noun
definition
The notes of a chord played individually instead of simultaneously, usually moving from lowest to highest.
Examples of arpeggios in a Sentence
The first (Très lent) opens with a flute and clarinet theme answered by the strings followed by harp arpeggios.
Love the way Eno can paint a picture with music, descending arpeggios, rather reminiscent of autumn leaves.
With gentle guitar arpeggios and a vocal showcase for Grace, this performance was greeted with a " pin-drop " intimacy.
In other places the piano provides a foil to the bassoon, with sparkling arpeggios in a high register.
Sometimes just framing a song in a series of unhurried guitar arpeggios.
The instrument sounds weave a color texture with runs, arpeggios and syncopated chords.
Moreover, the opening theme is formed of slow arpeggios; and the more modern harmonic elements, though technically chromatic, consist, from the modern point of view, rather in swift changes between nearly related keys than in chromatic blurring of the main key.
It also lends itself nicely to arpeggios for this very reason.
The chord progressions used in arpeggios can be easily molded.
Go for it - arpeggios give players the freedom to experiment while still giving them a form.
Unpronounceable.com offers a downloadable program that can display bass chords, scales, notes and common arpeggios.
Knowing first the four basic types of chords (major, minor, augmented and diminished) will show you how to create arpeggios out of chords and give the bass player some important knowledge.
You can also play the arpeggios of these chords.