Arpeggio
(Ar-PED-ji-oe)


[It.]

Playing the notes of a chord consecutively (harp style). A broken chord in which the individual notes are sounded one after the other instead of simultaneously.

Arpeggio
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SUGGESTED LISTENING EXAMPLES:

Bach, J.S.: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C major, BWV 846, Prelude
W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank -- Disc 2, Track 65
Couperin: Second livre de clavecin, "Les barricades misterieuses"
W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank -- Disc 2, Track 60
Scarlatti: Sonata in E major, K. 20, "Capriccio"
W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank -- Disc 2, Track 64
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