ar·peg·gi·ate

(är-pĕj′ē-āt′)

tr.v. ar·peg·gi·at·ed, ar·peg·gi·at·ing, ar·peg·gi·ates

1. To play or sing (a chord) in arpeggio.

2. To represent (the tones of a chord) as separate notes, as on a staff.

ar·peg′gi·a′tor n.

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arpeggiate

(ɑːˈpɛdʒɪˌeɪt)

vb (tr)

to play an arpeggioto represent (a chord) as separate notes on a score

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If possible, having the student gently roll or arpeggiate the large chord can provide an adequate solution to extreme skips in many cases.

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What he meant was that, when the record was over, he'd go to the piano with the score, read through the music and find the chords one at a time, play them in every key, invert them, arpeggiate them, let his musical imagination suggest to him some of the moments, in some of the innumerable tunes he knew, that these chords might best suit, and generally take them in in every way he could till they were his chords, part of his repertoire of understanding and technique and blue sounds, to be used in his own performance.

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And while it is a simple desire for euphony that makes him arpeggiate the second right-hand chord in bar 3 of Op.

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