capotasto

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noun
Definitions
  • (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

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian capotasto.

Origin

Italian (Fiorentino)

capotasto

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