bought my first capo (3x5 question)

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bought my first capo (3x5 question)

Unread post by czech » Tue Apr 26, 2005 1:49 pm

SO i just bought my first capo yesterday. god damn, i am goign to get a huge right arm ifg i keep using this things, im scared its gonna snap my fucking fretboard.

so i was lookign at a tab for mayers 3x5, my question is that the tab is refering to notes on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th frets. They are just refering to how many frets from the capo right? Why wouldnt you just give the normal frets?its hard for my head to reprocess that certain frests are different now. dont like it.

anyone got any opther fun songs played with a capo?
to my memory oasis has a couple, and Cabron was with a capo ya?
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Unread post by jsgksu » Tue Apr 26, 2005 1:51 pm

pretend as if the capo is the bridge and just do the tabs from there. If its capoed on the third fret and it says to play 320011, its just a G, you have to play it in relation to the capo.
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Unread post by czech » Tue Apr 26, 2005 2:03 pm

jsgksu wrote:pretend as if the capo is the bridge and just do the tabs from there. If its capoed on the third fret and it says to play 320011, its just a G, you have to play it in relation to the capo.
i figured so much, i guess thats why they keep the #'s in relation to the bridge, so its more obvious what chrod you are playing.

any other fun songs, i am having a blast with this thing right now. its hard with chubby fingers though.
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Unread post by chosta » Tue Apr 26, 2005 2:06 pm

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Unread post by mdel21 » Tue Apr 26, 2005 2:11 pm

collide - howie day
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Unread post by mlee » Tue Apr 26, 2005 2:25 pm

I think most of Damien Rice's tunes use a capo...check out his stuff on MXTABS.com.

I have to get capo myself sometime.
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Unread post by Appfro » Tue Apr 26, 2005 3:02 pm

checkii wrote:
jsgksu wrote:pretend as if the capo is the bridge and just do the tabs from there. If its capoed on the third fret and it says to play 320011, its just a G, you have to play it in relation to the capo.
i figured so much, i guess thats why they keep the #'s in relation to the bridge, so its more obvious what chrod you are playing.

any other fun songs, i am having a blast with this thing right now. its hard with chubby fingers though.
99% of the time that's what they do. but the tabber will almost always tell you whether the tabs are relative to the capo or not.
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Unread post by chosta » Tue Apr 26, 2005 3:34 pm

ah, damien

cannonball, delicate are real good

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Unread post by czech » Tue Apr 26, 2005 3:48 pm

cool stuff. i noticed its almost easier to sound good when using a capo. dotn know why, but just about everything you strum sounds cool.
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Unread post by jsgksu » Tue Apr 26, 2005 4:19 pm

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Unread post by jellyfish » Tue Apr 26, 2005 5:59 pm

Play the great outdoors my John Mayer. You have to DropD as well with the capo on the 7th (i think)
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Unread post by fatjack » Tue Apr 26, 2005 6:09 pm

jsgksu wrote:pretend as if the capo is the bridge and just do the tabs from there. If its capoed on the third fret and it says to play 320011, its just a G, you have to play it in relation to the capo.
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