what does coda mean
Coda [ËkoËda] (Italian for tail, plural code) is a term used in music in a number of different senses, primarily to designate a passage that brings a piece (or a movement) to an end.Technically, it is an expanded cadence.It may be as simple as a few measures, or as complex as an entire section.he presence of a coda as a structural element in a movement is especially clear in works written in particular musical forms. Codas were commonly used in both sonata form and variation movements during the Classical era.