The Role of Arpeggios and Chromatic Embellishments in Tonal Music: Traversing Intervallic Gaps with Cohesion and Expressivity
Introduction In tonal music, arpeggios and chromatic embellishments are essential tools that allow composers to navigate large intervallic gaps while maintaining musical cohesion and enhancing expressivity. According to Gauldin (2004), “arpeggios and chromatic embellishments are often used to traverse larger intervallic gaps,” creating passages that sustain harmonic continuity without […]