capotasto

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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

Word forms

capotasto capotastos capo tasto

Etymology

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

Synonyms

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