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ca·po1  audio  (kp) KEY 

NOUN:
pl. ca·pos
A small movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar or similar instrument so as to raise the pitch of all the strings uniformly.

ETYMOLOGY:
Italian capo (di tastiera), head (of the fingerboard), from Latin caput; see kaput- in Indo-European roots



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