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1574 F. Kinwelmersh tr. A. Le Roy Briefe Instr. Musicke Lute f. 5 ^v The twoo strikes marked with prickes..doe signifie that you muste repeate the line endyng there... At the repetition shewed before, you must beginne at the seconde distaunce, noted with the marke to begin againe.

1574 F. Kinwelmersh tr. A. Le Roy Briefe Instr. Musicke Lute f. 5 ^v The double strike, nexte the strike of repetition, doeth signifie that, that whiche is enclosed betwene them, must be left out in the plaiyng forthe of the song.

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 68 When you see this signe :||: of repetition, you must begin again, making the note next before the signe..a semibriefe in the first singing.

1667 C. Simpson Compend. Pract. Musick 24 This Mark signifies a Repetition from that place only where it is set, and is called a Repeat.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Repetition..is also a doubling, or trebling, &c. of an Interval; or a Reiteration of some Consonance or Dissonance.

1749 G. Fenwick Thoughts on Hebrew Titles of Psalms 113 He supposes it to be a Mark of Repetition, which is, indeed, more proper in a short Psalm, than it would be in a long one.

1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music at Bar It is to be understood that the mark of repetition extends to the strains on each side of the double bar.

1854 R. Massie Martin Luther's Spiritual Songs Pref. p. xvi Attention must..be paid to the dots of repetition.

1881 G. Grove Dict. Music III. (at cited word) The rapid reiteration of a note is called repetition.

1903 C. F. A. Williams Story of Notation x. 176 His sign for repetition is the letter S with dots.

1944 W. Apel Harvard Dict. Music 199/2 Dal segno.., abbreviated d.s., means repetition, not from the beginning.., but from another place (frequently near the beginning) marked by the sign §.

1993 Early Music 21 198 Writing out the repetition of the first strain..to avoid the confusion that might be caused by a sign of repetition.