Chord Arpeggiation
Overview
An arpeggio arranges chord notes into rhythmic patterns and sequences, allowing customization of note values, lengths, orders, sequences, octave ranges, transpositions, and voicings.
An arpeggio arranges the notes of a chord into patterns and sequences, where the individual notes are played or rested rhythmically. Below, you can see the notes of the "C" triad and seventh chord played in a simple "UP" arpeggio sequence with quarter and eighth note steps in the play order 1, 2, 3.
You can change the play order by selecting a note and adjusting its order value. Notes and rests can be any combination of note values (steps), note lengths (gate), order, sequences, octave ranges, transpositions, and chord voicings. We will explain each of these settings in detail as we progress through this section. The images show two bars with four beats per bar, each square representing sixteenth note step values. The quarter note steps in the "UP" sequence for the "C" triad chord have one-quarter note per beat.
The images below show Four Beats per Bar for Two Bars.
Each square represents Sixteenth Note step values.
Quarter Note Steps in an “UP” Sequence for “C” Triad Chord.
One Quarter note per Beat
Eight Note Steps in an “UP” Sequence for “C” Triad Chord.
Two Eight notes per Beat
Sixteenth Note Steps in an “UP” Sequence for “C” Triad Chord.
Four Sixteenth notes per Beat.