Fine

As Printed on a Score

Printed above (sometimes below) the staff at the final bar of the section where a da capo or dal segno return stops, often over a double bar or with a fermata. It is passed over on the first time through and marks the end on the return; in a minuet and trio it usually stands at the end of the minuet.

How Composers Use It

Place the Fine marking at the point where the music should stop on the repeat. In a da capo aria, Fine typically comes at the end of the A section, so the piece ends after the return of A.

Example

Baroque minuet and trio movements — "Menuetto da capo" sends performers back to the minuet, which ends at the Fine marking.

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