arpeggio

See also arpeggiò

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From the Italian arpeggiare (“to play a harp”).

Noun

arpeggio (plural arpeggios)

1. (music) The notes of a chord played individually instead of simultaneously, usually moving from lowest to highest.
   • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 14, Crime out of Mind^[1]:

     He struck the opening chords of the passage; but this time Irene's voice was silent. Victor stopped in the middle of an arpeggio.

Translations

notes of a chord played individually

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 琶音 (cmn) (páyīn)

• Irish: airpéitse (ga) f
• Italian: arpeggio (it) m

• Russian: арпеджио (ru) (arpédžio, arpɛ́džio) n (indeclinable)
• Spanish: arpegio (es) m
• Turkish: arpej (tr)

See also

• broken chord

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Italian

Noun

arpeggio m (plural arpeggi)

1. arpeggio

Verb

arpeggio

1. first-person singular present indicative of arpeggiare

Anagrams

• pareggio, pareggiò
• peggiora
• piaggerò
• poggerai
• poggiare