Talk:Capo (musical device)

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)

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.