capo
1ca·po
noun \ˈkā-(ˌ)pō\ plural capos
Definition of CAPO
: a movable bar attached to the fingerboard of a fretted instrument to uniformly raise the pitch of all the strings
Origin of CAPO
short for capotasto, from Italian, literally, head of fingerboard
First Known Use: 1926
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