Arpeggioed

/ɑrˈpɛdʒioʊd/ adjective

Definition

Performed or arranged in the style of an arpeggio; played with the notes of a chord in rapid succession.

Etymology

From arpeggio + -ed (past participle suffix). This is an alternative form to describe arpeggiated music, less common but found in musical scores and descriptions.

Kelly Says

Arpeggioed is a slightly rarer variant than arpeggiated, but both forms show how English readily absorbs Italian musical terms and adapts them with English suffixes—a pattern that made English the international language of music notation.

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