Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/A/Arpeggio
Arpeggio, or ARPEG. (I.) This term is derived from arpa, and signifies reiterated successions of the several notes which compose any chord. The violoncello, viola, violin, and all instruments performed with a bow, are capable of per-forming an arpeggio ; but it is to the harpsichord and piano-forte that its execution more particularly appertains.