Originally Posted By: eddie1261
Know what else is weird for me, Notes? I CAN NOT play a guitar with a capo. My brain is SO LOCKED on those fret markers and chords in positions related to those markers that I just can't use a capo. I have tried a dozen times and once I have to start thinking about where the next chord is, I can no longer play. Strange, I know, but it is how it is.

And those maniacs that use one capo in front of another just on the top 4 strings... HOW do they do that?


Any capo is just a different tuning. My capo is the index finger. I don't care about the fret. You know the difference between "absolute" and "relative"? The fifth fret on a guitar without a capo is absolute, the fifth fret on a guitar with capo is relative.

If you play barré chords, there is no difference between an A or a Bb, actually. You just start at a different fret. (I don't care about the key, that includes spelled out chords. Everthing is relative. I play in the key of C on any fret of the guitar. Smile)

In your case that might be difficult on first sight. (You know, counting everthing you do...I also count a lot. I do understand you in this case.) On a second glance it might come easy. You just start to count at a different "0" when using a capo.


Edit: corrected one typo

Last edited by GHinCH; 10/07/15 12:31 PM.
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