of a musical chord, the tones or notes of a chord in rapid succession, series of notes in chord
Example
An arpeggio is a type of broken chord, in which the notes that compose a chord are played or sung in a rising or descending order. An arpeggio may also span more than one octave.
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