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capotasto

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
capotas-to
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

capotastos (plural) capo tasto (alternative)

Synonyms

capo

Questions

What does capotasto mean?
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
Where does capotasto come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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