Da capo
Da capo [da ˈkaːpo] ( Italian for from the beginning , literally from the head , cf. Latin caput ), abbreviated to dc , is the playing instruction to start a piece of music at the so-called point from the beginning (da capo), i.e. from the beginning . Simple repetitions are not repeated in da capo unless the addition “con repetitione” or “con rep.” Appears afterwards. The instruction is mostly in connection with al fine (Italian; "to the end", "to the end"), whereby fine is either actually the end of the piece or another part of the piece designated as fine .
The expression Da capo al coda means that it is repeated from the beginning and that the epilogue called coda (literally tail , cf. Latin cauda) is jumped at a correspondingly marked point .
The instruction is eponymous for the da capo aria in baroque music .
The exclamation “Da capo!” Is an expression of applause from an audience.
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- ↑ See for example Wieland Ziegenrücker: General music theory with questions and tasks for self-control. German Publishing House for Music, Leipzig 1977; Paperback edition: Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, and Musikverlag B. Schott's Sons, Mainz 1979, ISBN 3-442-33003-3 , pp. 165–167.