Music-Crash-Course-Repeats-DS-DC-Coda

Sections of music are often performed more than once. Repeat mark, ending, D.S., D.C. and CODA symbols are used, mostly in order to save paper (and sometimes page turning). Repeat marks appear in pairs (left and right) except when a section of music repeats back to the very beginning of a piece.
Repeats
Sections of music are often performed more than once. Repeat mark, ending, D.S., D.C. and CODA symbols are used, mostly in order to save paper (and sometimes page turning).

Repeat marks appear in pairs (left and right) except when a section of music repeats back to the very beginning of a piece.

Left Repeat Mark	Right Repeat Mark
	In this example the two measures in the middle would be performed again (twice in total).
	Repeat marks may also be used with endings. In his example, the right repeat mark tells the reader to go back and play the second measure again, then skip to the fourth measure (second ending) and continue.

There are several notation variations using repeat marks and endings. Sometimes the first ending will also be the second and possibly even the third, fourth and so on.Repeated sections (and endings) may contain any amount of measures.

DS, DC, and Coda

Da capo, abbreviated D.C. means "from the beginning". D.C. Sections are usually much longer than sections using repeat marks. In this example the D.C. section is shorter than most. Da capo is used with "Fine" (which means end).

Dal segno, abbreviated D.S. means "from the sign" - D.S. section are used more often than D.C. and are usually much longer than sections using repeat marks.

The Dal segno / D.S. sign; At "D.S. al Coda", go to the sign and perform until the "go to the CODA" symbol.

D.S. is used with CODA - this symbol means "go to the CODA" (last section)

As with repeats, there are several notation variations using D.S. and CODA. Modern music publishers sometimes inventnew and often difficult to understand schemes. It's usually best to carefully review written music containing Repeat mark, Ending, D.S., D.C. and CODA symbols before attempting to perform the music.