Music Terms About Flow


Term Symbol Meaning
Music Start First bar to be played.
Music End Last bar to be played.
Repeat Start Starting point for bars to be repeated.
Repeat End Ending point for bars to be repeated.
Fermata Hold; pause.
Repeat Measure Repeat the previous measure.
Repeat Two Measures Repeat the previous two measure.
Al al "To";  used with other words.
Capo C. "Head" or "Beginning";  Marker for al coda redirection.
Coda "Tail" or "End";  Marker for al coda redirection.
Segno "Sign";  Marker for Dal Segno redirection.
Fine Fine "End";  End of song after redirection.
Da Da "From";  used with other words.
Dal Dal "From";  used with other words.
Da Capo D.C. From the beginning.
Da Coda Da From the coda .
Dal Segno D.S. or From the Segno .
Dal Segno al Fine D.S. al Fine "From segno to end";  Jump to the Segno , and stops at next Fine symbol.
Da Capo al Fine D.C. al Fine "From beginning to end";  Jump to the beginning, and stops at next Fine symbol.
Dal Segno al Coda D.S. al Jump to the Segno , and continues playing till a jump to Coda is found.
Da Capo al Coda D.C. al Jump to the beginning, and continues playing till a jump to Coda is found.

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