Would you please help me with the following question:
A good number of guitar sheet music books seem to have been written for Piano, then transposed for guitar. For example, you have guitar chord shapes on top, then the scale for the signer, followed by both left and right-hand scales for piano. For some songs, they suggest using a capo on the first fret if you want to sound like the original recorded version. Why is this so? Does this have anything to do with parts written for the guitar being transposed up an octave compared to piano music? In addition, Is the singing scale compatible for guitar playing? :?:
For some songs, they suggest using a capo on the first fret if you want to sound like the original recorded version. Why is this so?
This is because the original recorded version is played a semitone higher in pitch than the music you have in front of you - this can be done to make the music you have easier to read, or it may have been a deliberate action to record the song at the higher pitch (for example, to suit the singer's range)
Does this have anything to do with parts written for the guitar being transposed up an octave compared to piano music?
Nope
In addition, Is the singing scale compatible for guitar playing? :?:
Yes, the vocal line is for the singer and the guitar usually plays the basic harmony under which the tune is set. No problems there.
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