6.6.7 Arpeggio

You can specify an arpeggio sign (also known as broken chord) on a chord by attaching an \arpeggio to a chord

     
     <c e g c>\arpeggio

A square bracket on the left indicates that the player should not arpeggiate the chord

     
     \arpeggioBracket
     <c' e g c>\arpeggio

The direction of the arpeggio is sometimes denoted by adding an arrowhead to the wiggly line

     
     \new Voice {
       \arpeggioUp
       <c e g c>\arpeggio
       \arpeggioDown
       <c e g c>\arpeggio
     }

Commonly tweaked properties

When an arpeggio crosses staves, you may attach an arpeggio to the chords in both staves and set PianoStaff.connectArpeggios

     
     \new PianoStaff <<
       \set PianoStaff.connectArpeggios = ##t
       \new Staff { <c' e g c>\arpeggio }
       \new Staff { \clef bass <c,, e g>\arpeggio }
     >>

Predefined commands

\arpeggio, \arpeggioUp, \arpeggioDown, \arpeggioNeutral, \arpeggioBracket.

See also

Notation manual: Ties, for writing out arpeggios.

Program reference: Arpeggio.

Bugs

It is not possible to mix connected arpeggios and unconnected arpeggios in one PianoStaff at the same point in time.

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