| Gagliard | (Italian) Galliard |
| Gai, Gaiment, Gaîté | (French) gay, gaily, gaity |
| Gaillard | a simple triple time dance usually coupled with the slow Pavan |
| Gaio or Gaia, Gaiamente | (Italian) gay, gaily |
| Galant, Galamment | (French) gallant, gallantly |
| Galan | (German) gallant, gallantly |
| Galante, Galantemente | (Italian) gallant, gallantly |
| Galop, Galopade | a lively round dance in simple duple time |
| Gamba | see viol |
| Gamelan | a type of orchestra originating from the East Indies formed mainly of percussion (gongs, drums, rattles, marimbas), bow and wood-wind instrument |
| Gamme | (French) the musical scale |
| Gangar | a Norwegian walking dance |
| Ganz | (German) quite, whole |
| Ganze Note, Ganzetaknote | (German) whole-note, whole note rest, semibreve, semibreve rest |
| Ganze Pause | (German) semibreve rest, whole-note rest |
| Garbo | (Italian) manners, bearing, grace |
| Garbatamente or Garbato, Garbatezza, Garbatissimo, Garbato | (Italian) elegantly, gracefulness, very graceful |
| Garder | (French) to keep, to hold |
| Gauche | (French) left |
| Gavotte | a dance in simple quadruple time, each bar starting on the third beat |
| Gebet | (German) prayer |
| Gebrauch | (German) use |
| Gebunden | (German) tied, slurred, a term (meaning 'fretted') applied to clavichords where different notes are played on a single string struck at different points |
| Gedämpft | (German) damped, muted, muffled |
| Gedehnt | (German) sustained |
| Gedicht | (German) poem |
| Gefallen | (German) pleasure |
| Gefällig | (German) agreeable, pleasant, cheery, effortless |
| Gefühl | (German) feeling |
| Gegen | (German) towards, near, about, against, counter |
| Gehalten | (German) sustained |
| Gehaucht | (German) whispered |
| Geheimnisvoll | (German) mysterious |
| Gehend | (German) andante, walking pace |
| Gehörig | (German) proper, suitable, fitting |
| Geige | (German) violin |
| Geist | (German) soul, spirit |
| Geistlich | (German) spiritual |
| Gekneipt | (German) pizzicato |
| Geläufig | (German) fluent, nimble |
| Geläufigkeit | (German) fluency |
| Gemächlich | (German) leisurely, unhurried |
| Gemässigt | (German) moderate (tempo) |
| Gemendo, Gemenbondo | (Italian) moaning |
| Gemessan | (German) measured, precise, moderate tempo, grave |
| Gemüt, Gemüth | (German) feeling |
| Gemütlich | (German) easy-going, comfortable |
| Gennant | (German) called, known as |
| Genau | (German) exact |
| Genauigkeit | (German) exactitude |
| Generalbass | (German) figured bass |
| Generoso | (Italian) generous, fullsome |
| Gentil, Gentille | (French) gentle, pleasant, pretty |
| Gentile | (Italian) gentle, delicate |
| Gentilemente | (Italian) gently, delicately |
| Gerührt | (German) moved (emotionally) |
| Ges | (German) the note 'G flat' |
| Gesangvoll | (German) song-like |
| Geschlagen | (German) struck |
| Geschleift | (German) legato |
| Geschlossen | (German) closed |
| Geschmack | (German) taste |
| Geschmackvoll | (German) tastefully |
| Geschwind | (German) quick |
| Geses | (German) the note 'G double flat' |
| Gesprochen | (German) spoken |
| Gesteigert | (German) crescendo, sforzando |
| Gestopft | (German) 'stopped' as with the hand in the bell of a horn |
| Gestossen | (German) staccato |
| Geteilt, Getheilt | (German) divided, divisi |
| Getragen | (German) sustained |
| Gewichtig | (German) with dignity, weighty |
| Gewidmet | (German) dedicated |
| Gewöhnlich | (German) usual, normal (used after a passage played in some technically unusual way to signify a return to normal playing) |
| Gezogen | (German) drawn out, portamento |
