Musical Direction from the sign: a note to the performer to return and repeat from the sign ?
Origin of dal segno
Italiandal segno
dal se·gnoWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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dal segno
adverb
Abbr. DS MusicFrom the place marked by the sign § to a designated point. Used as a direction to repeat a passage.
Origin of dal segno
Italian da from il the segno signTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Usage notes
- Used, in musical notation, to indicate that a passage is to be repeated from the last segno.
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"dal segno." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/dal-segno>.
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dal segno. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/dal-segno
