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Originally Posted by rmp

Some people actually sell a cut capo which covers only 5 strings, and persist in calling it a Dropped D capo despite the fact it plays in key of E.

that's right, one company is Kyeser,

they have a Drop D, as well as a short cut which covers the A D and G string. They also have a double Drop D, (Both E strings opened)

Using a Drop D capo with a Standard Cape a full step behind the Drop D allows you to use a drop D tunning but in any key. (ex: standard Capo on 2, Drop D on 4.) Pretty handy!

Hi rmp

Actually several companies sell both the short capo (called Dropped D) and a cut capo which can be configured as Esus or A capo when put on the 2nd fret. There are actually more configurations for this 3 string capo.

• Put it on strings 3-4-5 at the second fret and play in D relative to the capo.
• Put it on strings 3-4-5 at the fourth fret and play in C relative to the capo.
• Put it on strings 3-4-5 at the 7th fret and play in A relative to the capo.

All of these actually sound in Key of Emaj.

And you are right, using an 'anchor' capo two frets behind the cut capo allows playing in any key while playing in key of D relative to the cut capo. I use them in the Esus configuration to port songs which I've written in DADGAD or even CGCGCD over to live play without retuning the guitar to a new alternate tuning. It requires some reworking of fingerings, but it works quite well.