stupid question

[marinecorpsman6]

I have never played with a guitarist that uses a capo...so here it goes ....he puts it on the second fret and plays a g ....does that means its an a ....don't laugh too hard ...never had to deal with one ....seems to me it would be two steps up ...just a guess ...thanks

 

[SpecialBlender]

The root note of the G chord is moved up 2 frets to the A, becoming an A chord. Acoustic player in my country band uses a capo a lot of the time.

This is quite common in country & bluegrass but I don't recall running across it a lot with Rock players.

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

Yes, it would be an A. A capo acts like a nut- move it to the 5th fret on a guitar and your open strings would be A D G C E A, etc.

 

[Richard_P_Harve]

The 2nd chart at this link will answer all your questions...

Transposing & Capo Charts

 

[marinecorpsman6]

That's what I was thinking...thanks a lot

 

[Jhengsman]

The root note of the G chord is moved up 2 frets to the A, becoming an A chord. Acoustic player in my country band uses a capo a lot of the time.

This is quite common in country & bluegrass but I don't recall running across it a lot with Rock players.

I have seen it occasionally. The big difference is normally between those playing full five or six string open chords, most of the time a steel string acoustic player and those playing closed chords and chord fragments where they don't want a ringing sustaining string