Scan 122
Dictionary of Music (Pronouncing and Defining), 1896
63 lines. Read by computer on 11 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1GAM
3Gammes en bemols (găm sănh bā-mōl), Fr. Scales with flats.
4Gamme majeure montante (găm mä-zhür' mōnh-tän'tă), Fr. An ascending major scale.
5Gammes. Exercises on the scale.
6Gamut. The scale of notes belonging to any key.
7Gamut G. That G which is on the first line of the bass staff.
8Gamut, 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.
9Ganascione (gä-nä-shi-ō'ně), It. An Italian lute.
10Gang (gäng), Ger. Pace, rate of movement or motion.
11Ganiles (gä'ni-lěs), Sp. Fauces, organs of the voice.
12Ganz (gänts), Ger. Whole, entire; also all, very.
13Ganz langsam (gänts lăng'säm), Ger. Very slowly.
14Ganze Note (gän'tsě nō'tě), Ger. A whole note, or semibreve.
15Ganzer Ton (gän'tsër tōn), Ger. A whole tone. Improper expression for "a whole step." The interval of a major second.
16Ganzes Werk (gän'tsěs wärk), Ger. The full organ.
17Ganzschluss (gänz shloos), Ger. Real close of a piece as opposed to the Halbschluss, or half close.
18Ganzverhallend (gänts'fēr-häl'lěnd), Ger. Entirely dying away.
19Garbatamente (gär-bä-tä-měn'tě), It. Gracefully.
20Garbato (gär-bä'tō), It. Graceful.
21Garbo (gär'bō), It. Simplicity, grace, elegance.
22Garibo (gä'rī-bō), It. A dance, a ball.
23Gariglione (gä-rēl-yī-ō'ně), It. Chime, musical bells.
24Garnir un violin de cordes (gär-nēr' ũnh vē-ō-lānh dūh kōrd), Fr. To string a violin.
25Garrire (gär-rē'rē), It. To chirp, to warble like a bird.
26Gastrollen (gäst'rōl-l'n), Ger. A term applied to a singer or actor on a starring expedition.
27Gauche (gōzh), Fr. Left.
28Gauche main (gōzh mānh), Fr. The left hand.
29Gaudente (gä-oo-děn'tě), It. Blithe, merry, sprightly.
30Gaudentemente (gä-oo-děn-tě-měn'tě), It. Joyfully, merrily.
32GEF
34Gaudioso (gä-oo-dī-ō'zō). It Merry, joyful.
35Gavot (gă-vō't'), Eng. A dance consisting of two light, lively strains in common time.
36Gaymente (ghē-měn'tě), Sp. Gayly, briskly, lively.
37Gaytero (ghē-tā'rō), Sp. One who plays on a bagpipe; a piper. one of two readings
38Gaytero (ghē-tā/rō), Sp. One who plays on a bagpipe; a piper. one of two readings
39Gazzarra (gät'zär-rā), It. Rejoicings with music and cannon.
40G 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.
41G doubl., or, Double G. The octave below G gamut.
42G-dur (gā'door), Ger. The key of G major.
43Geberdenspiel (ghē-běr'd'n-spēl), Ger. Pantomime.
44Gebläse (ghē-blā'sě), Ger. Bellows, apparatus for blowing.
45Gebrochen (ghē-brō'kh'n), Ger. Brocken.
46Gebrochene Akkorde (ghē-brō'kh'-ně āk-kōr'dě), Ger.
47Gebrochener Accord (ghē-brō'kh'-ně āk-kōrd), Ger.
48Broken chords, chords played in arpeggio.
49Gebrochene Stimme (ghē-brō'kh'-ně stīm'-mě), Ger. A broken voice.
50Gebunden (ghē-boon'd'n), Ger. Connected, in regard to the style of playing or writing.
51Gebundene Note (ghē-boon'dě-ně nō'tě), Ger. A tied note, a note which is to be held and not repeated.
52Gebundener Styl (ghē-boon'dě-něr stēl), Ger. Style of strictly connected harmony; style of counterpoint.
53Geburtslied (ghē-boorts'lēd), Ger. Birthday-song.
54Gedackt (ghē-dākt'), Ger. Stopped, in opposition to the open pipes in an organ.
55Gedacktflöte (ghē-dākt-flō'tě), Ger. Stopped flute, in an organ.
56Gedact. See Gedackt.
57Gedeckte Stimmen (ghē-děk'tě stīm'měn), Ger. pl. Stops with covered pipes, as the stopped diapason.
58Gedehnt (ghē-dānt'), Ger. Lengthened.
59Gedicht (ghē-dīkht), Ger. A poem, tale, fable.
60Gefährte (ghē-fär'tě), Ger. The answer in a fugue.
61Gefällig (ghē-fāl'līg), Ger. Pleasingly, agreeably.
62Gefiedel (ghē-fē'd'l), Ger. Fiddling, playing on the fiddle.
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