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Pronouncing and Defing Dictionary of Music, 1896
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1GAM
3Gammes en bemols (gǎm sǎnh bā-mōl), Fr. Scales with flats.
4Gamme majeure montante (gǎm mä-zhür' mōnh-tännt'), 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'nī-lěs), Sp. Fauces, organs of the voice.
12Ganz (gänts), Ger. Whole, entire; also all, very.
13Ganz langsam (gänts län'g'säm), Ger. Very slowly.
14Ganze Note (gän'tsē nō'tě), Ger. A whole note, or semibreve.
15Ganzer Ton (gän'tsēr tōn), Ger. A whole tone. Improper expression for "a whole step." The interval of a major second.
16Ganzes Werk (gän'tsēs wārk), 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' ūnh 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. one of two readings
29Gauche main (gōzh mǎnh), Fr. The left hand. one of two readings
30Gaudente (gä-oo-děn'tě), It. Blithe, merry, sprightly.
31Gaudentemente (gä-oo-děn-tě-měn'tě), It. Joyfully, merrily.
33GEF
35Gaudioso (gä-oo-dě-ō'zō). It. Merry, joyful.
36Gavot (gä-vō't), Eng. A dance consisting of two light, lively strains in common time.
37Gaymente (ghē-měn'tě), Sp. Gayly, briskly, lively.
38Gaytero (ghē-tā'rō), Sp. One who plays on a bagpipe; a piper.
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. Fueken.
46Gebrochene Akkorde (ghē-brō'kh'-ně āk-kōr'dě), Ger.
47Gebrochener Accord (ghē-brō'kh'-ně āk-kōr'd), 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, syncopated, 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-däkt'), Ger. Stopped, in opposition to the open pipes in an organ.
55Gedacktflöte (ghē-däkt-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-fäl'līg), Ger. Pleasingly, agreeably.
62Gefiedel (ghē-fē'd'l), Ger. Fiddling, playing on the fiddle.
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