capotasto
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See also: capo tasto
English
[edit]![](http://178.128.105.246/cars-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Kapodaster_an_Westerngitarre_und_3_verschiedene_Formen_-_1951X.jpg/220px-Kapodaster_an_Westerngitarre_und_3_verschiedene_Formen_-_1951X.jpg)
Alternative forms
[edit]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
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]device placed across the strings
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See also
[edit]Category:capo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Italian
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