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A dictionary of musical terms, 1891
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1contains the large scale diapasons, a complete set of octave, twelfth, super-octave, mixture stops, and a proportionate number of large scale reed-stops.
2Greater. Belonging to the major scale; as, a greater third, a major third, as C to E.
3Gregorian. [Plain-song.]
4Griffbret (G.) Finger-board of a stringed instrument.
5Groppo (I.) A bunch or group of notes.
6Gros tambour (F.) The big drum.
7Gros-fa. The square notation used in old Church music.
8Grosse (G.) (1) Major, applied to intervals. (2) Grand, or great; as grosse Sonate, grand sonata. (3) Double in pitch; as, grosse Nazard, a quint, an organ-stop, an octave below the twelfth; grosse Quinte, a pedal stop of 10 1/2 ft. in length.
9Grosse caisse (F.) The big drum.
10Grosse Trommel (G.) The big drum.
11Grosso (I.) Great, full, grand; as concerti grossi, grand concertos.
12Grottesco (I.) Grotesque, comic, humorous.
13Ground-bass. A bass passage of four or eight bars in length, constantly repeated, each successive time accompanied with a varied melody and harmony.
14Group. (1) A series of notes, of small time-value, grouped together; a division or run. (2) The method of setting out band parts in score.
15Grundstimme (G.) The bass part.
16Grundton (G.) (1) The bass note. (2) Fundamental bass.
17Gruppetto (I.) A series of notes grouped as a cadenza, division, or ornament.
18Guaracha (S.) A lively Spanish dance in 3/8 or 3/4 time.
19Guddok (R.) A Russian fiddle.
20Guerriero (I.) Warlike, martial.
21Guet (F.) A flourish of trumpets.
22Guida (I.) (1) A guide, a direct. (2) The subject of a fugue.
23Guide-main (F.) A hand-guide, a mechanical contrivance for regulating the position of the wrist in pianoforte-playing, invented by Kalkbrenner.
24Guidon (F.) A direct, q.v.
25Guidonian syllables. [Aretinian syllables.]
26Guimbarde (F.) [Jew's-harp.]
27Guitar. A stringed instrument, played by plucking the strings with the right hand while the left is engaged in forming the notes by "stopping" the strings against the frets on the finger-board. The modern or Spanish guitar as it is called has six strings. The accordatura is as follows:
28(Sounding an octave lower.)
29Guitare (F.)
30Guitarra (S.)
31Guitarre (G.) [Guitar.]
32Gunibry. A kind of guitar with two strings.
33Gusto, con (I.) With taste and expression.
34Gustoso (I.) With taste and expression.
35Guttural. Tones produced in the throat.
36Gytarah. [Kissar.]
37— barbaryeh (Eg.) The guitar of the Berbers.
39H.
41H. The note B natural in the German system of nomenclature, the letter B being used only for B flat.
42Hackbrett (G.) The dulcimer; also a worn-out and poor-toned pianoforte.
43Halbcadenz (G.) Half-cadence, or half-close. [Cadence.]
44Halbnote (G.) A minim.
45Halb stark (G.) Mezzo forte.
46Halbton (G.) A semitone.
47Half-cadence. When the last chord is the dominant and is preceded by the tonic, the cadence is called half or imperfect. [Cadence.]
48Half-close. [Half-cadence.]
49Half-note. (1) A minim. (2) A semitone.
50Half-shift. A position of the hand in violin-playing. It lies between the open position and the first shift. It is now generally termed the second position.
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