Coda (music)

In music, a coda (pronounced [ˈkoːda]; Italian for 'tail'; plural code) is a passage that brings a piece (or a movement) to an end.

[1] The presence of a coda as a structural element in a movement is especially clear in works written in particular musical forms.

In a sonata form movement, the recapitulation section will, in general, follow the exposition in its thematic content, while adhering to the home key.

Cauda, a Latin word meaning "tail", "edge" or "trail" is the root of coda and is used in the study of conductus of the 12th and 13th centuries.

A coda in these genres is sometimes referred to as an "outro", while in jazz, modern church music and barbershop arranging it is commonly called a "tag".

In music notation, the coda symbol, which resembles a set of crosshairs, is used as a navigation marker, similar to the dal segno sign.