Talk:Capo

Disambig

I really think the link at the bottom to "Capos" should be done in some other way (for example, look at the way Sex is disambiguated). It doesn't seem right for that word to be nestled right beside a link to a brand of guitar capo. Just not sure the right way to do it. Also, on a Capo disambig page it might be good to include "Capo" as a musical word (e.g. da capo). Queerwiki 02:15, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

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Name

What does "capodastra" mean and what language is it? This should be explained in the article. Badagnani 20:12, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Capotasto is Italian. Capodastro looks like it's not. I've searched for the word in three Italian vocabularies, and in online dictionaries (notably http://www.garzantilinguistica.it): no sign of the word capodastro or "capo d'astro". I'm also a guitar player and I've never heard of the "capotasto" being called "capodastro". On the other hand, "capodastre" is French for capotasto. I'd say it's a Gallicism, not actually Italian. Akeiron 19:10, 31 March 2010 (CET)

Kyser

I am going to erase the bit at the end of the first paragraph: "Many people use a kind called the Kyser quick-change. This is common because you can pull it off fast." It seems gramatically incorrect, and just pointlessly dealing with a single brand/type. --Aznpride481 05:18, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Well its true that many people do in fact use a kyser brand capo because you can pull them off fast, maybe something more acceptable would be "The use of one particular brand of capo, [Kyser|Kyser Brand capos], has been popularized by artists such as james taylor for the ease of use and fairly rapid transition speed the accessory offers" Something like that I guess, the kyser variation is probably of note, granted that all capos do the same thing, so using a different capo would be pretty much just a matter of very specific preference. As a side note, in my experience skilled guitarists looked down on people who use capos.Schnauzerhead 08:38, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

The Kyser capo is ubiquitous in American folk. I agree that many skilled guitarists think a capo is "cheating"... these tend to be blues/jazz/rock players. 76.210.71.240 (talk) 18:02, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Pronunciation

Could include a section on the different ways people pronounce this word. I've always said it as cap-o. I live in Australia, and have noticed, only in the last year or so, people calling it kay-po. I've done some research and it looks like that's how a lot of American's say it. Interesting the way different pronunciations creep in. phocks (talk) 14:29, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Kay-po is far the commonest pronunciation I've heard in the south of New Zealand since the early 1970s. Not sure if that's true in the rest of the country. I've occasionally heard cappo, but haven't taken enough notice to remember where speakers were from. Koro Neil (talk) 01:49, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Hmm. Here in the UK I've never heard of it as anything other than a CAP-o. Booglamay (talk) - 13:41, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Only ever heard insular Brits use /cap-o/ and heard /kay-po/ everywhere else, but certainly some linguist could post something definitive. -LlywelynII (talk) 12:25, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Kay-po is the most common pronunciation of the word. Never heard someone calling it a cap-o. Mr. C.C. (talk) 03:47, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

I have ALWAYS heard /kay-po/ in the US. 76.210.71.240 (talk) 17:59, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

the only people i know who know what a capo is call it a kay-po. I live in New York. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.2.149.158 (talk) 18:15, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

I was pretty surprised to hear 'kay-po' - As the article says, it's from Italian so CAP-o seems the obvious pronunciation to me, never heard anything else until a youtube session just now Happypoems (talk) 23:02, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Kay-po might be the most common pronounciation, certainly it is in the US, but kah-po is still common in the uk (at least) and closer to the root of the word. Differences in pronunciations of words are not uncommon and if you google 'pronounce capo' you will see people asking the question. I reckon the pronounciation difference is worthy of a mention.188.223.98.200 (talk) 01:39, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

External Links

The link to making your own capo at thestringery.com appears to be dead. The site home makes reference to the site being broken and in the process of being fixed so I left the link alone. I'll try to remember to check it again on or about 20 July 2009 and if it still down I'll remove it unless there is an objection. Vectorscalar (talk) 06:12, 10 July 2009 (UTC) Fixed Now Vectorscalar (talk) 03:49, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Harmonic Capo

Maybe someone could add a bit info on the harmonic capo from Bob Kilgore (weaseltrap.com), what it does and all. Not meaning do do advertising, but it seems that this is capable of more than conventional capos, even if i don't exactly understand it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.121.20.37 (talk) 14:36, 19 November 2009 (UTC) It also would be awesome to add some history of harmonic capo - firstly it was mentioned by Hans Reichel (as long as I know) in some mid to late 70's and you can see photos of him in this period with this capo. This info is mentioned at http://www.weaseltrap.com/FAQ.html , but not very clear. Also there is no exact dates of capo's invention. I think that Hans was the first one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.189.176.231 (talk) 03:42, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

too short

its too short many things like more images and pronunciations should be added —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.253.235.159 (talk) 11:46, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Songs

Should we write some songs that are notable for their capo use? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.68.114.192 (talk) 19:44, 11 January 2011 (UTC)