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Post by hansnorway on Jan 12, 2010 9:42:26 GMT -5
Hi I just got a guitar on christmas eve, and has been practicing at home for a while looking at Mojo's fantastic videos. I can actually play Help me make it through the night now. But, I wanted to learn more Kristofferson songs, so I went to the web and found these chords for "The Taker". But it requires a CAPO to be used on the first fret. www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/k/kris_kristofferson/the_taker_crd.htmHow do I use a CAPO? I strap it on right, on the first fret. But how do I play the chords then? Like, C chord where you hold down the B/H string in the first fret, the D string in the second fret and the A string in the third fret. When playing with a CAPO, it will be B/H string in second fret(CAPO is in first fret) and so on right? Or do I have to learn different chords for this?
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Post by wully on Jan 12, 2010 10:55:09 GMT -5
Velkommen - det er et godt sted at lære.
The capo allows you to play chords as you normally would and moving the capo up the neck changes the key your playing in- kind of like a permanent barre chord.. So if you put the capo on at the first fret and play an 'E' chord then it becomes an 'F' chord.
( I'm new to all this too so that might not be correct but I'm sure someone who does know will be along soon. )
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Post by kevina on Jan 12, 2010 11:38:00 GMT -5
If you ask for a Jim Dunlop Capo you will not need help mate, they are very easy to use. Its like a clip that you place over the fret that you need capo'd. There is no adjustment required.
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Post by Happy Jack on Jan 12, 2010 13:13:23 GMT -5
Velkommen - det er et godt sted at lære. The capo allows you to play chords as you normally would and moving the capo up the neck changes the key your playing in- kind of like a permanent barre chord.. So if you put the capo on at the first fret and play an 'E' chord then it becomes an 'F' chord. ( I'm new to all this too so that might not be correct but I'm sure someone who does know will be along soon. ) Spot on!
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Post by hansnorway on Jan 12, 2010 14:58:03 GMT -5
Thanks for everyone's quick reply. But the thing was, I was wondering if I still do the same chords(place my fingers on the same strings and pretend that the CAPO is the head of the guitar, if you understand what I mean?
Like if I have CAPO on first fret and attempt to play a C, then fret #2 is fret #1.
Or do I have to learn new chords for playing with CAPOs?
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Post by Happy Jack on Jan 12, 2010 15:19:33 GMT -5
Thanks for everyone's quick reply. But the thing was, I was wondering if I still do the same chords(place my fingers on the same strings and pretend that the CAPO is the head of the guitar, if you understand what I mean? Like if I have CAPO on first fret and attempt to play a C, then fret #2 is fret #1. Or do I have to learn new chords for playing with CAPOs? Yes that is correct - the capo in effect becomes the nut of the guitar if you like. No you don't need to learn new chords www.christianmusicweb.com/capo_lesson.html This will explain it far better then I can!
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Post by verbosity on Jan 13, 2010 2:32:22 GMT -5
@ happy jack : Thanks for that link, I found it really useful, esp the table showing the notes on the frets
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