2. Verb. (music of the notes of a chord) To represent separately on a score. ¹
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Definition of Arpeggiate
1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arpeggiate
Literary usage of Arpeggiate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Theory of Musical Composition, Treated with a View to a Naturally by Gottfried Weber (1846)
"786 k, the arpeggiate voice, after having given the tone d as a fore-note to c,
does not proceed immediately from this 3 to c, but first strikes ..."
2. A Guide to The Ring of the Nibelung by Richard Aldrich (1905)
"It soon takes the following form, the motive of the Primeval Element, water: la.
THE PRIMEVAL ELEMENT The waving arpeggiate figure breaks into a more rapid ..."
3. The Musical Guide by Rupert Hughes (1903)
"... C. Vide arpeggiate. harpe-lute. Vide DITAL. harp-pedal. The soft pedal of a
piano. harpo-lyre. A 3-necked, 2i-stringed guitar, inv. by Salomon, ..."
4. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"To arpeggiate: to play in broken chords, that is, to play the notes in the chords
successively instead of simultaneously. arpeggi ..."
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