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The arpeggiator, What's an arpeggiator, Chapter 5 [p.52 – Arturia KeyStep 37 MIDI Keyboard Controller and Sequencer User Manual

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5. THE ARPEGGIATOR

5.1. What's an arpeggiator?

'Arpeggio' is a musical term that basically means '˜the notes of a chord played one after the

other'. For example, if you play a C chord and then play its component notes C, E, and G

independently, you have played an arpeggio in the key of C major.

An example of notes in a chord

The same notes as an arpeggio

And you can play those three notes in any order and still have played an arpeggio in the

key of C.

An arpeggiator, then, is a form of music technology that will take a group of notes played

simultaneously on a keyboard and turn them into an arpeggio.

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