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Also known as outro, conclusion, finale, tag

musical passage that leads on to the conclusion

Wikidata facts

Subclass of
passage
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Unicode character
𝄌
language of work or name
Italian
Commons category
Coda (music)
different from
coda
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Encyclopedic overview

In music, a coda (/ˈkoʊdə/; Italian for 'tail'; plural code) is a passage that brings a piece (or a movement) to an end. It may be as simple as a few measures, or as complex as an entire section.

In classical music

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “coda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.