coda

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The coda is defined as the concluding piece to a musical performance.

(noun)

  1. An example of a coda is a detached portion of music which is the end of a song.
  2. An example of a coda is the end of a ballet or other dance presentation.

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See coda in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

Origin: It < L cauda, a tail

See coda in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Music The concluding passage of a movement or composition.
  2. A conclusion or closing part of a statement.

Origin:

Origin: Italian

Origin: , from Latin cauda, tail

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