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arpeggio

[ahr-pej-ee-oh, -pej-oh] / ɑrˈpɛdʒ iˌoʊ, -ˈpɛdʒ oʊ /
NOUN
flourish
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She came up with a swirling arpeggio effect, which Britell turned into a motif for the “memory of trauma.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2022

Co-orchestrator Todd Sickafoose responded to that flourish with one of his own, embellishing Mitchell’s score with a propulsive violin arpeggio in tune with the scene’s growing grandeur.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2021

The actress LaChanze belts a bridge on the roof of the Steinway & Sons factory in Queens, where the pianist Chloe Flower delivers a soaring arpeggio as the sun sets over the city.

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2021

DaBaby and Ricch’s “Rockstar,” Billboard’s official 2020 Song of Summer, was the most bewitching of the bunch, built out of a moody guitar arpeggio gentle enough for a country record.

From Slate • May 1, 2021

It crackles, and a stormy arpeggio from the final movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata bursts forth.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti



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