Definition of the Italian term ritornello in music:
- a repeat
- recurring passage or section in a piece of music
- short instrumental prelude, interlude or postlude added to an aria or other type of song (especially in the 17th century)
- final couplet of a madrigal (especially in the 14th century)
Italian musical terms related to ritornello:
- al segno – to the sign (to the segno sign)
- alternativo – alternative...
- bis – again, twice (direction to repeat a part)
- con replica – with repeat
- da capo – from the beginning (repeat from the beginning)
- da capo al coda – from the beginning to coda (repeat from the beginn...
- da capo al fine – from the beginning to the word "Fine" (repeat from...
- da capo al segno – from the beginning to the segno sign (repeat from ...
- da capo du signe – from the beginning to the segno sign (repeat from ...
- da capo senza replica – from the beginning without repetition (repeat from...
- da capo senza ripetizione – from the beginning without repetition (repeat from...
- dal segno – repeat from the sign
... - dal segno al coda – repeat from the sign to the sign
(sometimes repl... - dal segno al fine – repeat from the sign to the word Fine...
- replica – repetition, repeat performance...
- replicato – repeated, doubled
- ribattuto – struck again, beaten again
- ripetere – to repeat...
- ripetizione – repetition, repeat
- ripetizione ad libitum – repeat as many times as you like
- ripresa – reprise, repeat...
- ritornare – to return, to come back, to repeat
- scherzo da capo – scherzo from the beginning (go back to the beginni...
- segno – sign (usually referring to the sign , that indicat...
- senza replica – without repeat
- si replica – repeat, to be repeated
