capotasto
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See also: capo tasto
English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Italian capotasto, from capo (“head”) + tasto (“fret”).
Noun[edit]
capotasto (plural capotastos)
- (music) A device, placed across the strings of a fretted instrument such as a guitar, to shorten the strings and thus allow upward transposition without altered fingering
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Translations[edit]
device placed across the strings
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See also[edit]
- Category:capo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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