capo

Noun

capo

1. A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings.

4 letters in word "capo": A C O P.

Anagrams of capo:

• paco

Words found within capo:

cap cop oca op pa pac po poa

• Definitions:
• a device temporarily clamped to the fretboard to "barre" the strings across any of the lower fret positions, thus creating " ...
• A mechanical barre that attaches to the neck of a guitar by means of a string, spring, elastic or nylon band, or a lever and thumbscrew arrangement. The capo can be used to raise the key of a song to suit a vocalist as well as to lower the action and shorten the string length.
• A clamp that holds down all the strings on a given fret.
• A device which clamps onto the fretboard acting as the nut. Allows unfriendly keys to be changed to friendly.
• The beginning of a piece of music. See DC.
• A tool for the guitar that sits over the strings of a guitar on the frets so that the guitar will sound higher.
• A bar with a bank used to put on a certain fret to change the tuning of the guitar.
• the head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate
• A capo (short for capotasto, Italian for "head of fretboard") is a device used for shortening the strings, and hence raising the pitch, of a stringed instrument such as a guitar, mandolin or banjo. It was invented by the Flamenco guitarist .
• A caporegime (sometimes shortened to capo) is a term used in the Mafia for a high ranking member of a crime family who heads a crew (or group) of soldiers. ...

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• → capocchias
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