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DictionarycodaConcluding passage
noun

coda

KOH-duh/ˈkəʊdə/

A final passage that brings a piece of music or writing to a close.

The pianist plays the coda that brings the piece to a close.

Pianist plays final concluding bars of a score, last short passage visually bracketed.
Etymology
codaLatintail

A coda is a 'tail' attached to the main body of a work. The musical sense—a passage added to bring a composition to a close—connects that image to a concluding section.

In context

Shakespeare Made Clear 1:12
it's not the last sonnet they're actually two more after this one but they're more of a coda to the dark lady sequence they aren't written directly to her
Sonnet 152: “In loving thee, thou know’st I am forsworn”

More examples

  • The pianist slows down slightly during the coda.
  • A brief coda brings the novel back to its opening scene.
  • Both songs have codas that repeat the main melody.

Forms

coda · codas

Similar words

epilogue
Usually a separate closing section in a work of writing.
finale
Often the entire last movement, rather than an added closing passage.