capotasto

See also: capo tasto

English

Three capos, second attached

Alternative forms

• capo tasto

Etymology

From Italian capotasto, from capo (“head”) + tasto (“fret”)

Noun

capotasto (plural capotastos)

1. (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

Synonyms

• capo

Translations

device placed across the strings

• Czech: kapodastr m
• Finnish: kapo (fi), capo (fi)
• French: capodastre (fr)
• Italian: capotasto
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• Maori: whakakopa
• Portuguese: pestana (pt) f, capotraste m
• Spanish: ceja (es) f, cejilla (es) f

See also

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Italian

Etymology

capo- +‎ tasto

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -asto

Noun

capotasto m (plural capotasti)

1. (music) capotasto