[David Paul]

If I had an abundance of time I would love to learn all the variations of chord voicings around the neck, but I don't. For many players like myself the capo can be a handy tool, or crutch if you prefer, when you need it. Sometimes time isn't available to explore the variations.

I was glad I came across this thread whenI preping for a Worship service. As our choir leader/ organist was to away this Sunday, she asked me to fill in and lead the choir with my guitar. We had an Anthem worked out for one selection and for the second I was to pick a hymn that wouldn't require much rehersal as this was a last minute thing. I selected " How Great thou Art" which was in the key of Eb. I had thought of playing with capo 5 until I read this thread and realized that capo 3 was in fact the better choice allowing for all open chord voicings that I found much easier when I was leading the choir and playing at the same time.

Thanks for the help and in broadening my knowledge a little bit at a time.