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| A classic spring clamp guitar capo |
Capo is a device which is used on the neck of a stringed (typically fretted) instrument to shorten the playable length of the strings, hence raising the pitch. It is frequently used on guitars, mandolins, and banjos.
capo has been used since a long ago because of its benefits ......
today i will share you the most useful features & benefits of a capo while playing a guitar ....
Mainly we can use capo in various time in various needs..... there is no hard & fast rules of its uses.... it completely depends upon the guitarists or a musician & his/her level of playing that how a capo will be used ..... though some rough ideas & thoughts & theories which are basics & common to those implements .... to grow your skill & experience as a guitarist you should remember this things ... & these things are the capo's unique benefits which are as following :
1) CHANGE OF KEY BECOMES EASIER :
suppose you are playing a song in C major scale in nut position ... everyone knows playing a song in nut position is smoother & easier (probably the easiest position) because in nut there is a lot of open string notes... you pick at ease ... but in advanced level suppose at stage your vocalist is good at high pitch & sings the same song in D major ...
in order to match the vocal you have to reset your notes in D major .... that means you have to play in D major ... at this stage capo comes ..
you can think that there is also a D major scale at nut but in that case there will be some difficulties...
1 you have to change the solo into D major at a sudden which is a lot difficult because a new shapes & figures & notations will have to be remembered in that small time !
2 In greater range shifts suppose from C to E major or F major shifts , if you are thinking for nut position E or F scale then it will not work properly to pick your pitch ... because at nut position these E & F scales are defined lower than the C ... (E major nut starts from 6th string XD).... so it becomes opposite, it will lower your pitch .......
3 Again suppose you have a guitar solo of which first half is played on E major & 2nd half is on G major ( eg. MY HEART WILL GO ON) ......... so is that easy to change key & raise pitch simultaneously & also change the whole solo in awhile every time ?
So forget those & pick up a capo... clamp it at suitable fret .. play at ease ... forget about note changing ... play the same shapes & notes with the capo .. do exactly the same what you do at nut.. copy & paste it at higher fret... it will be easy & fast .... raise your pitch at any instance, slide the capo as your desire ......
use capo for bar & play nut shape ....
you will have to practice & experiment with it
example: chord progression without capo : Bm F# A E
now try to play it with capo ....
you will find a suitable position for capo in 7th fret & now revised progression for capo will be
Em B D A (all these shapes are nut shapes)
check it out by yourself ........
3. COMPOSE FANTASTIC ARPEGGIOS :
By placing the capo at right position ... extract beautiful arpeggios ...... it is seen that arpeggiated chords from a capo sounds clearer & better than the bar chords ...
4. MAKE FINGER STYLE SOLOS USING CAPO :
In finger-style picking you have to pick bass & treble notes at the same time sometime....
sometime you will have to play chords & etc .... just make it easier with a capo ..
this is a advanced level use by the way ... you will have to learn a good experience before doing this...
that's why its more tougher ....I'm not describing it elaborately now ...
SO MAINLY THAT'S THE ALL ABOUT CAPO & ITS MAJOR USES . THOUGH USE CAPO AS YOUR DESIRE .. CONFIGURE THINGS BY YOUR OWN ... AS SOON AS YOU WILL LEARN YOU WILL FIND IT GREAT ... & YOU MAY USE IT IN YOUR WAY ...
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THERE ARE SEVERAL TYPES & BRANDS OF CAPO , AMONG THOSE THESE ARE CHEAPER & WELL ENOUGH :
1. KYSER KG6B CAPO
2. DUNLOP 83CB TRIGGER CAPO
3. NEEWER QUICK CHANGE
4. xGUITARx SPRING CAPO
5. KADENCE CAPO
6. SG MUSICAL SPRING CAPO
7. PLANETWAVES NS CAPO
8. G7TH SERIES CAPOs
etc ...............
