Arpeggio

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  • noun. The sounding of the tones of a chord in rapid succession rather than simultaneously.
  • noun. A chord played or sung in this manner.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The notes of a chord played individually instead of simultaneously, usually moving from lowest to highest.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously
  • Word Usage
    "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."
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