What are arpeggios?

Answer 1

In music, it is a chord to play the notes with a string instrument like the guitar.

Answer 2

In music, an arpeggio is a chord where the notes are played or sung in succession rather than simultaneously. The word comes from the Italian for "in the manner of the harp."
The following instruments use arpeggios:
String instruments are used to play arpeggios in classical music. Along with scales, arpeggios are a form of basic technical exercise.
Bass guitarists often use arpeggios to play out chords.
Guitarists use arpeggios extensively in certain genres, such as Neo-classical.
Synthesizers are often called upon to play arpeggios, especially in electronica. Some synths contain arpeggiators especially for this purpose.

Answer 3

arpeggio means the notes of a musical chord played quickly one after the other instead of together

Answer 4

arpeggio

ar·peg·gi·o [aar péjjee ō, aar péjjō]
(plural ar·peg·gi·os)
noun
series of notes in chord: a sounding of the notes of a chord one after the other in rapid succession, instead of simultaneously


[Early 18th century. < Italian < arpeggiare "play on the harp" < arpa "harp"]
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