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Very important: note that I said вЂњplay IN GвЂќ, not вЂњplay GвЂќ. To get to A#/Bb, B, or C, move the capo up one, two, or three frets from these locations. Key of A: capo 2 and play in G, capo 7В and play in D, or capo 9В and play in C. HereвЂ™s some common ones to get you started: Then as these become familiar, transposing is as simple as moving the capo up or down the right number of frets. ThereвЂ™s a lot here to learn, but you could start by memorizing a few capo locations and the corresponding keys. So a C chord with a capo on the first fret becomes C#/Db (the next note in the sequence) while a C chord with a capo on the third fret becomes D#/Eb. On your guitar, every fret is one note of the chromatic sequence. The sequence will repeat over and over again no matter where you start.ДЄs written, the sequence would start over on A, but you could start from any other place and the notes will appear in the same order, with A always following G#/Ab. So from here on IвЂ™ll express these notes as C#/Db, D#/Eb, etc. And note that the in-betweens, the sharps and flats, are interchangeable if they occupy the same position in the sequenceвЂ¦.in other words, the note between C and D could be called C sharp OR D flat and would sound the same either way. (There CAN be, but not for our purposesвЂ¦.too confusing and not useful). Using flats: A Bb B C Db D Eb E F Gb G AbД«y the way, notice that thereвЂ™s no B sharp, E sharp, C flat, or F flat. Using sharps: A A# B C C# D D# E F F# G G#

Here is the scale spelled out using both sharps and flatsвЂ¦.note that a sharp looks like a pound or number sign, while a flat looks like a lower-case letter b.

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The letters A through G plus the sharps/flats in between form what we call the chromatic scale.

Note that an in-between note can be вЂњspelledвЂќ as either a sharp or a flatвЂ¦.more on this later, but basically which one you choose depends on the other notes that surround it.

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You may already know that there are twelve notes used in music: the letters A through G, plus a series of in-between notes called sharps and flats. Very convenient until you realize you may have no idea what chord youвЂ™re actually playing! So it helps to understand how transposition works on the guitar. That means that we are changing the key of the song, but without having to change the shape of the chords we use. First of all, understand that when we clip on a capo we are вЂњtransposingвЂќ. This article is an introduction to how we learn to do this. (You hear this effect on studio recordings all the time). Three guitars with capos in different places can play the same chord in three different ways, creating a sound that is much fuller and richer than a single guitar or multiple guitars played in the same place. This is also the reason why you sometimes see artists onstage backed by multiple acoustic guitarists. Listen to the BeatlesвЂ™ вЂњHere Comes The SunвЂќ for a definitive example. Try putting a capo on the seventh fret and strum a D shapeвЂ¦youвЂ™ll notice that the sound has a character of its own up there. This brings out different sounds that might remind you of other instruments with a shorter scale length, like a ukelele or mandolin. So by adding the capo we change the вЂњscale lengthвЂќ of the guitarвЂ¦.вЂќscaleвЂќ in the sense of measurement, not the musical kind. Remember that the moment you clip on that capo you have fundamentally changed the sound of your instrument, because the entire string no longer vibrates.

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You probably already know how to use a capo to change the pitch of a song to match a singerвЂ™s range.Д«ut did you know that you can use the capo to find new ways to вЂњvoiceвЂќ a chord, or even create a signature guitar part?

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