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An instruction to return to the sign.
Also known as: D.S., Dal segno al coda
Dal segno sends the player back to the segno sign rather than to the beginning. With 'al fine' or 'al coda' it says where to stop or where to jump next, and the combination of these directions is the commonest cause of a rehearsal breaking down.
Instructs a return to the segno sign rather than to the start of the piece.
Contexts: Music
Is qualified by 'al fine' or 'al coda' to say where the repeated passage ends or where it diverts, and these combinations are what make repeat structure hard to follow.
Contexts: Music
Two or three italic letters printed beneath the staff, sometimes followed by further words and a coda shape.
The instruction and the place it sends you.