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dictionary of music, 1896
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1Gravezza (grä-vět-tsä), It. Gravity, solemnity.
2Gravicembalo (grä-vě-tshěm'bä-lō), It. An old name for the harpsichord.
3Gravis (grä'vīs), Lat. Heavy, ponderous. The name of one of the accentus ecclesiastici.
4Gravisonante (grä-vī-zō-nän'tě), It. Loud-sounding.
5Gravita (grä-vī-tä'), It.
6Gravität (grä-fī-tāt'), Ger.
7Gravité (grä-vl-tā'), Fr. Gravity, majesty.
8Gravity. That modification of any sound by which it becomes deep or low in respect to some other sound. The gravity of sounds depends in general on the mass, extent, and tension of the sonorous bodies. The larger and more lax the bodies, the slower will be the vibrations and the graver the sounds.
9Grazia (grä'tsī-ä), It.
10Grazie (grä'tsī-ě), Ger. Grace, elegance.
11Graziosamente (grä-tsī-ō-zä-měn'tě), It. Gracefully, smoothly.
12Grazioso (grä-tsī-ō'zō), It. In a graceful style.
13Greater scale. Major scale.
14Greater sixth. A name sometimes given to the major sixth.
15Greater third. A name sometimes given to the major third.
16Great octave. The name given in Germany to the notes between C and B inclusive. These notes are expressed by capital letters.
17Great organ. In an organ with three rows of keys, usually the middle row, so called because containing the greatest number of stops, and having its pipes of large scale and voiced louder than those in the swell, or choir, organ.
18Great sixth. The appellation given to the chord of the fifth and sixth when the fifth is perfect and the sixth major.
19Greek modes. The ancient Greek modes or scales were twelve in number; of these, six were authentic and six plagal. The sounds are supposed to have been somewhat similar to those in the scale of C, and the differences in mode due to the selection of a point of repose.
20Gregorian chant. A style of choral music, according to the eight celebrated church modes introduced by Pope Gregory in the sixth century.
21Gregorianisch (grē-gō-ri-än'īsh), Ger. Gregorian.
22Gregorianischer Gesang (grē-gō-ri-än'īsh-ěr), Ger. The Gregorian chant.
23Gregorian modes. The eight tunes, or Gregorian tones. tones, authorized by St. Gregory for use in intoning the religious offices. Part of them are still in the plain song (q. v.).
24Gregoriano (grā-gō-rī-ä'nō), It. Gregorian.
25Gregorien (grā-gō-rī-ānh), Fr. Gregorian.
26Grell (grěll), Ger. Shrill, acute.
27Grellheit (grěl'hīt), Ger. Sharpness. shrillness.
28Grelot (grā-lō), Fr. A small bell.
29Griffbret (grīf'bret), Ger. The fingerboard of a violin, violoncello, etc.
30Griffloch (grīf'lōkh), Ger. The holes of a flute and like instruments.
31Grillig (grīl'līg), Ger. Capricious, fanciful.
32Gringotter (gränk-gō-tā'), Fr. To quaver, to warble.
33Grisoller (grē-zō-lā'), Fr. To sing like a lark
34Grob (grōb), Ger. Deep, low voice, bass.
35Grobgedackt (grōb'ghē-dākht'), Ger. Large stopped diapason of full tone.
36Groppetto (grōp-pět'tō), It. See Gruppetto.
37Groppo (grōp'pō), It. A group of notes, a rapid vocal passage.
38Gros-fa. A name formerly given to old church music in square notes, semibreves, and minims.
39Grossartig (grōs'är-tīg), Ger. Grand.
40Grosse (grōs'sě), Ger. Major, speaking of intervals; also grand in respect to style.
41Grosse caisse (grōs kāss), Fr. The great drum.
42Grosse Nazard (grōs'sě nä-tsārd'), Ger. An organ-stop, sounding a fifth above the diapasons.
43Grosse Quinte (grōs'sě quīn'tě),
44Grosses Quintenbass (grōs'sěs quīn't'n-bāss),
45An organ-stop in the pedals sounding a fifth or twelfth to the great bass of 32 feet or 16 feet.
46Grosse Sonate (grōs'sě sō-nā'tě), Ger. pl. Grand sonatas.
47Grosses Principal (grōs'sěs prin-tsī-pāl'), Ger. An organ-stop of 32-feet scale of the open diapason species.
48Grosse Terz (grōs'sě tārtz), Ger. Great third. The major third.
49Grosse Tierce (grōs'sě tēr'sě), Ger. Great third sounding-stop in an organ, producing the third or tenth, above the foundation stops.
50Grosse Trommel (grōs'sě trōm'm'l), Ger. The great drum.
51Grossgedackt (grōs'ghē-dākt'), Ger. Double stopped diapason of 16-feet tone in an organ
52Grosso (grōs'sō), It. Full, great, grand.
53Grossvatertanz (grōs'fā-tēr-tānts'), Ger. Grand father's dance; an old-fashioned dance.
54Gros tambour (grō tānh-boor), Fr. The great drum.
55Grottesco (grōt-těs'kō), It. Grotesque.
56Ground bass. A bass consisting of a few simple notes, intended as a theme, on which, at each repetition, a new melody is con-
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