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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
arpeggiate .
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Examples
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"Window Seat," which at first recalls the arpeggiated melody of Ms. Badu's 1997 debut single,
NYT > Home Page By THE NEW YORK TIMES 2010
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"Window Seat," which at first recalls the arpeggiated melody of Ms. Badu's 1997 debut single,
NYT > Home Page By THE NEW YORK TIMES 2010
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They "arpeggiated" chords -- rolling the notes rather than depressing them all at once -- or "dislocated" occasional melodic notes by sounding them slightly ahead or behind the beat.
What Music Has Lost James F. Penrose 2008
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Sweeping chords, which Joachim always played with the utmost breadth, are 'arpeggiated' in Moser's edition!
Violin Mastery Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers Frederick Herman Martens 1903
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Although both musicians played with virtuosic speed and accuracy, Marais's "Plainte" was the highlight of this one-hour recital, a whispering thread of melody from the viol accompanied by gentle arpeggiated chords on the theorbo, making the lament an intense, personal cry of anguish.
PERFORMING ARTS 2011
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Summer's multi-tracked voice floats over a kick drum, an arpeggiated bassline and sumptuous synths, with Giorgio Moroder's sublime production at the heart of this record.
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"Dead hearts are everywhere," Millan and fellow Stars vocalist Torquil Campbell purr together atop piano and arpeggiated guitar chords in the album's opener ( "Dead Hearts").
Kristi York Wooten: Fixed on Stars' Paradoxical Pop Kristi York Wooten 2010
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Summer's multi-tracked voice floats over a kick drum, an arpeggiated bassline and sumptuous synths, with Giorgio Moroder's sublime production at the heart of this record.
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"Dead hearts are everywhere," Millan and fellow Stars vocalist Torquil Campbell purr together atop piano and arpeggiated guitar chords in the album's opener ( "Dead Hearts").
Kristi York Wooten: Fixed on Stars' Paradoxical Pop Kristi York Wooten 2010
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"Dead hearts are everywhere," Millan and fellow Stars vocalist Torquil Campbell purr together atop piano and arpeggiated guitar chords in the album's opener ( "Dead Hearts").
Kristi York Wooten: Fixed on Stars' Paradoxical Pop Kristi York Wooten 2010
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