noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 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

Synonyms

All synonyms

capocapo

Etymology

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

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.