arpeggio
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When he first joined the Chorus, it was common to see choral members practicing their arpeggios while gripping their IV poles.
From Los Angeles Times
She came up with a swirling arpeggio effect, which Britell turned into a motif for the “memory of trauma.”
From Los Angeles Times
Her lyrics start by listing what she’s not — someone’s mother, keeper, debt collector, puppeteer, rag doll — in a diaphanous tangle of acoustic-guitar arpeggios.
From New York Times
It’s a dirge about inevitable, existential loneliness, set to slow, bare-bones arpeggios and funereal drum thuds, and Mercury’s voice expands it to arena scale as he moves between confidential croon and balcony-rattling rasp.
From New York Times
Perky synthesizer arpeggios, a confident guitar line and a broad-shouldered drumbeat promise something cheerful.
From New York Times
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