Klarinet Archive - Posting 000367.txt from 2000/10

From: Andrea Bergamin <a.bergamin@-----.it>
Subj: Re: [kl] "Capo 3"
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 09:35:44 -0400

Il giorno 08.10.00 14:19, SDSCHWAEG@-----.com ha scritto:

> In a message dated 10/8/00 12:36:26 AM Central Daylight Time,
> Bilwright@-----.net writes:
>
> << What does it mean when "Capo 3" is printed immediately below the
> key and time signature at the beginning of an excerpt (not further along
> in the excerpt)? >>
>
> What's the excerpt, Bill? I don't play guitar, but from my church musician
> friends I understand "capo" as a guitar term. It's an elastic strap kind of
> thing that they fasten around the neck to stop all the strings at a given
> point - in this case, at the 3rd fret. You've in effect shortened all the
> strings the same amount, thus automatically transposing. They use it so they
> can play in an easier key, kind of like us switching to A clarinet. If there
> are chord symbols above the music, there should generally be a double set of
> them - one for the key the piece is written in, and one set for when you have
> the capo on. Does this fit the music you're looking at?
> Sue Schwaegler
>

You are right.
"Capo" is an abbreviation for "capotasto".
My dictionary gives "bridge" as translation but I don't think it's the right
term.

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