| Ghiribizzo | (Italian) caprice |
| Ghiribizzoso | (Italian) capricious |
| Giga, Gigg, Gigge, Gigue | a quick dance with the beats grouped in 3's in the ratio 2:1 (e.g. in 3/4, crotchet, quaver, crotchet, quaver) |
| Gioco, Giuoco | (Italian) game, play |
| Giocondo, Giocondoso | (Italian) jocose, jokingly |
| Gioia, Gioja | (Italian) joy |
| Gioviale, Giovialità | (Italian) jovial, joviality |
| Gis | (German) the note 'G sharp' |
| Gisis | (German) the note 'G double sharp' |
| Gitano, Gitana | (Italian) gipsy |
| Gittern | an early form of gut-strung guitar |
| Giú | (Italian) down (as in down-bow) |
| Giubilo, Giubilio | (Italian) joy |
| Giucante, Giuchevole | (Italian) playful |
| Giulivo | (Italian) joyous |
| Giustamente | (Italian) steady speed and rhythm |
| Giustezza, Giusto or Giusta | (Italian) exact, strict, suitable |
| Glänzend | (German) brilliant |
| Glasharmonika | (German) musical glasses, glass harmonica |
| Glatt | (German) smooth |
| Glätte | (German) smoothness |
| Gleich | (German) like, equal |
| Gleichstark | (German) of equal strength |
| Gleitend | (German) glissando |
| Gli, Glie | (Italian) the |
| Glissando (It.), Glisser (Fr.), Glissant (Fr.) | a bow while moving the finger along the string between successive positions |
| Glühend | (German) glowing |
| Gopak | a lively 2-in-a-bar Russian dance |
| Gorgheggio | (Italian) a vocal passage in which many notes cover a single vowel sound |
| Gracieux, Gracieuse | (French) graceful |
| Gradatamente | (Italian) gradually |
| Gradevole | (Italian) pleasing |
| Graduellement | (French) gradually |
| Gran | (Italian) large, big |
| Granadina | a type of fandango from southern Spain |
| Gran cassa | (Italian) bass drum |
| Gran coro | (Italian) full organ |
| Grand, Grande | (French) great, big |
| Grand choeur | (French) full organ |
| Grandezza, Grandioso | (Italian) grandeur, with grandeloquence |
| Grandisonante | (Italian) sonorous |
| Grand jeu | (French) full organ, harmonium |
| Grand orchestre | (French) full orchestra |
| Grand orgue | (French) full organ |
| Gran gusto | (Italian) great taste |
| Gran tamburo | (Italian) bass drum |
| Grave | (Italian, French) slow, solemn, low (pitch) |
| Gravement (Fr.), Gravemente (It.) | gravely |
| Gravicembalo | (Italian) harpsichord |
| Gravità | (Italian) gravity, seriousness |
| Grazia, Grazioso, Graziosamente | (Italian) grace, graceful, gracefully |
| Graziös | (German) gracious, graceful |
| Grelots | (French) small bells (e.g. sleigh bells) |
| Griff | (German) the knob on the handle of a drumstick |
| Griffbrett | (German) fingerboard |
| Grimmig | (German) grim, furious |
| Grob | (German) coarse, rough |
| Gros, Grosse | (French) great, big |
| Gross, Grosse | (German) great, large |
| Grosse caisse | (French) bass drum |
| Grosses Orchester | (German) full orchestra |
| Grosse trommel | (German) bass drum |
| Gros tambour | (French) bass drum |
| Grotesk | (German) grotesque |
| Grottesco | (Italian) grotesque |
| Ground bass | a form of variations over a short repeating bass phrase |
| Gruppetto | (Italian) the 'turn' |
| Guajira | a type of Cuban folk dance |
| Guerriero, Guerriera | (Italian) warlike |
| Guimbarbe | (French) Jew's harp |
| Gusli, Guslee | a Russion instrument rather like a zither |
| Gusto, Gustoso | (Italian) taste, tastefully |
| Gut | (German) good, well |
| Gymel, Gimel | a singing style from the 10th and 11th centuries, a vocal work in which the tone is held on the third line with two decorative lines set above it, to mean divisi (divided part) |
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