A capo is a device you put on the neck of your guitar to raise the pitch and change the key. This is great for playing a song in a different key to suit your voice. The other great thing is, if you are playing with another person, and say they are playing in the key of C. You can put the capo on the 3rd fret and play an A chord or you can put it on the 5th fret and play a G chord. It makes things sound very lush and interesting, technically it’s the same chords, but different inversions. You can see from the charts below, where you should put the capo to get the desired results.

OpenABCDEFG
Capo on 1A#CC#D#FF#G#
Capo on 2BC#DEF#GA
Capo on 3CDD#FGG#A#
Capo on 4C#D#EF#G#AB
Capo on 5DEFGAA#C
Capo on 6D#FF#G#A#BC#
Capo on 7EF#GABCD
Capo on 8FGG#A#CC#D#
Capo on 9F#G#ABC#DE
Capo on 10GAA#CDD#F
Capo on 11G#A#BC#D#EF#
Key of SongCapo OnUse Chords inCapo onUse Chords inCapo OnUse Chords in
Ab1G4E6D
ANo CapoA2G7D
Bb1A3G8D
B2A4G9D
CNo CapoC3A5G
Db/C#1C4A6G
DNo CapoD2C7G
Eb1D3C8G
ENo CapoE2D7A
F1E3D5C
Gb/F#2E4D6C
GNo CapoG3E5D

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