It is extremely helpful, no doubt about that.
In that case, you can set the capo on the second fret which will do the work of your index finger and then you just play normal easy E and Em, you get the F# and Bm sound, isn’t that easy?īy now you have known how to use a capo properly. Let’s say, you want to play F# and Bm chords, these are really hard chords for beginners. You get it now? It should become easy if you have gone through the above instruction. But when you shift to after two columns, there is “D”, right? And what is labeled above D? 2nd fret! If you put the capo on the second fret and hold normal C chord, that would sound like D chord. If you start playing C chord at position 0, that is an open chord and that would sound like C, no difference. You see all of them, right? here starts the game! And then take a look at the right, there is a column which is labeled with “0”, below the “0” there is written, “With no Capo”. At the top left, do you see a word written “Chord”? There is a C under that. Okay, let’s have a look at the very first row on your left. Just go through below instruction, it will become as smooth as water. Have a look.ĭoes it look complex? Well, don’t be afraid. That being said, you might not understand the chart now, I am explaining below, it will become very easy. So how do you figure that out?ĭon’t worry, I am here for that! Below, I have provided a capo chart, where there is all kind of chords name and fret numbers, so that you will be able to find out require fret number and chord pretty easily. You get it? So without knowing the fret number and chord, you cannot use a capo. Because with a capo in the 2nd fret if you play C chord that will sound like D. But for that, you need to where exactly you should place the capo and which chord you should hold. Let’s say, you want to play a song which requires very tough chords, capo will definitely help you there.
Pay close when you are releasing the handle, make sure the capo is aligned nicely even before you release the handle. And when the capo is attached unbalanced that can make the guitar tone pretty bad. What most beginners do is, they nicely press the capo’s handle but when releasing they don’t do that with care and that makes the capo attached to the guitar fret in an unbalanced way. Most beginners make mistake when pulling on a capo, they do it incorrectly. That being said, you have to know the proper way of using the capo, that’s extremely important. And if you cannot sing low, increases the key, simple. If you cannot sing in a high key, then lower the key. For example, if you are finding it difficult to sing a song, then you can try to sing that on a different key. Have you heard “Here comes the sun” song by Beatles? That sounded really unique, right? The unique sound came because there was a capo placed at the 7th fret of the guitar.Īnd lastly, you can quickly change the song key. Not only capo makes playing easier but it also makes the guitar sound extremely good. With the capo, you can pull out the same sound without holding the bar chord. The capo makes it easier for you to play songs but how? There are some bar chords which are really tough to hold, especially for beginners. But once you start using and play clamping it, it will get a hang on this thing.
I know it is a little complex, I mean the capo thing. In case you don’t know how actually capo works, let me give you an example! If you clamp the capo on 2nd fret and then if you hold C chord and play, that would sound like D chord. Clamping the clip into different frets will produce different sounds and you can shift the clamp up down pretty easily. It is like a clip and you are supposed to place that on different frets.
Capo is like a very simple tool and is used to change the guitar sound.
If you have just started playing the guitar, there is a high chance that you wouldn’t know much about it.