Here's another newbie question...
If you put a capo on the fretboard does that change the way you play chords? Let's say you put a capo on the second fret; can you play 'D' as you normally would but it's just farther down the board?
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Here's another newbie question...
If you put a capo on the fretboard does that change the way you play chords? Let's say you put a capo on the second fret; can you play 'D' as you normally would but it's just farther down the board?
Correct; the capo is considered the "nut" at that point.
Jim
Here's another newbie question...
If you put a capo on the fretboard does that change the way you play chords? Let's say you put a capo on the second fret; can you play 'D' as you normally would but it's just farther down the board?
Correct; the capo is considered the "nut" at that point.
Jim
Thanks for the quick response! Nice to know that the chords don't change even with the new "nut".
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Thanks for the tip.
Here's another newbie question...
If you put a capo on the fretboard does that change the way you play chords? Let's say you put a capo on the second fret; can you play 'D' as you normally would but it's just farther down the board?
If you put a Capo on 2 and pay a D chord, you're getting the notes G#, E, B, E, B (high to low) - you're getting a chord of E.
If you want to get a chord sounding as a D with a Capo on 2, you play a C
Let us know if any of this is foggy.
Best,
A :-
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Here's another newbie question...
If you put a capo on the fretboard does that change the way you play chords? Let's say you put a capo on the second fret; can you play 'D' as you normally would but it's just farther down the board?
If you put a Capo on 2 and pay a D chord, you're getting the notes G#, E, B, E, B (high to low) - you're getting a chord of E.
If you want to get a chord sounding as a D with a Capo on 2, you play a C
Let us know if any of this is foggy.
Best,
A :-
This is completely foggy... :(
Here's another newbie question...
If you put a capo on the fretboard does that change the way you play chords? Let's say you put a capo on the second fret; can you play 'D' as you normally would but it's just farther down the board?
If you put a Capo on 2 and pay a D chord, you're getting the notes G#, E, B, E, B (high to low) - you're getting a chord of E.
If you want to get a chord sounding as a D with a Capo on 2, you play a C
Let us know if any of this is foggy.
Best,
A :-
This is completely foggy... :(
Click this link for a great explantion on using a capo.
https://www.guitarnoise.com/lessons/the-underappreciated-art-of-using-a-capo/
It's written by GN's David Hodge and he breaks it down very well (as he does with everything else he teaches).
Jim
you can use the same chord-shapes as before, but the name of each chord will change, as the notes have changed. So, if you put a capo on the 2nd fret, you can still use the D chord-shape but, since all the notes have been raised by one tone (the open D string is now playing an E note, the a note originally played on the 3rd string becomes a B note, and so on), the chord-name has to change to reflect this (in this case being called an E chord,). Hope this helps, that's what Alan was saying above. I'm sure David's article goes into full detail though.
David's lesson (kc guitar gave you the link above) will also give you a conversion table.
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I play a double neck and my fingers like the chords in the key of C better than D, so if I need to sing in D, I put the capo up 2 and go at it. If I decide to kick in the bass (without a capo, of course), I have to remember to play in D 'til I return to guitar
