"pitch-altering device for a stringed instrument," 1946, short for capo tasto (1876), from Italian, literally "head stop" (see head (n.)).

"leader of a Mafia 'family,' " 1952, Italian, literally "head" (see head (n.)).

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 [..]

A term used for certain prisoners inside Nazi concentration camps during World War II in various lower administrative positions. Capos received more privileges than normal prisoners. They were often c [..]

, Jews who worked inside the death camps. Their tasks including transporting victims of gassing to the ovens, cleaning the gas chambers of human excrement and blood, removal of gold from the teeth of [..]

(n) the head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate

N M capon; young cockerel?

the beginning, the top

 – head; i.e., the beginning (of a movement, normally)

Head; the beginning

A device which clamps onto the fretboard acting as the nut. Allows unfriendly keys to be changed to friendly. More here.

A capo is a mechanical device that places a barre across the strings which as the effect of shortening the guitar's scale and thus raising its pitch. Huh? Basically we're talking about a cla [..]

The CAPO is a simple mechanical device that fits (clamps) over a fret and neck area of the guitar to help make it easier to play songs in different “keys” (without having to change to more difficult c [..]

the Family member who leads a crew; short for capodecina.

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A clamp-like device that is placed vertically across the guitar neck. It is used to change the pitch of the guitar, acting as a moveable nut.

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