Speaking of dual capos

[Logdy]

Is it weird to D tune with capo on the 2nd fret, and use a second for other song's? Freefallin, Here Comes the Sun, etc...

[Wade Hampton]

I'm not sure I know exactly what you're referring to, but there are some players who use multiple capos on their guitars simultaneously to achieve certain effects. While it's not common, it's not unheard of, either.

Whatever works for you.


whm

[reeve21]

If you play Here Comes the Sun in standard tuning capo'd at fret 7 I think putting a capo at fret 9 tuned D-D gets you to the same place (key), no need for the capo at fret 2.

Unless the capo higher up the neck is a partial capo, I'm not sure why you would need to use 2 capos at once.

[Yrksman]

Originally Posted by reeve21

If you play Here Comes the Sun in standard tuning capo'd at fret 7 I think putting a capo at fret 9 tuned D-D gets you to the same place (key), no need for the capo at fret 2.

Unless the capo higher up the neck is a partial capo, I'm not sure why you would need to use 2 capos at once.

I sometimes use two standard capos with the capo higher up covering strings 1-5. Anything other than that would indeed require a partial capo.

[Logdy]

Originally Posted by Wade Hampton

I'm not sure I know exactly what you're referring to, but there are some players who use multiple capos on their guitars simultaneously to achieve certain effects. While it's not common, it's not unheard of, either.

Whatever works for you.


whm

I use D tuning, capo on 2nd fret, on my D18 to turn it into a short scale lower tension guitar. Then add the capo further down the neck for the appropriate song...

[erhino41]

I think only one capo is necessary no matter what tuning your in. The capo is changing the scale length to whatever fret you put it on. Having the other capo on will simply add unnecessary mass to the neck of the guitar.

Unless your talking about a partial capo.

[robj144]

Originally Posted by Logdy

Is it weird to D tune with capo on the 2nd fret, and use a second for other song's? Freefallin, Here Comes the Sun, etc...

Why wouldn't you move the capo? It's the same amount of work as putting on a new capo.

[pjmacd]

"Why wouldn't you move the capo? It's the same amount of work as putting on a new capo."

Yeah, but it looks so darned creative (or crazy, depending on your point of view...)

[robj144]

Originally Posted by pjmacd

"Why wouldn't you move the capo? It's the same amount of work as putting on a new capo."

Yeah, but it looks so darned creative (or crazy, depending on your point of view...)

Do you know what the point of the capo on the 2nd fret is or the middle one?

[Logdy]

I though if you tune to D-G-C-F-A-D and place a capo on the 2nd fret it makes the guitar standard tuning and also makes for a shorter scale easier to play D18. From the second fret down you use a capo like you would for a full scale EADGBe tuned guitar. It sounds that way to me when I play..

[ataylor]

I think you’ve gotten confused somehow. The capo doesn’t need to stay on the second fret to keep it in “standard” tuning — you just position it two frets higher than where the capo would be on a guitar in standard tuning. So if it was a song you’d normally capo at the second fret, you’d put it at the fourth on your guitar tuned DGCFAD since your guitar is tuned two frets lower. If it was a song you’d normally capo at the seventh fret, you’d put it at nine, and so forth.

[robj144]

Originally Posted by ataylor

I think you’ve gotten confused somehow. The capo doesn’t need to stay on the second fret to keep it in “standard” tuning — you just position it two frets higher than where the capo would be on a guitar in standard tuning. So if it was a song you’d normally capo at the second fret, you’d put it at the fourth on your guitar tuned DGCFAD since your guitar is tuned two frets lower. If it was a song you’d normally capo at the seventh fret, you’d put it at nine, and so forth.

Exactly...I didn't understand that he misunderstood.

[Logdy]

From my earlier post I thought this meant to leave the capo on the 2nd fret...

http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...d.php?t=516255

[robj144]

Originally Posted by Logdy

From my earlier post I thought this meant to leave the capo on the 2nd fret...

http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...d.php?t=516255

You don't need to keep a capo on the second fret. Lowering the tuning a step fixes the tension by itself. As an earlier posted corrected stated, all you need to do in that tuning is just move the capo up an extra two frets. For instance, Here Comes the Sun is capoed at fret 7 in standard and in this tuning it would be at fret 9.

You don't need to leave the capo on the fret 2... it has no effect if you capo again higher up. Just move the capo.