Describing music or a chord that has been played in the arpeggio style, with notes sounded in rapid succession rather than simultaneously.
From arpeggio + -ated (suffix indicating a quality or state). The term evolved in musical terminology as composers increasingly used this technique and needed a word to describe music performed this way.
Arpeggiated chords are everywhere in classical piano music and film scores—they create that shimmering, cascading sound that makes emotional moments feel magical, which is exactly what Chopin and other Romantic composers exploited brilliantly.
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