capotasto

English

Two capos, third attached

Etymology

Italian capo + tasto head of the fret

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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

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Italian

Etymology

capo- +‎ tasto

Noun

capotasto m (plural capotasti)

  1. (music) capotasto
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