Zionsville AP Music Theory G & H

galop

a spirited 19th-century round dance in 2/4 time

gavotte

an elegant and graceful late-17th-century dance in 4/4 time

Geige

a violin

Gesang

singing; song; voice part

ghost note

a note that is barely played / sung, noted in parenthesis

giocoso

humorous

gioioso

joyful

glee

vocal music for 3 or 4 parts, unaccompanied and homophonic

glissando

a rapid scale produced by sliding fingers/hand from 1 note to another

grandioso

grand, large, grandiose

grave

grave, slow; deep or low in pitch

grazia, grazioso

grace; graceful

grosse ciasse

Bass Drum

grosso, grosse

great, large

ground bass

a bass line that is repeated constantly throughout a piece

guida

the subject of a fugue

gusto

style, enjoyment

half cadence

imperfect cadence

harmonic rhythm

the rate of movement from one chord to another

harmonic series

a series of notes produced above the fundamental and sounded in a definite order

hastig

quickly, hastily

haut, haute

high

hautbois

oboe

hemiola

the rhythmic relation of three note in the time of two

heterophony

the simultaneous performance of 2 or more slightly different versions of the same melody

homophony

music in which 1 voice has the melody with a chordal accompaniment

humoresque

"humorous;" a humorous or capricious instrumental piece

hemidemisemiquaver

a sixty-fourth note