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- noun music A device, placed across the
strings of a fretted instrument such as aguitar , to shorten the strings and thus allow upwardtransposition without alteredfingering
Etymologies
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Italian capo + tasto head of the fret
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reesetee commented on the word capotasto
See capodastre. From Italian capo di tasto, "head of the fingerboard."
November 4, 2008