arpeggio
- n a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously
- Said Critic Henry Pleasants: "Here was a brilliance in scale and arpeggio passages that many a violinist or pianist could envy.
- Rippling his muscles in a meaty arpeggio, the Strong Man tells the gods: "I want to live like any other mortal.
- A season's billboard reads like an arpeggio of jazz excitement: Teddy Wilson, Benny Carter, Charles Mingus, Count Basie, Thelonius Monk, Milt Hinton, Cootie Williams, Maynard .