Capo Chart

Are you a guitar player who has just started using a Capo? Then a Capo chart is exactly what you need. The Capo chart shows how your normal, open position chords change when you have your capo affixed to a particular fret.

How to use a Capo chart?

Use this Capo Chart when you play guitar and understand how to use it:

1. How to play a song in the original key using simpler chords.

• Find the root of the chords you're trying to play in the far left-most column (don't worry about the type of chord; if you're trying to play a B♭ minor chord, just look for B♭).
• Check the columns to the right, and look for a capo fret number that allows you to play all the chords in the original key using open chords.
• Place the capo at the specified fret, and play the chords in the column underneath that fret. They will sound like the chords in the far left-most column.
  

2. How to know which chords you're playing when using a capo.

If you put a capo somewhere on the neck of the guitar and play the same chords as you would have without a capo, you're ultimately playing different chords despite not changing the chord shapes. To find out which chords you are playing:

• Find the fret where the capo is by looking at the top row of the chart.
• Look down the column to find the chord, in other words, the chord shape that you're playing. Don't worry about the type of chord, for instance, whether you're playing a D major or a D minor chord. Just look for D.
• Look at the first column to identify the chord you're actually playing, i.e., the one you're hearing.

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