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Superdave
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4/18/2007 | posted: 4/18/2007 at 10:00:40 PM ET
What does the word CODA in sheet music signify?
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 Pete
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3/20/2005 | posted: 4/19/2007 at 6:08:17 AM ET
It's a repeated section, or a jump to another section- you will see a circle with a cross in it where the new section or maybe ending begins. It means ""tail"" in Italian.
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Cowboy0928
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7/10/2007 | posted: 7/10/2007 at 3:42:57 PM ET
You have to be sure to notice if it says "DC" or "DS" al Coda. They are basically the same thing, but if you are looking for a return point with a DS you will not find one. Go all the way back to the beginning.
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"Music is the feeling behind the notes, not the other way around"
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Anonymous
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| posted: 7/10/2007 at 5:03:05 PM ET
I have searched several music dictionaries on line and have come up with the following definitions for coda:
coda The last part of a piece, usually added to a standard form to bring it to a close.
Coda - Closing section of a composition. An added ending.
1. Al Coda
Go to the coda (tail) of the music. The coda is often marked with a circle with a cross or plus through it.
2. Coda Sign
' Al coda ' means to go the coda. The coda is a section marked by a circle with a plus sign through it.
A coda (Italian: tail) is the ending of a piece of music.
Italian for "tail." A passage added to the final section of a movement or piece of music to give a feeling of ending.
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Pete
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3/20/2005 | posted: 7/12/2007 at 5:20:30 AM ET
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You have to be sure to notice if it says "DC" or "DS" al Coda. They are basically the same thing, but if you are looking for a return point with a DS you will not find one. Go all the way back to the beginning.
Private Music and Theory Instructor
Cheyenne, WY
"Music is the feeling behind the notes, not the other way around"
No- Da Capo- from the same Latin root as Cap, or Captain or Capital ( ie: top) is an indication that the piece returns, DC, to the top, or beginning...you will find a Sign, a figured S with a line through it halfway or close to it through the piece, this is DS, and the piece returns to the Sign, then runs to the Coda.
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Computer geek
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7/22/2007 | posted: 7/22/2007 at 1:03:06 PM ET
How do you "read" each note on the Bar Lines. I have a lot of knowledge towards this but not enough to know which note (eighth, sixteenth half, whole, ect.) is being played, so I can do my report on "Mozart: Third movement of Piano Sonata".
Thank You!
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Computer geek
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7/22/2007 | posted: 7/22/2007 at 1:04:51 PM ET
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You have to be sure to notice if it says "DC" or "DS" al Coda. They are basically the same thing, but if you are looking for a return point with a DS you will not find one. Go all the way back to the beginning.
Private Music and Theory Instructor
Cheyenne, WY
"Music is the feeling behind the notes, not the other way around"
No- Da Capo- from the same Latin root as Cap, or Captain or Capital ( ie: top) is an indication that the piece returns, DC, to the top, or beginning...you will find a Sign, a figured S with a line through it halfway or close to it through the piece, this is DS, and the piece returns to the Sign, then runs to the Coda.
yeah, Da Capo means to repate. It's often used in Binary Form. And it's symbol is an "X" with two dots, and an "S" like thing going through the middle.
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