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 E major. Put in your song's chords.

  1. EI
  2. BV
  3. C♯mvi
  4. AIV

Move it to another key

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

E majorAs written

Or pick the major key

Play it easier

Capo 4

Play C, G, Am and F shapes. They sound as E, B, C♯m and A.

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.