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arpeggio

[ahr-pej-ee-oh, -pej-oh] / ɑrˈpɛdʒ iˌoʊ, -ˈpɛdʒ oʊ /
NOUN
flourish
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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