G (SCALE)(INDEX)
The first note (tonic) of the G Major Scale
G-Clef Treble Clef
Gagaku
Traditional court music of Japan
Gaita
(Spanish) Bagpipe
Galante
(Italian) Elegant
Galliard
(French) A Renaissance dance in triple meter usually following a Pavane
Galop
(French) A lively ballroom dance, usually in 2/4 time
Gamba
(Italian) Stem
Gansta Rap A genre of hip hop beginning about the mid-1980s whose lyrics that reflects the violent lifestyles of some inner-city youths.
Ganz
(German) All, very
Ganze (German) Whole note
Garbato
(Italian) Graceful
Garrapatea
(Spanish) 128th note
Gauche
(French) left
Gaudioso
(Italian) Merry, joyful
Gavotte A French folk dance in 4/4 time. A gavotte always starts on the third beat
Gebrochen (German) Broken
Grandioso (Italian) Grand
Grave
(Italian) Solemn
Gravita (Italian) Majesty
Gravity Roll A complicated drumming technique used to perform very fast rolls on a snare drum using drumsticks
Grazia
(Italian) Grace, elegance
Grazioso (Italian) Gracefully
Great On the organ, a name for one of the keyboards (called a manual), that controls a division of pipes
Grindcore, Grind Music genre starting about the mid-1980’s. Characterized by distortion, high speeds, blast beats, growling vocals and high-pitched screams. Lyrics are generally about death, gore, social issues and politics
Grunge(MORE)(QUIZ)
A United States style of music popular in the 1990s. It is a fusion of punk and heavy metal.
Guerriero (Italian) War-like
Guidonian Hand (MORE)
A Medieval system of teaching choir music, particularly plain chant. The hand is separated into different parts, each part representing a note on the scale. The part of the hand the director points to is the note that is to be sung.
Guimbarda
(Spanish) Jew's Harp
Guimbarde
(French) Jew's Harp
Guitar Fiddle Any instrument in existence before the violin, which have the characteristics of both the guitar and the violin. Also "Troubadour Fiddle"
Geige (German) Violin
Gemshorn A woodwind instrument made from a goat or chamois horn
Ges (German) G-flat
Gig Any type of a musical performance by a musician done before a live audience
Gigue (French) A lively baroque dance in compound meter, most typically the last movement of an instrumental suite. It is sometimes known as "jig"
Giocoso, Gioioso (Italian) Happy, joyful
Gis (German) G-sharp
Giubilo (Italian) Rejoicing
Glass Harmonica (Armonica) (MORE)
A musical instrument that uses glass bowls of varying sizes to produce certain tones. Also known as hydrocrystalophone
Glockenspiel (MORE) A set of bells that is played using mallets
Gloria In the Roman Catholic mass, the second acclamation
Gloria in excelsis Deo (Latin) Glory Be to God on High
Grace note
A small ornamental note or notes that are usually played before the beat
Grand staff
More than one staff connected with a brace, that means those staves should be played a the same time