or
) instead of from the beginning.
In the case of both D.C. and D.S. the word fine (meaning literally the end) is ordinarily used to designate the point at which the repeated section is to terminate. The fermata (
) was formerly in common use for this same purpose, but is seldom so employed at present.
D.C. (sin[9]) al fine means—repeat from the beginning to the word "fine."
D.C. al