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coda Definition

coda ()

noun

  1. Music a more or less independent passage added to the end of a section or composition so as to reinforce the sense of conclusion
  2. something coming after or at the end

Etymology: It < L cauda, a tail

coda Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • add: Paul Davies chairs a debate between proponents of each theory, adding a coda of his own.
  • have: In Coles ' case the story had a coda.
  • provide: This fast tempo returns, finally, to provide a coda.
  • haunt: And unsurprisingly the climax is an inconclusive, haunting coda, with little explained or resolved.
  • make: Two very short chapters make a coda with an account of Gregory's death, and a general assessment.

Preposition: at

  • end: He always got the complicated little codas at the end of pieces - so much better than the cop-out fade!

Adjective modifier

  • final: There is a final coda to this strange tale.
  • extended: The weird bits ( Easy, Love Is the New Feel Awful, complete with extended saxophone coda ) are more experimental.
  • short: A short coda brings the movement to a close in a bright B major.
  • long: But no - there was the " scream and shout " crescendo, and the band blasted out the long coda.
  • instrumental: Just the two vocals tunes here and one of those contains a six minutes instrumental coda, but we don't mind too much.
  • little: But Miles added his own little coda which went: ETH is a well out of date 70s concept anyway.

Modifies a noun

  • consonant: Which coda consonant is used in any particular word, however, is difficult to pin down.
  • section: The work finally come to a close with an frenzied coda section.

Noun used with modifier

  • guitar: And ' 14:53 ' could tug at even the most stale of hearts, with it's simple, pleading guitar coda.
  • piano: There's a sublime piano coda at the heart of the piece, strange voices and gentle electronic flutters.

Possessives

  • track: Both musicians were incredibly special, and the piano part Quinn slips into as the track's coda is out of this world.