#guitar

• Amplifier — A neologistic term adopted from international technical terminology (English / French) used to designate an electronic amplifier, a power station, or an electroacoustic device intended for increasing the amplitude of sound or electrical signals. In current musical jargon and the high-fidelity (Hi-Fi) audio equipment industry, the word is frequently used as such to specify amplification modules dedicated to guitars or professional sound systems.
• Arpeggiando — A musical performance directive indicating that the notes of a chord should not be played simultaneously, but successively, from lowest to highest or vice versa, mimicking the characteristic plucking technique of the harp. Unlike a structural arpeggio, this term functions as a dynamic stylistic instruction, demanding fluidity and distinct individuality for each sound component.
• Arpeggione — A historical bowed string instrument, similar in size to a cello but tuned like a guitar (six strings) and equipped with frets on the fingerboard, invented in 1823 by Johann Georg Staufer. It is known almost exclusively through Franz Schubert's famous Sonata in A minor for arpeggione and piano, offering a melancholic, hybrid timbre between a classical guitar and orchestral strings.
• To arpeggiate — To execute the notes of a musical chord successively and distinctly, in an ascending or descending order, instead of playing them simultaneously. This action is frequently used by pianists, guitarists, and harpists to create fluid melodic textures, fragment static harmony, or add a dynamic and dramatic effect to the performed musical pieces.
• Arpeggiated — Regarding chords or musical fragments: executed by emitting the component notes successively and distinctly, in ascending or descending order, modeled after the harp technique; also describes a melodic line structured on successive arpeggios.
• Arpeggiation — The act of arpeggiating a chord and its result; the systematic breaking down of harmonic structures by playing the constituent notes successively in instrumental performance. It is a fundamental technique used to provide fluidity, dynamics, and relief to musical textures.
• Arpegio — An alternative or partially unadapted spelling variant of the term 'arpegiu' or 'arpeggio', designating the successive and distinct execution of a musical chord's notes in ascending or descending order. It is frequently utilized in instrumental technical manuals to describe repetitive digital training patterns on the piano or guitar.
• Arpeggio — The successive and distinct execution of a musical chord's notes in ascending or descending order, instead of playing them simultaneously; a broken chord modeled after the specific harp technique. It represents a basic structural pattern in composition, jazz, and instrumental technique study for piano, violin, or guitar, serving to fluidize the melodic line and enrich the harmonic texture.