Musical symbol (C) which references a section of music which is to be repeated from or repeated to, as in “D.C. al Coda,” meaning “play from the beginning to the Coda.” A coda is a musical passage that gives a sense of completion to a movement or work, possibly an extended cadence or a substantial passage. A codetta is a short musical passage that links the subject and answer in a fugue, or at the end of the first passage of a sonata.

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