stringery
Tools

Capo and transpose.

Find the capo that makes a song easy to play, or move it to another key.

The chords

An example in B♭ major. Put in your song's chords.

  1. B♭I
  2. FV
  3. Gmvi
  4. E♭IV

Move it to another key

To suit a voice, or to play along with a recording. One fret is one semitone.

B♭ majorAs written

Or pick the major key

Play it easier

Capo 3

Play G, D, Em and C shapes. They sound as B♭, F, Gm and E♭.

Every capo, easiest first

Shapes in pencil are harder: barres, stretches or muted strings.

Capos go up to fret 7 here; higher up, the neck gets cramped and the sound thin.