Capo

How does a capo work

How does a capo work

A capo is a device that clamps down across the guitar's fingerboard at a particular fret. Capos shorten the length of all the strings at the same time, creating, in effect, a new nut. ... If you place the capo at the third fret, for example, the open E strings become Gs (three half steps higher in pitch than E).

  1. Are chords the same with a capo?
  2. How does a capo affect chords?
  3. Do fret numbers change with a capo?

Are chords the same with a capo?

Each of the chords you play in open position can be played using a capo, but if you do that, the name of the chord changes; it goes up one semitone for every fret the capo is moved up. So an open G chord with a capo on the 1st fret will become a G# chord.

How does a capo affect chords?

What does a capo do? It raises the key of the guitar. So for example, if you placed a capo on the 2nd fret and played a C chord, the sound that would come out of your guitar is D. You'd be holding a C chord shape, but because the capo has raised the key of the guitar, the actual chord that would be sounded would be D.

Do fret numbers change with a capo?

Does that make sense? The other reason it's done the current way is to make transposing easy. By writing the tab as if the capo is the new nut, you can play in any key just by moving the fret the capo is on. None of the numbers change.

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