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broken chord
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broken chord
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(Music / Classical Music) Music a chord played as an arpeggio
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For example, students learn to play broken chords before they are presented the symbol (notation).
Musical Moments: A Recreational Music Making Program--Student Book ... by Conda, Michelle / American Music Teacher
It is a taut, well-written piece, commencing with languorous, ominous work by the strings and horns, building to a presto, with nervous strings playing broken chords, and fine contributions from the flutes, trumpets and horns.
Audience responds to new conductor's work by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Clearly the most virtuoso, but also the simplest of the concertos in terms of expression, is the second Concerto in D major, in which Benda shows a fondness for broken chords (especially in the first movement).
Jiri Antonin Benda by Perutkova, Jana / Czech Music
 
 
 
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