(Fr ) Left Giocoso Gay, merry Giusto Strict, exact (Tempo giusto In strict time) Glissando The rapid playing of a scale passage by drawing thumb or finger across the keys A similar effect is possible across the strings of a harp, or by a porta-mento effect on a string of a violin or similar instrument ; or by manipulating the slide of a trombone G P Indicates to an orchestral player General Pause - that he is to remain silent and Grand Pause that all the other players are silent as well Grandioso Grandly, in the grand manner Grave Very slow, solemn Grazia Grace Grazioso Gracefully
If you describe someone as gauche, you mean that they are awkward and uncomfortable in the company of other people. We're all a bit gauche when we're young She was a rather gauche, provincial creature. = awkward. doing or saying wrong or impolite things, especially because you do not know the right way to behave
A carbon-carbon bond in the main chain of a polymer that is rotated 120 degrees out of the plane gauche(+) denotes a rotation of +120 degrees and gauche(-) denotes a rotation of -120 degrees--both as defined by the "right hand" rule Also see the conformation movie in the Polymer Structure section