Thursday, 15 November 2012

D C al Fine

8-yr-old boy, playing a piece with D. C. al Fine written at the end.  He did what he was meant to do (go back to the beginning and play until Fine), but I wanted to check he knew what it was called.

Me [pointing to the instruction]: At the end, what do you do?
Boy [sounding like and Aussie]: Dee-cal fine.  You go to there [points to top of piece], do the first line and 2 bars and then stop.
Me: Do you know what the D.C. actually stands for? [I point my index fingers on my head]
Boy: Use your brain?

I then did what I normally do - Da Capo, you can see the word 'cap' in Capo, you put your cap on your head, capo means head, fine means finish... But I did like his response.  One should always use one's brain.

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