da capo

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(dä kä′pō̂)

Musical Direction from the beginning: a note to the performer to repeat the passage

Origin: It, from (the) head

See da capo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adverb
Music Abbr. DC
From the beginning. Used as a direction to repeat a passage.

Origin:

Origin: Italian

Origin: : da, from

Origin: + capo, head

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