arpeggiate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]arpeggiate (third-person singular simple present arpeggiates, present participle arpeggiating, simple past and past participle arpeggiated)
- (music, transitive) To play (a chord) as an arpeggio.
- 2007 January 12, Ben Ratliff, “High-Toned Scats and Purrs by a Low-Profile Jazz Singer”, in New York Times[1]:
- […] Mr. Keezer arpeggiated chords a little flashily, but justifiably so; […] .
- (music, of the notes of a chord) To represent separately on a score.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to play (a chord) as an arpeggio
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Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]arpeggiate
- inflection of arpeggiare:
Etymology 2
[edit]Participle
[edit]arpeggiate f pl