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Originally Posted by david_m
I'm a big believer that you shuold be able to pick up the guitar and play in whatever key you want (without retuning or using a capo).
David
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I would agree with the first part of this -- being able to pick up the guitar and play in a desired key; and this advice still applies when you use a capo. For me, the capo enables me to play chords and hear notes you can't hear without a capo.
This typically happens for me when I'm capoed at the second or fourth or fifth (wherever) fret and play chord fragments and include open strings.
For example, capo at 4 and try this progression in 6/8 at a tempo of, say, 168 (this progression is my version of Every Grain of Sand by Bob Dylan as performed by Emmylou Harris):
Measure 1
4-4-6-6-6-4
Measure 2
4-8-10-10-9-4
Repeat measures 1&2 three times
Measure 7
4-6-8-8-7-4
4-8-10-10-9-4
Measure 8
4-6-8-8-7-4
Measure 9
4-6-8-8-7-4
4-8-10-10-9-4
Measure 10
4-9-8-6-7-4
4-6-8-8-7-4
Measure 11
4-11-10-8-9-4
4-9-8-6-7-4
Measure 12
4-6-8-8-7-4
Repeat measures 9-12 twice
Measure 17
4-11-10-8-9-4
Measure 18
4-8-10-11-9-4
Repeat measures 17&18 three times
Measure 23
4-6-8-8-7-4
4-8-10-10-9-4
Measure 24
4-6-8-8-7-4