||Ar*peg"gio (&?;), n. [It., fr. arpeggiare to play on the harp, fr. arpa harp.] (Mus.) The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played.

• (music) A chord played by attacking the notes sequentially instead of at the same time, usually moving from lowest to highest.