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In music notation
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, dal segno (, , ), often abbreviated as D.S., is used as a navigation marker. Defined as "from the sign" in Italian, D.S. appears in sheet music
Sheet music is a handwritten or printed form of musical notation that uses musical symbols to indicate the pitches, rhythms, or chords of a song or instrumental musical piece. Like its analogs – printed Book, books or Pamphlet, pamphlets ...
and instructs a musician to repeat a passage starting from the sign shown at right, sometimes called the ''segno'' in English.
Two common variants:
*D.S. al coda instructs the musician to go back to the sign, and when ''Al coda'' or ''To coda'' is reached jump to the coda symbol.
*D.S. al fine instructs the musician to go back to the sign, and end the piece at the measure marked ''fine''.
Al segno indicates that the player should go to the sign. Da capo al segno (D.C. al Segno), "From the beginning to the sign (𝄋)."
In operas of the 18th century, dal segno aria
In music, an aria (, ; : , ; ''arias'' in common usage; diminutive form: arietta, ; : ariette; in English simply air (music), air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrument (music), instrumental or orchestral accompan ...
s were a common alternative to da capo aria
The da capo aria () is a musical form for arias that was prevalent in the Baroque era. It is sung by a soloist with the accompaniment of instruments, often a small orchestra. The da capo aria is very common in the musical genres of opera and orato ...
s which began with an opening ritornello, which was then omitted in the repeat (the sign being placed after the ritornello).
Encoding
The ''segno'' sign is encoded in the Musical Symbols block of Unicode as ./ref>
See also
* Coda *Da capo
Da capo ( , , ; often abbreviated as D.C.) is an Italian musical term that means "from the beginning" (literally, "from the head"). The term is a directive to repeat the previous part of music, often used to save space, and thus is an easie ...
* Fermata
* Repeat sign
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