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- Can you tune your guitar with a capo on?
- Is tuning with a capo bad?
- Should I tune my guitar after capo?
- What does capo do to tuning?
Can you tune your guitar with a capo on?
You can tune your guitar with a capo on, it will just be out of tune when you take the capo off.
Is tuning with a capo bad?
they will clean the guitar, change the strings, adjust your action, and fine-tune the intonation. it usually runs anywhere from 40-80 to have this done. to directly answer your question, you shouldn't really tune your guitar with your capo on.
Should I tune my guitar after capo?
You're Using a Capo
One, it pulls the strings down towards the fingerboard when you attach it to your neck. In addition, it tweaks the strings when you put it on or take it off. ... But really, you should tune once before you put the capo on, then again when it's in place to get your instrument where you want it.
What does capo do to tuning?
A capo can be clamped behind any fret, making the playable portion of the guitar neck shorter and artificially raising the tuning of the guitar. For every fret away from the nut you place the capo you are then raising the pitch of each string by one half step*.
