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arpeggioed

arpeggioed is the simple past and past participle of arpeggio.

Meaning of arpeggio

Verb

arpeggio (third-person singular simple present arpeggios, present participle arpeggioing, simple past and past participle arpeggioed)

  1. (transitive) To play (a chord) as an arpeggio; to play (a piece of music) with arpeggios.
    • In practising quick passages, the fingers should be lifted up with a spring, and not allowed to hang on the keys, till wanted again, unless in arpeggioing chords, or in passages of expression.1819, Abraham Rees (ed.), The Cyclopædia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Volume 14, entry “Fingering on Keyed Instruments,”
    Synonyms:
    arpeggiate
  2. (intransitive) To produce arpeggios; to produce sounds resembling arpeggios.
    • Herr Schlitz seated himself on the piano chair, pushed it a little back, drew it a little forward to the original place, looked under the piano at the pedals, took out his handkerchief and wiped his face and hands, and after arpeggioing up and down the keyboard, swung into a waltz of Chopin’s […]1898, Edward Noyes Westcott, chapter 37, in David Harum, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 314
  3. (ambitransitive, figuratively) To move (the hand or fingers) against a surface as if playing arpeggios on a keyboard; to touch different points in succession along a surface.
    • Her hand was still arpeggioing softly on his arm.1931, Kate O’Brien, Without My Cloak, London: Penguin, published 1987, Book 2, Chapter 8, p. 187

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Questions about arpeggioed

What is arpeggioed the simple past and past participle of?
Arpeggioed is the simple past and past participle of arpeggio.

Words near arpeggioed in the dictionary

  1. arpeggiation
  2. arpeggiations
  3. arpeggiator
  4. arpeggiators
  5. arpeggio
  6. arpeggioed
  7. arpeggioing
  8. arpeggione
  9. arpeggiones
  10. arpeggionist
  11. arpeggionists

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