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  • CAPO COMPREHENSION

    Posted by paulh01 on May 15, 2021 at 10:16 am

    Hi folks, Tony shows the capo fret and what chords he is playing but I seem to be missing some theory here. How do we know what chord facings are the same as the open chords?

    jumpinjeff replied 3 years, 9 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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  • dr_dave

    Member
    May 15, 2021 at 2:21 pm

    I am not sure how to best help you. Suppose guitar is in standard tuning E-A-D-G-B-e. Now if you place a capo at the first fret, the open strings at Capo 1 become F-Bb-Eb-Ab-C-f. The open chords also transpose up 1/2 step so if you play what looks like an E chord, it becomes and F, G becomes Ab, A becomes Bb, C becomes Db, D becomes Eb etc.

    At Capo 2 (2nd fret), the strings wouod be F#-B-E-A-C#-f# and the open chord shapes would be one whole step higher than if played sans capo: E becomes F#, G becomes A, A becomes B, C becomes D, D becomes E etc.

    at Capo 4, you would be up two whole steps. E becomes G#, G becomes B, A becomes C#, C becomes E, D becomes F#. Learning where the roots are in each chord shape and learning where notes are on the fretboard will help you see these things for yourself.

    Does this help you?

    • the-old-coach

      Member
      May 16, 2021 at 9:04 pm

      Wow!– This helps me also. Thanks!

      Mark J

    • jumpinjeff

      Member
      May 18, 2021 at 9:38 pm

      👍

  • paulh01

    Member
    May 15, 2021 at 5:43 pm

    dr_dave that helps a ton! I started putting it together and you just put the icing on the cake! Thank you so much!!!!!

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