pollice capotasto

French translation: barré

23:22 Sep 29, 2016
Italian to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music / strumenti
Italian term or phrase: pollice capotasto
Est-ce le Barré ??
Nesrine Echroudi
Tunisia
French translation:barré
Explanation:
"Il termine pollice capotasto indica una tecnica propria del violoncello e del contrabbasso, che consiste nell'appoggiare il pollice della mano sinistra sopra una corda" (https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capotasto)
cf. http://www.guitare-improvisation.com/les-accords_les-accords... avec photos:
"On peut aussi dire qu'un barré, c'est utiliser un doigt en guise de capodastre"
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Thumb Nut
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barré


Explanation:
"Il termine pollice capotasto indica una tecnica propria del violoncello e del contrabbasso, che consiste nell'appoggiare il pollice della mano sinistra sopra una corda" (https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capotasto)
cf. http://www.guitare-improvisation.com/les-accords_les-accords... avec photos:
"On peut aussi dire qu'un barré, c'est utiliser un doigt en guise de capodastre"

Aude De Lucia
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Reference: Thumb Nut

Reference information:
M8 Brass Thumb Nuts – Self Colour. M8 Brass Washers – Self Colour. You are buying a quantity of 4 of each. Used for all types of instruments - http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/thumb-nuthttp://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp...
capotasto - a bar or movable nut attached to the fingerboard of a guitar or other fretted instrument to uniformly raise the pitch of all the strings
Guitar Nuts - The nut is placed at the end of the fingerboard and controls the strings spacing, distance from the edge of the fingerboard and their height above the first fret.

José Patrício
Portugal
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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