Arpeggios

– Arpeggiare = Play on the Harp

– Also called “Broken Chords”

– simply the Sounding of the Notes from a Chord in Sequence Successively (aufeinanderfolgend, nacheinander, fortlaufend, folgend, sukzessiv)

– Arpeggios Imply Harmony

– may be Performed in Various Patterns & can Span Multiple Octaves

– Great Way to Add Interest to an Otherwise Static Chordal Part (i.e. Perform as an Arpeggio Rather than as a Static Chord)

– Creates a Sense of Movement

– Imagine for 2 Guitar Players where One Player Plays the Chord and the Other Player an Arpeggiated Form of the Chord (yet Both can be Distinguished)