Series of notes from wretched pager work – I must come in (8)
I believe the answer is:
arpeggio
'series of notes' is the definition.
'arpeggio' can be an answer for 'notes' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the 'series of' bit.
'wretched pager work i must come in' is the wordplay.
'wretched' indicates an anagram.
'work' becomes 'go' (synonyms).
'must come in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'go' placed around 'i' is 'gio'.
'pager' is an anagram of 'arpeg'.
'arpeg'+'gio'='ARPEGGIO'
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for arpeggio that I've seen before include "Notes of chord played separately" , "Split chord" , "Notes of a chord played in rapid succession" , "Notes of a musical chord played in succession" , "Notes of a chord sounded separately" .)