mvm...guitar help

Anyone...guitar help

how come when I put the capo on the first fret it doesn't sound right? Check out the tab for this song....or maybe I'm not strumming right....or am I putting my capo in the right spot....this is my first time using a capo so please forgive me....thanks for you help in advance.

Michelle Branch

 

What about it doesn't sound right? The capo is just for changing keys.

 

changing keys?

I have it over the 1st fret...all of the strings...that's how it works right? It doesn't sound right when I strum and I'm listening to it while I'm playing....it's off somewhere....

 

Yeah. Changing keys. The capo on the first fret lets you play, for example, a G# (A-flat) chord like a regular G-major because it sets the strings up 1/2 step. Play a G-major chord up 2 frets and you are actually playing an A-major.

You just gotta figure out how to adjust your guitar to the recording. Try to play along with the bass line without the capo and see where it leads you.

 

ok...thanks

 

mvm plays the horn. baritone sax. but i wouldnt be surprised if he played the guitar.



oh, yeah he also plays hard to get... jesskidding, c!!!!

sometimes, i crack my ownself up!

 

Don't use one and generally only know what I know from watching and fucking around. But thanks for asking this way...flattered. Math or maybe QCH might be the ones to ask I think.

 

I got it.....I was trying to play regular chords while the capo was on the 1st fret...so basically I have to move down a fret and play....got it

 

just wondering, sav...

why are you messing with that capo anyways? are you singing and playing at same time and you need to be in a certain key?

did you try without the capo? do you sing? if so, are you a soprano?