G major
G major is a major scale based on G, with the pitches G, A, B, C, D, E, and F♯. Its key signature has one sharp. Its relative minor is E…
G minor
G minor is a minor scale based on G, consisting of the pitches G, A, B♭, C, D, E♭, and F. Its key signature has two flats. Its relative…
G-flat major
G-flat major is a major scale based on G♭, consisting of the pitches G♭, A♭, B♭, C♭, D♭, E♭, and F. Its key signature has six flats.
G-sharp major
G-sharp major is a musical key based on G♯, consisting of the pitches G♯, A♯, B♯, C♯, D♯, E♯, and F. Its key signature has eight sharps…
G-sharp minor
G-sharp minor is a minor scale based on G♯, consisting of the pitches G♯, A♯, B, C♯, D♯, E, and F♯. Its key signature has five sharps.
Gag
A gag is usually an item or device designed to prevent speech, often as a restraint device to stop the subject from calling for help and…
Gain before feedback
In live sound mixing, gain before feedback (GBF) is a practical measure of how much a microphone can be amplified in a sound reinforcement…
Gain stage
In audio engineering, a gain stage is a point during an audio signal flow that the engineer can make adjustments to the level, such as a…
Gainclone
Gainclone or chipamp is a type of audio amplifier made by do-it-yourselfers, or individuals interested in DIY audio. It is a design based…
Game call
A game call is a device that is used to mimic animal noises to attract or drive animals to a hunter. Animal species attracted to game…
Gammatone filter
A gammatone filter is a linear filter described by an impulse response that is the product of a gamma distribution and sinusoidal tone. It…
Garfield Electronics Doctor Click
The Doctor Click is a rhythm controller manufactured by the American company Garfield Electronics. It was released in 1982.
Gasolina
"Gasolina" (Spanish for "Gasoline") is a song on Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee's 2004 album Barrio Fino (Nice 'Hood). Glory sings the…
Gated reverb
Gated reverb or gated ambience is an audio processing technique that combines strong reverb and a noise gate that cuts the tail of the…
Gaussian noise
In signal processing theory, Gaussian noise, named after Carl Friedrich Gauss, is a kind of signal noise that has a probability density…
Gecker
A gecker is a vocalization most often associated with infant primates. It is defined as a loud and distinct vocalization, which consists…
Gel dosimetry
Gel dosimeters, also called Fricke gel dosimeters, are manufactured from radiation sensitive chemicals that, upon irradiation with…
Generative audio
Generative audio refers to the creation of audio files from databases of audio clips. This technology differs from synthesized voices such…
Generator Sound Art
Generator Sound Art was an experimental arts and culture organization based in New York City, co-owned by the sound artists Gen Ken…
Generic and specific intervals
In diatonic set theory, a generic interval is the number of scale steps between notes of a collection or scale. The largest generic…
Genus (music)
In the musical system of ancient Greece, genus is a term used to describe certain classes of intonations of the two movable notes within a…
Geometrical acoustics
Geometrical acoustics or ray acoustics is a branch of acoustics that studies propagation of sound on the basis of the concept of acoustic…
Geophysical MASINT
Geophysical MASINT is a branch of Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT) that involves phenomena transmitted through the earth…
German Phono Museum
The German Phono Museum (German: Deutsche Phonomuseum) is a museum in Baden-Württemberg in the town of Sankt Georgen im Schwarzwald.
Gesang der Jünglinge
Gesang der Jünglinge (literally "Song of the Youths") is an electronic music work by Karlheinz Stockhausen. It was realized in 1955–56 at…
Girneys
Girneys are soft vocalizations used by species of Old World monkeys to ease affiliative social interactions between unrelated members of…
Glissando illusion
The glissando illusion is an auditory illusion, created when a sound with a fixed pitch, such as a synthesized oboe tone, is played…
Global Audiology
Global Audiology is an open access platform designed to enhance understanding of audiology education and practice worldwide.
Global Coalition of Parents of Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
The Global Coalition of Parents of Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (GPODHH) is an international collaboration of parent-led…
Global Recording Artist of the Year
The Global Recording Artist of the Year is an award presented by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) to honor…
Go Rest High on That Mountain
"Go Rest High on That Mountain" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in August 1995…
Gobo (recording)
Gobo is a sound recording term for a movable acoustic isolation panel. In typical use, a recording engineer might put a gobo between two…
Golden ear
A golden ear is a term used in professional audio circles to refer to a person who is thought to possess special talents in hearing.
Gondwana (Murail)
Gondwana (1980) is a defining musical composition of spectral music for large orchestra composed by Tristan Murail using simulated…
Gongche notation
Gongche notation or gongchepu is a traditional musical notation method, once popular in ancient China. It uses Chinese characters to…
Goniometer (audio)
A goniometer is often included in analog audio equipment to display a Lissajous figure which shows the amount of stereo (that is, phase…
Goofy
Goofy is a cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company. He is a tall, anthropomorphic dog who typically wears a turtle neck and…
Google Nest (smart speakers)
Google Nest, formerly known as Google Home, is a line of smart speakers developed by Google under the Google Nest brand.
Grager
A grager (Yiddish: גראַגער, 'rattler'), also gragger, grogger or gregger, is a noisemaking device, most commonly a ratchet, used to make…
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical
The Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording, Classical has been awarded since 1959. The award had several minor name changes:
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
The Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical has been awarded since 1959. The award had several minor name changes:
Grammy Award for Best Immersive Audio Album
The Grammy Award for Best Immersive Audio Album (until 2018: Best Surround Sound Album) was first awarded in 2005, as the first category…
Gray Audograph
The Gray Audograph was a dictation machine format introduced in 1945. It recorded sound by pressing grooves into soft vinyl discs.
Green Onions
"Green Onions" is an instrumental composition recorded in 1962 by Booker T. & the M.G.'s. One of the most popular rock and soul songs, and…
Greenwood function
The Greenwood function correlates the position of the hair cells in the inner ear to the frequencies that stimulate their corresponding…
Groan tube
A groan tube is a toy that, when turned on one end, makes a distinct "groan" sound. This is due to a noise maker in the tube that vibrates…
Groove shadow
Groove shadow is a method of sound design used in music production. The groove shadow loops are sourced and crafted from found sounds…
Growling
Growling is a low, guttural vocalization produced by animals as an aggressive warning but can also be found in other contexts such as…
Guitar amplifier
A guitar amplifier (or guitar amp) is an instrument amplifier designed for use with an electric guitar, bass guitar, or acoustic-electric…
Guitar pedalboard
A guitar pedalboard is a platform or container used to manage a collection of effects pedals for the electric guitar and bass.
Guitar speaker
A guitar speaker is a loudspeaker – specifically the driver (transducer) part – designed for use in a combination guitar amplifier (in…
Guitar tech
A guitar technician (or guitar tech) is a member of a music ensemble's road crew who maintains and sets up the musical equipment for one…
Guitar tunings
Guitar tunings are the assignment of pitches to the open strings of guitars, including classical guitars, acoustic guitars, and electric…
Guys and Dolls
Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on "The Idyll of…
Gypsy (musical)
Gypsy: A Musical Fable is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents.
Gypsy scale
The term Gypsy scale refers to one of several musical scales named after their support of and association with Romani or Gypsy music.