Capo Placement - Stay in Key or play in harmony Lesson by rawood This is a chart to guide you in placing a capo on frets 1 - 4 and still be in the same key as someone playing without a capo. For example if there is a song played in the key of F and you have trouble playing F, simply place the capo on the first fret and play an E shaped progression. Or, if you want two guitars to play in harmony then you can use this guide to figure out the right placement for the sound you want to create. The way this works is if you play an A shape on the 1st fret it becomes a Bb and so on. So lets say you want to play Gary Allans "Man to Man", Which Larry has tabbed with a capo on the 3rd fret, but say you don't want to use the capo. The verses with a capo are played with a G C G C, G C G C, G C G C, G C G C, Em Bm C D, progression take the capo away and you would play. Bb Eb Bb Eb, Bb Eb Bb Eb, Bb Eb Bb Eb, Bb Eb Bb Eb, Gm Dm Eb F#. Now with that said it might not sound exactly like the recorded version but it would stil be in key and if you wanted to play with a second guitarist and play in harmony one would play capo 3 G form the other play open Bb. Clear as mud? I thought so. The column under "Capoed chord" is the chord as played with a capo, The chords under the "fret's" is the chord you would play without a capo. Capoed chord - 1st FRET - 2nd FRET - 3rd FRET - 4th FRET ....A...........Bb.........B..........C..........C#... ....Am..........Bbm........Bm.........Cm.........C#m . ....B...........C..........C#.........D..........Eb... ....Bm..........Cm.........C#m........Dm.........Ebm.. ....C...........C#.........D..........Eb.........E.... ....D...........Eb.........E..........F..........F#... ....Dm..........Ebm........Em.........Fm.........F#m.. ....E...........F..........F#.........G..........Ab... ....Em..........Fm.........F#m........Gm.........Abm.. ....F...........F#.........G..........Ab.........A.... ....G...........Ab.........A..........Bb......... |