Which instruction tells you to go back to the beginning of the piece and play until the marking 'Fine'?

Which instruction tells you to go back to the beginning of the piece and play until the marking 'Fine'?

• A. D.C. al Fine
• B. D.S. al Coda
• C. Coda
• D. Fine

Answer: (A)

Da Capo al Fine tells you to return to the very beginning and keep playing until you reach the marking Fine. The Da Capo instruction resets the route to the start, and the al Fine tells you where to stop on the way again. The other markings do different things: Da Capo al Coda sends you back to the start but then continues to a Coda; a Coda sign marks a separate ending section to jump to; Fine by itself only marks an endpoint, not a return to the start. So the combination of returning to the start and stopping at Fine is exactly Da Capo al Fine.

Da Capo al Fine tells you to return to the very beginning and keep playing until you reach the marking Fine. The Da Capo instruction resets the route to the start, and the al Fine tells you where to stop on the way again. The other markings do different things: Da Capo al Coda sends you back to the start but then continues to a Coda; a Coda sign marks a separate ending section to jump to; Fine by itself only marks an endpoint, not a return to the start. So the combination of returning to the start and stopping at Fine is exactly Da Capo al Fine.