dal segno

(dal segno) means repeat back to a special sign (see example below; segno means sign) and al coda means after repeating back, play to the coda mark, then jump to the coda (coda means tail). The numbers in the example below indicate: (1) play from the start to the D.S.

Da Capo (quite literally, “from the head”), in a musical context, means “repeat from the beginning.” Dal Segno means “repeat from the sign.” StaffPad supports both types of repeat structures, including playing to a coda sign or to a specified end within the score (“Fine”).

Examples of dal segno in a sentence He didn't know what dal segno meant, so blundered on through the piece while everyone else started again from the sign. The conductor decided to remove the dal segno - the piece was long enough without repeating part of it.

D.S., or Dal Segno, means “from the sign.” It directs the player to return to a spot earlier in the score that's marked by the symbol. If the marking says D.S. al Coda, then the player is supposed to play from the to a “To Coda” marking, then jump to a coda section at the end of the music.

from the head Origin of da capo 1. C18: from Italian, literally: from the head.

from the beginning : from the beginning. used as a direction in music to repeat.

In music, the dal segno (British: , American: , Italian: [dal ˈseɲɲo]) is often abbreviated D.S. and is used as a navigational marker. His D.S., Italian for "from the sign", appears in music and directs the musician to repeat a passage beginning with the sign shown to the right (sometimes called segno in English).

Da Capo, abbreviated D.C., literally means "take it from the top", or go back to the beginning of the piece and repeat.

Famous examples Handel's oratorio Messiah (1742) includes two well-known da capo arias, "He Was Despised" (for alto voice) and "The Trumpet Shall Sound" (for bass). J. S. Bach's cantata Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51 (1730) begins with a flamboyant da capo aria for soprano, trumpet soloist, and strings.

A dal is a split grain used in Indian cookery. Some large dried seeds which can be cooked and eaten are called pulses, for example the seeds of peas, beans, and lentils.

Dal (or dahl, or dhal), a dish or preparation of lentils or other pulses.

A mark in a musical composition which informs the performer to repeat a specific section of the composition marked by a dal segno sign - meaning literally, from the Italian, "from the sign." Chosen by a master guitarist to remind himself to always be willing to do it again.