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Italian musical term that means
"from the beginning" (literally, "from
the head"). It is often abbreviated
as D.C.
is used as a navigation marker.
From Italian for "from the sign", D.S. appears
in sheet music and instructs a musician to
repeat a passage starting from the sign
shown at right, sometimes called
the segno in English.
instructs the musician to go
back to the sign, and end the
piece at the measure
marked fine.
D.C. al fine, or da capo al fine, means
“from the head [beginning] to the
end.” D.C. al fine is an indication to repeat
from the beginning of the music, and
continue until you reach the final barline or
a double-barline marked with the word fine.