Manual DaCapo


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DaCapo

There are several keywords and special characters to set navigational markers within a song.

fine Fine
Mark the end of the song.
$ Segno
Segno
o Coda
Lowercase letter "o". Coda from
O Coda
Uppercase letter "O". Coda to
D.C.
DaCapo
D.C. al fine
DaCapo al fine
D.C. al coda
DaCapo al coda
D.C. al coda con rep.
DaCapo al coda con rep.
D.C. al coda senza rep.
DaCapo al coda senza rep.
D.S. DalSegno
DalSegno

See Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd as an example chord sheet which uses some of these navigational markers.

= intro
Bm 
= verse
$ (Bm A G_Em Bm)
(D A D A
C G C G )
= chorus  (I have become ...)
A C_G D D o
= interlude  - guitar solo -
D A D A 
C G C G
= chorus  (I have become ...)
A C_G D D
D.S. al coda con rep.
= coda  - guitar solo -
O (Bm A G_Em Bm)
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