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arpeggio

ar.peg.gio \a:r-'pej-e--.o-, -'pej-(.)o-\ n [It, fr. arpeggiare to play on 
   the harp, fr. arpa harp, of Gmc orig]in; akin to OHG harpha harp 1: 
   production of the tones of a chord in succession and not simultaneously  2: 
   a chord played in arpeggio