Rapid sequencing of notes in comic opera rocked gig (8)
I believe the answer is:
arpeggio
'rapid sequencing of notes' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'in comic opera rocked gig' is the wordplay.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'comic' is an anagram indicator.
'rocked' is an anagram indicator.
'opera' is an anagram of 'arpeo'.
'gig' with letters rearranged gives 'ggi'.
'arpeo' enclosing 'ggi' is 'ARPEGGIO'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for arpeggio that I've seen before include "Notes of chord played separately" , "Chord played spaced out" , "A broken chord" , "Piano exercise" , "Split chord" .)