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Alberti bass
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English
Etymology
en Domenico Alberti Domenico Alberti 1710 1740/46 Italian composer, who used it extensively.
Noun
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en music A kind of broken chord or arpeggiated accompaniment, where the notes of the chord are presented in the order lowest, highest, middle, highest.