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codetta

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[Italian, little tail]

1. A passage within a composition of sonata form which resembles a coda, but occurs at the end of the exposition rather than at the end of the composition
 
2. In a fugue, a codetta is the linking passage between the entries of the subject or theme.
 
3. The Italian term for flag.
 
See more about notes in the Appendix. 

See Also

[English] flag
[English] tail
[French] crochet (m)
[German] Notenfahne (f)
[German] Fähnchen (n)
[German] Fahne (f)
[Italian] coda uncinata (f)
[Italian] bandiera (f)
[Spanish] corchete (m)

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Last Updated: 2016-05-21 17:36:05