Da Capo al Fine: Which instruction tells players to return to the start and play until the Fine?

• A. Return to the beginning and play until the Fine marking.
• B. Jump to the Coda
• C. Play to the end and stop
• D. Repeat the last measure

Answer: (A)

Da Capo al Fine directs you to go back to the very beginning and continue playing until you reach the marking labeled Fine. The Fine indicates where the music ends on the repeated pass, so you stop when you encounter it after returning to the start. This instruction structure is used to create a deliberate repeat with a defined stopping point without rewriting the entire repeat.

The other options don’t fit this pattern: jumping to a Coda sends you to a later section, not back to the start; playing to the end and stopping would finish without returning to the beginning; repeating only the last measure doesn’t involve returning to the top or hitting a designated end point.