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1st fret capo.
What is the reason for using a capo on the first fret? I have seen this from Andrew York and Kevin Loh playing Reflections. They tune to regular pitch.
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Maybe to reduce pitch distortion a tiny bit? Maybe they don't like how much work it is to bar an F? It's an interesting question, I wonder what the official answer will end up being.
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This changes the overall tonality of the instrument slightly, so I'm guessing they do this for sonic variety.
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By tuning down a half step , then capo-ing on 1, the effectively shorten the scale length of the entire guitar, reducing string tension.
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Didn't the OP say they tune to regular pitch? I guess it's not exactly clear what that means in this context.
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Ah yes . Sorry I didn’t read carefully enough
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Actually, I did mean that they tune down to compensate for the 1st fret capo. I assumed that doing this had something to do with shortening the distance between frets because there is one slightly difficult chord...B (on 6) D F# A(on 1).
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Ok so I revert my original explanation then: It lowers string tension (and shortens the relative fret spans (1st is shorter than before, etc.)
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I think it is just to give the guitar a slightly different tonality. Andrew York has a number of solo pieces with a capo used in a lower position. Last edited by riffmeister; 02-22-2016 at 08:18 AM. |
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Ok, thanks for the responses.
I also know that those players can do those stretches and that is why I decided to ask the question. I am going to try it to see what happens.
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I agree with fazool now, lower string tension for some reason. Also might offer a slight improvement in pitch when fretting in the new first fret.
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Or it could be the same reason we do it in our Praise Band, to match pitch with the keyboard and piano. We don't like playing in Bb or Eb or Ab, for instance, so we capo to match.
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