He struck the opening chords of the passage; but this time Irene's voice was silent. Victor stopped in the middle of an arpeggio.
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Arpeggio
//ɑɹˈpɛ.d͡ʒi.oʊ//
Synonyms for "arpeggio" (4 found)
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29 translations across 20 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- arpeggio noun (notes of a chord played individually)
Catalan
2 entries- arpegi noun (notes of a chord played individually)
- arpegiar verb (to play as an arpeggio)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 琵音 noun (notes of a chord played individually)
- 琶音 noun (notes of a chord played individually)
Danish
1 entries- arpeggio noun (notes of a chord played individually)
Esperanto
1 entries- arpeĝo noun (notes of a chord played individually)
Finnish
2 entries- arpeggio noun (notes of a chord played individually)
- murtosointu noun (notes of a chord played individually)
French
2 entries- arpège noun (notes of a chord played individually)
- arpéger verb (to play as an arpeggio)
Galician
1 entries- arpexo noun (notes of a chord played individually)
German
1 entries- Arpeggio noun (notes of a chord played individually)
Irish
1 entries- airpéitse noun (notes of a chord played individually)
Italian
2 entries- arpeggio noun (notes of a chord played individually)
- arpeggiare verb (to play as an arpeggio)
Japanese
2 entries- アルペッジョ noun (notes of a chord played individually)
- 琵音 noun (notes of a chord played individually)
Kazakh
1 entries- арпеджио noun (notes of a chord played individually)
Macedonian
1 entries- арпежо noun (notes of a chord played individually)
Māori
1 entries- rauoro noun (notes of a chord played individually)
Polish
1 entries- arpeggio noun (notes of a chord played individually)
Portuguese
2 entries- arpejo noun (notes of a chord played individually)
- arpejar verb (to play as an arpeggio)
Russian
2 entries- арпе́джио noun (notes of a chord played individually)
- арпе́джио noun (notes of a chord played individually)
Spanish
2 entries- arpegio noun (notes of a chord played individually)
- arpegiar verb (to play as an arpeggio)
Turkish
1 entries- arpej noun (notes of a chord played individually)
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1819, Abraham Rees (ed.), The Cyclopædia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Volume 14, entry “Fingering on Keyed Instruments,” In practising quick passages, the fingers should be lifted up with a spring, and not allowed to hang on the keys, till wanted again, unless in arpeggioing chords, or in passages of expression.
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[…] I could see a man with his head buried forward towards a key-board, and his body swaying from side to side amid the storm of huge arpeggioed harmonies that came crashing overhead and round.
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[…] having finished her piano-forte practice, touched her harp twice, and arpeggioed the Spanish Fandango on her guitar, Miss Betty read two paragraphs of “Gilbert” […]
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