Using a Capos for Guitar Chord Voicing

Video Transcript

"To create new chords and new chord values but with our same open shapes we can turn to a tool called a capo. The capo will sometimes have a screw, sometimes it will be a wrap around the important thing is to get that big bar right here and put that across your neck across one fret. So watch! I'm going to lay it across the third fret here, I'm going to hug the fret just as if I was playing each note. We're going to tighten it back up until it feels nice and secure and now watch. Now our open strings are G, C, D, B flat, D. This was F sorry, G, C, F, B flat, D and G. Now if we make the shape of a C major, we pretend this is open. So now we play the third fret or in this case which is actually the six fret with our third finger, our second finger plays the second fret of the D string, we keep the G string open. Our first finger plays the first fret of the E string, of the B string. We keep that open, so this is the shape of a C major. This is no longer a C major chord now we look at the base, remember that our C major this was our base note. On the A string we had remember: A, B, this would be C where the capo is holding down, this would be D and then what would this be? This would be a D sharp or an E flat. E flat is more common so we would call this an E flat for this example. Now making a G major shape, which chord do we have? Well this is A, this is B so this is B flat. E flat, B flat. Try to figure out chords in different shapes using your capo in different locations."