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A short optional beginning section of a music piece might be referred to as a prelude.

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In a sonatina, it might also be called the first movement; however a sonatina might have only a single movement and so feature no prelude.

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In Pop Music, it is called the Coda - which often repeats a certain phrase from the hook and on recordings, often fades out.

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That is called an outro.

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