arpeggio

See also: arpeggiò

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ɑɹˈpɛ.dʒi.oʊ/

Noun

arpeggio (plural arpeggios or arpeggi)

(music) The notes of a chord played individually instead of simultaneously, usually moving from lowest to highest.
- 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 14, in Crime out of Mind‎:
  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 (zh) (páyīn), 琵音 (píyīn)
Finnish: arpeggio (fi), murtosointu
French: arpège (fr) m
German: Arpeggio (de) n
Irish: airpéitse f

Italian: arpeggio (it) m
Japanese: 琵音 (ja) (びおん, bion), アルペッジョ (arupejjo)
Portuguese: arpejo (pt) m
Russian: арпе́джио (ru) n (arpédžio), арпе́джио (ru) n (arpɛ́džio)
Spanish: arpegio (es) m
Turkish: arpej (tr)

See also

broken chord

Anagrams

geropiga

Italian

Etymology

From the verb arpeggiare, from arpa.

Noun

arpeggio m (plural arpeggi)

arpeggio

Verb

arpeggio

first-person singular present indicative of arpeggiare

Anagrams

Portuguese

Noun

arpeggio m (plural arpeggios)

(uncommon) Alternative form of arpejo

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