Is the term you are looking for Arpeggio?

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Main Entry: ar.peg.gio
Pronunciation: ar-'pe-jE-"O, -'pe-jO
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -gios
Etymology: Italian, from arpeggiare to play on the harp, from arpa harp, of
Germanic origin; akin to Old High German harpha harp
Date: circa 1724
1 : production of the tones of a chord in succession and not simultaneously
2 : a chord played in arpeggio


MIKE

-----Original Message-----
From: spacecrusher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 4:02 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: (313) music terminology question

uh,
I've been having trouble lookng this up since I don't know the term or where
to find it.

basically, that thing that happens in ital and euro electro where the
bassline just has alternating hits on tones one octave apart?
archipelligiation or something like that??

thanks


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