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Pauses should be kept just as precise as the notes.
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Four stroke whole note pause. | |
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Half note pause is 2 stroke long | |
| Fourth pause 1 stroke | ||
| eighth pause | ||
| 16th pause | ||
| Just like the notes, the pauses increase their value by 1/2 by adding a point | ||
| Repetition mark. | ||
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Play only 1st time. Play only 2nd time. | |
| D.C. |
DC is an abbreviation of Da Capo. This is Italian and means from the top |
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D. C. al Fine D.S. al Fine |
DC al fine means from the top to the ending (To the fine -mark) D.S. Means DA Segno, from the sign |
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This is the other end of the repitition. | |