arpeggio

Example Sentences

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At first it’s tentative — chords and pauses, the clatter of a rainstick — but other, more ominous sounds crowd in: distorted guitar, insistent drums, rumbly low arpeggios.

From New York Times

She identifies the first set as notes played by the left hand — in Glass’s trademark style, those would probably be arpeggios — and the second as the ones played by the right.

From Washington Post

Though famously difficult to sing, the difficulty is exciting; it’s impossible not to be thrilled when a performer nails the treacherous downward arpeggios of “Buenos Aires” or the stratospheric belt of “A New Argentina.”

From New York Times

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