The Guitar Capo
Oct 25, 2009 capo
Posted by
freddy1955
A capo is a device designed to temporaily barre a fret on a stringed instrument. The first capos appeared 17th century Italy.
Traditional capos use a metal bar with an elastic loop.
Today, there are several newer designs, and the clamping type capos can be used to keep one or more strings open.
Kyser Quick-Change Capo 6-String Blue
G7th 405 Performance Guitar Capo
Partial capos offer more possibilities, because you can select which strings to barre.
Capos are used to change the key and pitch of the open strings of a guitar without having to tune the strings with the tuning keys.
Placing a capo on the 5th fret of a guitar, makes an open E chord sound like an A chord, but with a slightly different voice.
Several types of folk music make frequent use of capos on stringed instruments. Country and rock music artists sometimes use capos in their performances.
Additional reading: The Capo, Now and Then.
October 25th, 2009 at 19:07
Cool post! I did not know that Keith Richards is a die hard capo user!
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January 7th, 2010 at 17:36
Using E string second fret and G sting second fret gives you an F6 ? Instead of using D6..Gives the tune a softer, very pleasant sound..On Horse with No Name. Cheers
January 18th, 2010 at 07:19
Nice lookin blog. Thanks for the info, I look forward to more.