arpeggio
Sign in to savethumb|A series of arpeggios in J. S. Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" [[File:Bach Arpeggio.mid|400x400px]] thumb|"The Star-Spangled Banner" opens with an arpeggio.[[File:The Star-Spangled Banner arpeggio.mid]] thumb|upright=2|Arpeggios open Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" and continue as accompaniment[[File:Beethoven piano sonata 14 mvmt 1 bar 1-4.mid|500x500px]]
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- Uses
- Bell chord
- See also
- References
- Further reading
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thumb|A series of arpeggios in J. S. Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" [[File:Bach Arpeggio.mid|400x400px]] thumb|"The Star-Spangled Banner" opens with an arpeggio.[[File:The Star-Spangled Banner arpeggio.mid]] thumb|upright=2|Arpeggios open Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" and continue as accompaniment[[File:Beethoven piano sonata 14 mvmt 1 bar 1-4.mid|500x500px]]
An arpeggio (, plural arpeggios or arpeggi) is a type of chord in which the notes that compose a chord are individually sounded in a progressive rising or descending order. Arpeggios on keyboard instruments may be called rolled chords.