Mainly we can use capo in various time in various needs..... there is no hard & fast rules of its uses.... it completely depends upon the guitarists or a musician & his/her level of playing that how a capo will be used ..... though some rough ideas & thoughts & theories which are basics & common to those implements .... to grow your skill & experience as a guitarist you should remember this things ... & these things are the capo's unique benefits which are as following :
1) CHANGE OF KEY BECOMES EASIER :
suppose you are playing a song in C major scale in nut position ... everyone knows playing a song in nut position is smoother & easier (probably the easiest position) because in nut there is a lot of open string notes... you pick at ease ... but in advanced level suppose at stage your vocalist is good at high pitch & sings the same song in D major ...
in order to match the vocal you have to reset your notes in D major .... that means you have to play in D major ... at this stage capo comes ..
you can think that there is also a D major scale at nut but in that case there will be some difficulties...
1 you have to change the solo into D major at a sudden which is a lot difficult because a new shapes & figures & notations will have to be remembered in that small time !
2 In greater range shifts suppose from C to E major or F major shifts , if you are thinking for nut position E or F scale then it will not work properly to pick your pitch ... because at nut position these E & F scales are defined lower than the C ... (E major nut starts from 6th string XD).... so it becomes opposite, it will lower your pitch .......
3 Again suppose you have a guitar solo of which first half is played on E major & 2nd half is on G major ( eg. MY HEART WILL GO ON) ......... so is that easy to change key & raise pitch simultaneously & also change the whole solo in awhile every time ?
So forget those & pick up a capo... clamp it at suitable fret .. play at ease ... forget about note changing ... play the same shapes & notes with the capo .. do exactly the same what you do at nut.. copy & paste it at higher fret... it will be easy & fast .... raise your pitch at any instance, slide the capo as your desire ......
2. PLAY INSTEAD OF BAR CHORDS : get the full video here
Play bar chords without one fingered bars ..use capo for bar & play nut shape ....
you will have to practice & experiment with it
example: chord progression without capo : Bm F# A E
now try to play it with capo ....
you will find a suitable position for capo in 7th fret & now revised progression for capo will be
Em B D A (all these shapes are nut shapes)
check it out by yourself ........
3. COMPOSE FANTASTIC ARPEGGIOS :
By placing the capo at right position ... extract beautiful arpeggios ...... it is seen that arpeggiated chords from a capo sounds clearer & better than the bar chords ...
4. MAKE FINGER STYLE SOLOS USING CAPO :
In finger-style picking you have to pick bass & treble notes at the same time sometime....
sometime you will have to play chords & etc .... just make it easier with a capo ..
this is a advanced level use by the way ... you will have to learn a good experience before doing this...
that's why its more tougher ....I'm not describing it elaborately now ...
SO MAINLY THAT'S THE ALL ABOUT CAPO & ITS MAJOR USES . THOUGH USE CAPO AS YOUR DESIRE .. CONFIGURE THINGS BY YOUR OWN ... AS SOON AS YOU WILL LEARN YOU WILL FIND IT GREAT ... & YOU MAY USE IT IN YOUR WAY ...
STAY TUNED TO MY BLOG FOR NEW POSTS......
I WILL BE GIVING REGULAR POSTS ABOUT VARIOUS TUTORIALS & CLASSES & LESSONS......
FOR LEARNING BY VIDEO GO TO MY YOU-TUBE CHANNEL WHERE YOU CAN FIND GLORIOUS CONTENTS MADE FOR YOU ... SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE..
HERE IS MY CHANNEL
YouTube videos by me (see video contents here)
ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY THING TO GUITAR ... I TYPICALLY REPLIES BACK WITHIN SIX HOURS .
THERE ARE SEVERAL TYPES & BRANDS OF CAPO , AMONG THOSE THESE ARE CHEAPER & WELL ENOUGH :
1. KYSER KG6B CAPO
2. DUNLOP 83CB TRIGGER CAPO
3. NEEWER QUICK CHANGE
4. xGUITARx SPRING CAPO
5. KADENCE CAPO
6. SG MUSICAL SPRING CAPO
7. PLANETWAVES NS CAPO
8. G7TH SERIES CAPOs
etc ...............
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