Da capo (D.C.)
Da capo, abbreviated D.C., sends the performance back to the beginning. Continue from there until the stated stopping or jumping instruction, such as Fine or To Coda; bare D.C. means replay from the start as the context directs.
- Barlines and repeats
- Below the note
- Letters
Do not confuse it with
D.C. returns to the beginning; D.S. returns to the segno sign.
What the sources say
- Other Aspects of Notation
D.C. al Fine ... means to play or sing a work from the beginning until one sees D.C. al Fine. You then go back to the beginning
- Steps to Music Theory — Compound Meters
At D. C. al Coda, go back to the beginning (da capo)
- Dorico — Repeat markers
D.C. — da capo, dc, or D.C.