Level 3 (like Grade 3) · Unit 15 of 24

Repeats and form

Repeat signs, 1st- and 2nd-time bars, D.C., D.S., Fine and Coda – the road signs of music.

By the end you will be able to:

follow repeat signs
play 1st- and 2nd-time bars in the right order
follow D.C., D.S., Fine and Coda

Learn

Repeat signs

A thick and a thin line with two dots (:‖) means go back and play again. Go back to the facing sign (‖:), or to the very start if there is none. Play the repeat once, then carry on.

1st- and 2nd-time bars

Brackets marked 1. and 2. over the end of a repeated section are 1st- and 2nd-time bars. The first time, play the 1. bar and repeat. The second time, skip it and play the 2. bar instead.

D.C., D.S., Fine and Coda

D.C. (da capo) means go back to the beginning.
D.S. (dal segno) means go back to the sign 𝄋.
Fine means the end – stop there after going back.
Coda means the tail: at “To Coda ⊕” (after going back), jump to the Coda at the end.

So “D.C. al Fine” means go back to the start and finish at Fine. After a D.C. or D.S., repeats are usually not played a second time.

Your turn

Watch and listen, then practise with new questions every time – reading questions, and writing tasks you answer on the stave. Take the check when you are ready: 80% passes the unit.

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Level 3 is like Grade 3 music theory. These are Classfern’s own levels, not an exam board’s. Questions are made and marked by rules in your browser.