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8 Reasons Why Using a Capo is Great for Your Guitar Playing


Re: Why use capo? - Mandolin Cafe Forum

One is because you like the tone of open strings added to what you are playing. This is a good reason. Two is that your playing is limited to ...

Capo problem - Delcamp Classical Guitar Forum

The bass strings sound just fine with the capo on. The only instrument where I have problems is my 12-string but that's because the two strings ...

Capo and what it means to we bassists. - Warwick Forum

So for example if the capo is on the 2nd fret and the guitar player is playing an E chord, he's actually playing F#. An A chord played with a ...

How To Use a Capo - A Step-by-Step Guide - Gear4music

Moving the capo up the fretboard is a great way to keep your playing fresh. If you like noodling with pentatonic blues scales, particularly in ...

Capo Snobbery | Page 7

As a primarily acoustic player (and if I'm one of two guitarists in a band) I like to live somewhere else on the neck than where the other ...

How often do you use a capo? - The Unofficial Martin Guitar Forum

When I use a capo it's normally to fit a key form I like to my vocal range, or to work with others if I'm playing in a group. I hate barre ...

Video Lesson: How to Use a Capo to Play Music in All 12 Keys

Essentially, the capo functions as a nut and when placed on the neck, transposes, or raises the notes of the open strings but retains the ...

why the dislike for capos - The Acoustic Guitar Forum

Capos are useful. Because of the way their strings are set up and tuned, guitars just naturally are more suited and comfortable for the player ...

Why do so many flamenco players use a capo?

To retain the flavor of the nice things you do for your usual singer at 3 por medio....well...when you want to do your solo piece using some of ...

Using a capo to stay in the same key - JustinGuitar Community

Using a capo – playing different chord shapes and staying in the same key A capo is a guitarist's friend. A capo can be used to change the key of any given ...

Comparison and Guide on Classical Guitar Capos - FretterVerse.com

On the contrary, your classical capo, which is designed for nylon-string guitars, exerts softer, more evenly distributed pressure on the strings ...

Capo for 8 string? | SevenString.org

I need a capo because i'm in a folk/rock band with my brother and some of the 6 string songs we wrote need a capo.

Guitar Capo Explained - What is a capo for guitar? - YouTube

SUBSCRIBE: ▻▻ http://goo.gl/nDtSmJ What is a capo? Info here http://www.andyguitar.co.uk/?p=836 A 'capo' holds down the strings at any fret ...

Mike Ness and his use of capos - Gibson Forums

Also he likes open chords, he likes it tunes to Eb because it fits his vocals. The reason he uses the capos on the Goldtops usually is because ...

Using a capo on an electric guitar? | Page 2

First off: They don't need to be, but possibly could be - in different tunings. Secondly: when you capo a guitar it allows you to play the same ...

7 Benefits of Using A Capo - Teach Me The Guitar

E sounds different when it's played as the low open chord as opposed to when it is played as a C while the capo is on the 4th fret. With the ...

Lol why do ppl use capo's? - Page 2 - Gearspace

Capos are for re tards who haven't got the dexterity to play different chord shapes in order to play different keys. It's easier.

Does anybody use CAPO on your electric guitar? - My Les Paul Forum

Because a capo is used to raise the pitch of open strings, and 99% of it's use comes in strummed chords. Electric guitars are generally used ...

Capo and fret damage. Fact or myth? - The Acoustic Guitar Forum

It will wear out the fret faster. Even playing a lead solo, stretching the strings, with a capo on must cause a degree of grinding. Is it worth ...

Should I Use A Capo? Here's 5 Benefits & Uses!

Capos are also great if you want to make more use of open chords. As much as one may love barre chords, open chords do sound more beautiful a lot of the time.