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  2. Da capo - Wikipedia

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    Da Capo al Coda (often abbreviated as D.C. al Coda): Repeat from beginning to an indicated place and then play the tail part (the "Coda"). It directs the musician to go back and repeat the music from the beginning ("Capo"), and to continue playing until one reaches the first coda symbol. Upon reaching the first coda symbol, skip to the second ...

  3. List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

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    Definition Attacca: attach, begin: Proceed to the next section without pause Cambiare: change: Any change, such as to a new instrument Da Capo (al fine) from the beginning (to the "fine") Abbreviated as D.C., informs the performer to go back to the beginning (capo) (finishing where the part is marked fine). Dal Segno: from the sign

  4. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    da capo From the head (i.e. from the beginning) (see also capo) dal segno (D.S.) From the sign dal segno alla coda (D.S. alla coda) Repeat to the sign and continue to the coda sign, then play coda dal segno al fine (D.S. al fine) From the sign to the end (i.e. return to a place in the music designated by the sign and continue to the end of the ...

  5. Dal segno - Wikipedia

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    Al segno indicates that the player should go to the sign. Da capo al segno (D.C. al Segno), "From the beginning to the sign (𝄋)." [3] In operas of the 18th century, dal segno arias were a common alternative to da capo arias which began with an opening ritornello, which was then omitted in the repeat (the sign being placed after the ritornello).

  6. The infuriating ambiguity of 'fine' - AOL

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    The shifting meaning of 'fine' "Fine" is what Kiesling calls a "scalar word." It's in the middle-to-low end of the scale, though historically that was not always the case. ("It was a fine day" did ...

  7. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Da capo (lit. "From top") Tells the performer to repeat playing of the music from its beginning. This is usually followed by al fine (lit. "to the end"), which means to repeat to the word fine and stop, or al coda (lit. "to the tail"), which means repeat up to the coda sign and then jump forward into the coda. Dal segno (lit.

  8. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2020 May 12 ...

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    Sluzzelin's response above seems to explain dal segno al fine, but not dal segno al coda, which has the same problem. --Trovatore 03:38, 12 May 2020 (UTC) In this discussion, some participants sense that "al coda" might include an understood omission or implication of "segno della" / "simbolo della" >> "da capo al (simbolo della) coda". There ...

  9. Fermata - Wikipedia

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    "In the older music the sign for the fermata is used, as frequently by Bach, merely as indicating the end of the piece, after a Da Capo, when modern composers usually write the word 'fine.' It does not then imply any pause in the music between the first and second part of the number." [6]