arpeggione

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian arpeggio + -one.

Noun

arpeggione (plural arpeggiones)

1. A six-stringed musical instrument of the 19th century, fretted and tuned like a guitar but bowed like a cello, and held vertically between the knees.
   • 2007 February 1, Bernard Holland, “Schubert Whispers, Grieg Booms”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Whether it is better on the original arpeggione, I am helpless to say.

Synonyms

• bowed guitar
• guitar cello

Derived terms

• arpeggionist

Translations

instrument

• French: arpeggione (fr) m

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

References

• 2014. All Things String. Jo Nardolillo. Pg. 5.