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arpeggio

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8 lettersPronunciation /ɑɹˈpɛ.d͡ʒi.oʊ/Part of speech nounSorted aeggioprStarts with AEnds with O0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously

Word origin

Borrowed from Italian arpeggio, from arpeggiare (“to play a harp”).

Used in a sentence

  • He struck the opening chords of the passage; but this time Irene's voice was silent. Victor stopped in the middle of an arpeggio.
  • […] I could see a man with his head buried forward towards a key-board, and his body swaying from side to side amid the storm of huge arpeggioed harmonies that came crashing overhead and round.
  • […] having finished her piano-forte practice, touched her harp twice, and arpeggioed the Spanish Fandango on her guitar, Miss Betty read two paragraphs of “Gilbert” […]

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