Interesting story about capo. Years ago we vacationed for several years in Mountain View, Ark. Here people gather all over town and jam acoustic music. You'll find jamming circles around the Court House and the RV parks, all over town for that matter. It's all Country, Bluegrass, Gospel, etc. To my story....
I noticed when the song is called some of the guitar guy/gals bring out their capos and then from looking at their fretting hand they play everything in G-C-D7. I asked one of the old timers why he always capoed into G and he said; "I only know how to play in G."
That answer really threw me and my reply was something like; "Yea, OK." The more I'm around jamming circles, there always seems to be at least one guitar person that does capo into G no matter what the song is in. Also notice a lot of lead vocalists that also play rhythm guitar while singing will use a capo to get everything into their favorite chord progression.
I did use a capo on my bass for about three weeks and then put it back into my rhythm guitar case where it has stayed ever since. Why? All my landmark dots, etc. moved and I fond myself - about mid song - drifting out of key...
I noticed when the song is called some of the guitar guy/gals bring out their capos and then from looking at their fretting hand they play everything in G-C-D7. I asked one of the old timers why he always capoed into G and he said; "I only know how to play in G."
That answer really threw me and my reply was something like; "Yea, OK." The more I'm around jamming circles, there always seems to be at least one guitar person that does capo into G no matter what the song is in. Also notice a lot of lead vocalists that also play rhythm guitar while singing will use a capo to get everything into their favorite chord progression.
I did use a capo on my bass for about three weeks and then put it back into my rhythm guitar case where it has stayed ever since. Why? All my landmark dots, etc. moved and I fond myself - about mid song - drifting out of key...
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