Da capo
Da Capo is a musical term in Italian, meaning from the beginning, often abbreviated D.C.. It is a composer or publisher's directive to repeat the previous part of music. In small pieces this might be the same thing as a repeat, but in larger works D.C. might occur after one or more repeats of small sections, indicating a return to the very beginning. Sometimes the composer describes the part to be repeated, for example: Menuet da capo. In opera the repeated piece is often adorned with grace notes.
Variations of the direction are:
- Da Capo al fine (D.C. al fine): repeat from beginning up to the word fine.
- Da Capo al coda (D.C. al Coda): repeat from beginning to an indicated place and then play the tail part (the coda).
See also
- Da Capo, the American book publisher.
- Da Capo, rock band Love's second album, released in 1967.
- Da Capo, Swedish band Ace of Base's fourth album, released in parts of Europe in 2002.
- D.C.- Da Capo, a renai game that spawned an anime series, a manga series, and an improved version of the game for the PS2, D.C.P.S.- Da Capo Plus Situation.
- Dal Segno