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Using a Capo

And it seems to be the second article out of his 143, which David wrote for GN. 8)]]> Guitar Players Discussion Rahul https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/capo-question-3/#post-207944 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/capo-question-3/#post-207943 Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:41:58 +0000
Paul]]> Guitar Players Discussion Off He Goes https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/capo-question-3/#post-207943 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/capo-question-3/#post-207933 Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:02:42 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Misanthrope https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/capo-question-3/#post-207933 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/capo-question-3/#post-207908 Tue, 07 Nov 2006 08:40:01 +0000 Off He Goes 'scuse me for being dense, but....

What would be the point of playing barre chords with a capo?

I mean, all the capo does is change the open notes.
The fretted notes aren't affected, Right?
And a barre chord is *all* fretted notes, innit?


Seriously, am I missing something? Why bother using a capo if you're playing all barres?]]> Guitar Players Discussion kent_eh https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/capo-question-3/#post-207908 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/capo-question-3/#post-207854 Tue, 07 Nov 2006 03:38:13 +0000
Hope it helped,

Paul]]> Guitar Players Discussion Off He Goes https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/capo-question-3/#post-207854 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/capo-question-3/#post-207850 Tue, 07 Nov 2006 03:29:53 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion art&lutherie https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/capo-question-3/#post-207850 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/capo-question-3/#post-207846 Tue, 07 Nov 2006 03:23:01 +0000
If you tune your guitar one whole step lower, then with a capo at the 2nd fret you would play the same exact chords as the other guitarist, G D Am G D C

Every fret on a guitar is 1/2 step, so a whole step is 2 frets.

The capo moves things up. If you place a capo at the 2nd fret (a whole step higher), then you must play chords a whole step lower to play the same chords as another guitarist playing without a capo. If you placed a capo at the 7th fret for example, that is 3 1/2 steps higher, so you must play 3 1/2 steps lower. So take an E chord open. One whole step below E is D, another whole step lower would be C, another whole step lower would be Bb, and a half step below that would be A. So, to play an E chord with a capo at the 7th fret you would have to play an A chord shape with the capo.

Hope that didn't confuse you.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Wes Inman https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/capo-question-3/#post-207846 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/capo-question-3/#post-207651 Mon, 06 Nov 2006 07:37:03 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion art&lutherie https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/capo-question-3/#post-207651 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/capo-question-3/#post-207427 Sun, 05 Nov 2006 04:15:38 +0000
D, A, Em, D, A, G

Much easier forms.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Wes Inman https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/capo-question-3/#post-207427 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/capo-question-3/#post-207423 Sun, 05 Nov 2006 03:36:29 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Fretsource https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/capo-question-3/#post-207423