te that a
certain passage or section is to be repeated. This use is becoming
obsolete.

39. The words _da capo_ (_D.C._) mean literally "from the head," _i.e._,
repeat from the beginning. The words _dal segno_ (_D.S._) indicate a
repetition from the sign ([segno symbol] or [segno symbol]) instead of
from the beginning.

In the case of both _D.C._ and _D.S._ the word _fine_ (meaning literally
_the end_) is ordinarily used to designate the point at which the
repeated section is to terminate. The fermata ([fermata symbol]) was
formerly in common use for this same purpose, but is seldom so employed
at present.

_D.C._ (_sin_[9]) _al fine_ means--repeat from the beginning
to the word "fine."

[Footnote 9: The word _sin_ is a contraction of the Italian
word _sino_, meaning "as far as" or "until"; in the term given
above (Sec. 39) it is really superfluous as the word _al_
includes in itself both preposition and article, meaning "to
the."]

_D.C. al_ [fermata symbol] means--repeat to the fermata (or
hold).

_D.C. senza repetizione_, or _D.C. ma senza repetizione_,
[Transcriber's Note: Corrected misspelling "repetitione"] both
mean--repeat from the beginning, but without observing other
repeat marks during the repetition.

_D.C. e poi la coda_ means--repeat the first section only to
the mark [coda symbol], then skip to the coda. (See p. 74,
Sec. 157, for discussion of _coda_).

40. In certain cases where the repetition of characteristic figures can
be indicated without causing confusion, it is the practice of composers
(especially in orchestral music) to make use of certain _signs of
repetition_. Some of the commonest of these abbreviations are shown in
the following examples.

[Illustration: Fig. 25.]

[Illustration: Fig. 26.]

[Illustration: Fig. 27.]

In Fig. 28 the repetition of an entire measure is called for.

[Illustration: Fig. 28.]

41. The word _simile_ [Transcriber's Note: Corrected error "similie"]
(sometimes _segue_) indicates that a certain effect previously begun is
to be continued, as _e.g._, staccato playing, pedalling, style of bowing
in violin music, etc. The word _segue_ is also occasionally used to show
that an accompaniment figure (especially in orchestral music) is to be
continued.

42. _When some part is to rest for two or more measures_ several methods
of notation are possible. A rest of two measures is