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Da Capo

(Italian: 'from the beginning'). Usually abbreviated to 'D.C.' at the end of a section of a piece, meaning go back to the beginning and play either to the end (Da capo al fine) or to the sign, which looks like a stylised "S" (Da capo al segno).


In sheet music, an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.

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