3 REAL Reasons To Capo

3 quick ways to unlock the potential of the capo!

[nigelcarren]

I used to write all my songs in A flat, but I now write them in A house!

[Megan_]

My capo was a god send when learning bar chords! I couldn’t mute all the strings up at the 1st and 2nd fret but move the capo down to 3 or 4 and I had no problem muting them and working in transition now they are some of my favourite chords with or without the capo

[itsjustkip]

When the only capo you got is a pencil and shoe string lmao 😂 the broke life is fun

[davidgrason]

Here are two more really good reasons to use capos:

1. For a 12-string, the guitar can be tuned down and then capoed back to pitch. This will relieve tension on the neck making the guitar easier to play. And this is a problem with many 12-string guitars.
2. I work with a singer whose voice is between baritone and alto. Also, my own singing voice is a baritone. We do a number of songs where we use a baritone guitar and capo it back up towards pitch but not all the way to pitch. This gives us the ability to get tunings lower than standard pitch for his particular voice in the same way that your reason number one moves the pitch higher than standard to adjust to the singer.
GREAT VIDEO!

[Joe_Maysky]

Awesome Tony. I'm so sick of anti-capo snobbery. One of my favorite reasons to capo, related to the last reason, is capoing on an open tuning for different harmonic movement and content.

[memetherapy]

You can also block only a few strings and create interesting tunings.

[hughyager]

this guy gets one hell of a tone when he plays. I love the tone!

[sagjagegahg]

that is one of the most glorious beard hair combos i've seen

[dunhamchris]

There’s one more world to open up to... the world of the partial capo.
It opens up voicings and progressions you wouldn’t normally have access to.

[theprodigalson]

It makes every song you play different and interesting. It’s great

[jgraffis]

I think one of the most underrated reasons to use a capo is to play in a different voicing/space when playing with another acoustic player. Two people strumming in the same cowboy chord G, C, D voicings can get real muddy real quick. Capo 5 on one of those guitars and play D shapes and now you get a rich sound that goes together better.

[judayraboy]

Wow, I’ve learned something today thanks! ❤️

[sbre]

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo dooo doo doo

Edit: lol thanks for the many likes fam

[brotherguitarman]

You nailed it tony the reasons on a capo....thanks....

[andrewwhite]

Hiya, I am a very experienced busker, and I use a capo a lot. Some chords like B Flat and E flat major7 come easy to me as I use my index on the bass note and my pinky to do a partial bar, I find this easy, I also just use the partial F shape for chords like F sharp etc, but like you said, using open G, C, and D shapes with a capo allow all kinds of altered chords to be played pretty much anywhere up the fingerboard. Why make life hard when a capo makes it so easy. I am glad you did a lesson on this, I teach all my students this way. I also use incredibly light strings on my acoustic, 09 to 48's. I have never had one break on me ( Being a brit, I use Rotosounds), these allow the easy bending of all chord shapes. Good lesson!,

[noahjackson]

Tony going "Do Do" is the best thing i've heard all week.

[fljetgator]

..MY favorite... The ' C cape' at around 3:06 😂 ...great vid Mr 😎

[shyammalhotra]

If u are an intermediate player and want to strum that "do do do-do-do" part in a higher note just change to chords to A# D# and F that will exactly sound the same

[scotcherton]

You can use the capo as a maintenance tool. If you need to loosen your strings to get into the soundhole to swap a battery, or maybe reseat a bridge pin, put your capo on the 1st fret, then loosen your strings. Since the capo maintains string tension from the first fret to the tuning post, your strings won't get wonky, or twisted.

[LukasK-guitarist]

Great info! I hate when somebody thinks capo is only for unskilled guitarists who need some shortcuts or singers who don't know how to transpose songs. In fact I see it opposite way. My personal preference is hidden in your tips #2 and #3. You can use different tones on open strings and let them ring throughout your playing. Btw love that bluegrass lick!