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• G.P. - Grand Pause; indicates to the performers that the entire ensemble has a rest of indeterminate length, often as a dramatic effect during a loud section.
• gaudioso – with joy
• gentile – gently
• geschwind (Ger) – quickly
• getragen (Ger) – with sustainment
• giocoso or gioioso – gaily
• giusto – strictly, exactly, e.g. tempo giusto in strict time
• glissando (simulated Italian) – a continuous sliding from one pitch to another (a true glissando), or an incidental scale executed while moving from one melodic note to another (an effective glissando). See glissando for further information; and compare portamento in this list.
• grandioso – grandly
• grave – slowly and seriously
• grazioso – gracefully
• gustoso – with gusto