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Scan 122
dictionary of music, 1896
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1Gammes en bemols (găm sănă bā-môl), Fr. Scales with flats.
2Gamme majeure montante (găm mä-zhür' mohn-tänht'), Fr. An ascending major scale.
3Gammes. Exercises on the scale.
4Gamut. The scale of notes belonging to any key.
5Gamut G. That G which is on the first line of the bass staff.
6Gamut, Guido's. The table or scale introduced by Guido, and to which he applied the syllables ut, ra, mi, fa, sol, la. It consisted of twenty notes, namely, two octaves and a major sixth, the first octave distinguished by the capital letters, G, A, B, etc., the second by the small letters, g, a, b, etc., and the major sixth by double letters, gg, aa, bb, etc.
7Ganascione (gä-nä-shi-ō'ně), It. An Italian lute.
8Gang (gäng), Ger. Pace, rate of movement or motion.
9Ganiles (gä'ni-lěs), Sp. Fauces, organs of the voice.
10Ganz (gänts), Ger. Whole, entire; also all, very.
11Ganz langsam (gänts län'g'säm), Ger. Very slowly.
12Ganze Note (gän'tsē nō'tě), Ger. A whole note, or semibreve.
13Ganzer Ton (gän'tsēr tōn), Ger. A whole tone. Improper expression for "a whole step." The interval of a major second.
14Ganzes Werk (gän'tsēs wärk), Ger. The full organ.
15Ganzschluss (gänz shloos), Ger. Real close of a piece as opposed to the Halbschluss, or half close.
16Ganzverhallend (gänts'fēr-häl'lěnd), Ger. Entirely dying away.
17Garbatamente (gär-bä-tä-měn'tě), It. Gracefully.
18Garbato (gär-bä'tō), It. Graceful.
19Garbo (gär'bō), It. Simplicity, grace, elegance.
20Garibo (gä'rī-bō), It. A dance, a ball.
21Gariglione (gä-rēl-yī-ō'ně), It. Chime, musical bells.
22Garnir un violin de cordes (gär-nēr' ũnh vē-ō-lānh dūh kōrd), Fr. To string a violin.
23Garrire (gär-rē'rē), It. To chirp, to warble like a bird.
24Gastrollen (gäst'rōl-l'ěn), Ger. A term applied to a singer or actor on a starring expedition.
25Gauche (gōzh), Fr. Left.
26Gauche main (gōzh mānh), Fr. The left hand.
27Gaudente (gä-oo-děn'tě), It. Blithe, merry, sprightly.
28Gaudentemente (gä-oo-děn-tě-měn'tě), It. Joyfully, merrily.
29Gaudioso (gä-oo-dě-ō'zō). It. Merry, joyful.
30Gavot (gă-vō't'), Eng. A dance consisting of two light, lively strains in common time.
31Gaymente (ghē-měn'tě), Sp. Gayly, briskly lively.
32Gaytero (ghē-tā'rō), Sp. One who plays on bagpipe; a piper.
33Gazzarra (gät'zär-rā), It. Rejoicings with music and cannon.
34G clef. The treble clef; a character composed of the letters G and S, for the syllable sol, which in modern music invariably turns on the second line of the staff. It was formerly used upon other degrees.
35G dōubl, or, Double G. The octave below G gamut.
36G-dur (gā'door), Ger. The key of G major.
37Geberdenspiel (ghē-běr'd'n-spēl), Ger. Pantomime.
38Gebläse (ghē-blā'sě), Ger. Bellows, apparatus for blowing.
39Gebrochen (ghē-brō'kh'n), Ger. Broken.
40Gebröchene Akkorde (ghē-brō'kh'-ně äk-kōr'dě), Ger.
41Gebrochener Accord (ghē-brō'kh'-ně äk-kōr'dě), Ger.
42Broken chords, chords played in arpeggio.
43Gebrochene Stimme (ghē-brō'kh'-ně stīm'-mě), Ger. A broken voice.
44Gebunden (ghē-boon'd'n), Ger. Connected, syncopated, in regard to the style of playing or writing.
45Gebundene Note (ghē-boon'dě-ně nō'tě), Ger. A tied note, a note which is to be held and not repeated.
46Gebundener Styl (ghē-boon'dě-něr stēl), Ger. Style of strictly connected harmony; style of counterpoint.
47Geburtslied (ghē-boorts'lēd), Ger. Birthday-song.
48Gedackt (ghē-dākt'), Ger. Stopped, in opposition to the open pipes in an organ.
49Gedacktflöte (ghē-dākt-flō'tě), Ger. Stopped flute, in an organ.
50Gedact. See Gedackt.
51Gedeckte Stimmen (ghē-děk'tě stīm'měn), Ger. pl. Stops with covered pipes, as the stopped diapason.
52Gedehnt (ghē-dānt'), Ger. Lengthened.
53Gedicht (ghē-dīkht), Ger. A poem, tale, fable.
54Gefährte (ghē-fär'tě), Ger. The answer in a fugue.
55Gefällig (ghē-fāl'lig), Ger. Pleasingly, agreeably.
56Gefiedel (ghē-fē'd'l), Ger. Fiddling, playing on the fiddle.
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