Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Da Capo is a musical term in Italian, meaning from the beginning. It is a composer's directive to repeat the previous part of music. Another indication for a similar directive is a double colon at the end of the (small) part. Sometimes the composer describes the part to be repeated, for example: Menuet da capo. In opera the repeated piece is often adorned with grace notes. Variations of the directon are: Da Capo al fine (D.C. al fine): repeat (the entire piece of music) from beginning up to the word fine. Da Capo al Coda (D.C. al Coda): repeat from beginning to the (D.C.) sign (or fine) and then play the tail part (the coda). Da Capo is also the name of a Japanese hentai game as well as a non-hentai anime based off it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.