CAPO


Meaning of CAPO in English

n.

Pronunciation: ' k ā -( ˌ )p ō

Function: noun

Inflected Form: plural capos

Etymology: short for capotasto, from Italian, literally, head of fingerboard

Date: 1926

: a movable bar attached to the fingerboard of a fretted instrument to uniformly raise the pitch of all the strings

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