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Capotasto vs Capo - What's the difference?

capotasto | capo | Synonyms |

Capo is a synonym of capotasto.

Capo is a related term of capotasto.



As nouns the difference between capotasto and capo

is that capotasto is 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 while capo is a movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings.

capotasto

English

Alternative forms

* capo tasto

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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
  • Synonyms

    * capo

    See also

    * (capo) ----

    capo

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortening of (m), from (etyl).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings.
  • Synonyms

    * (movable bar) capotasto

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A leader in the Mafia; a caporegime.
  • Anagrams

    * * * * ----