Capo Capo A capo (short for "capodastro", "capo tasto" or "capotasto" , Italian for "head of fretboard"; Spanish: " cejilla" or "capodastro"; French: "capodastre"; German: "Kapodaster"; Portuguese: "capodastro", Serbo-Croatian: "kapodaster"; Greek: "kapotasta") is a device used on the neck of a stringed (typically fretted) instrument to shorten the playable length of the strings, hence raising the pitch. It is a common tool for players of guitars, mandolins, mandolas, banjos, ukuleles and bouzoukis. The word derives from the Italian "capotasto" which means the nut of a stringed instrument. The earliest known use of the term "capotasto" is by Giovanni Battista Doni who,
The Italian Key for the film || | 2011|| "The Italian Key" || Best Feel Good Feature Film || | 2011|| "The Italian Key" || Aloha Accolade Award || | 2011|| "The Italian Key" || Silver Ace Award || | 2011|| "The Italian Key" || Best Foreign Film || | 2011|| "The Italian Key" || Best "Women Behind the Camera" Film || The Italian Key The Italian Key is a 2011 film directed and written by Rosa Karo. The film follows the story of Cabella, a 19-year-old orphan girl, who travels to Italy after she has inherited an old key from her unrelated