If you play guitar long enough (and if you use a capo), you will inevitably run into people who tell you that you shouldn’t use a capo ever. Or they’ll scratch their heads and ask why you’d ever use one in the first place. The most common things I’ve heard are this: Why not just…
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A mini review of the three different capos that I’ve owned. Kyser Quick Change Capo (~$15) [button link=”http://www.musiciansfriend.com/accessories/kyser-quick-change-capo-6-string” size=”large” style=”tick” color=”green” window=”yes”]Purchase a Kyser Capo[/button] The Kyser is probably the most widely used capo that I’ve seen – you even see real working professional musicians using these all the time. Seems like everybody has one…
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View all our guitar lessons here Introduction The Key of B is not a super common key to play in – especially on acoustic. Usually you just see people play key of G chords with a capo on the 4th fret or key of A chords with a capo on the 2nd. One of the…
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The Anthem can feel difficult at first due to the number of chords, the bass walk-ups, and the key change, but once you get all the progressions down, it’s not too bad. This is one of the most powerful songs out there now.
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One very cool trick you can use capos for is playing the same song with different key voicings. To illustrate how this works, let’s take the song Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) by Hillsong United. Oceans is in D, so naturally, you can play without a capo in the key of D. But, you can…
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In this lesson, Bradford walks through several alternate voicings of common chords in the key of D. These voicings will allow you to move more quickly between chords, and they sound a little more open and natural, especially on acoustic. Standard chords in D Typically, you would play chords in A using these voicings: While…
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Nick reviews the Fulldrive 2 Mosfet overdrive and boost pedal by Fulltone [button link=”http://www.musiciansfriend.com/amplifiers-effects/fulltone-fulldrive2-mosfet-overdrive-clean-boost-guitar-effects-pedal” size=”large” style=”tick” bg_color=”#44ABD8″]Purchase a Fulldrive 2 Mosfet[/button] Overdrive The Fulldrive 2 Mosfet is a Tube Screamer based overdrive and boost dual pedal. The left side of the pedal is the overdrive section, and features the following controls: Gain Tone Volume The…
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Trouble with Capos? Download my Capo Cheat Sheet – you’ll never be lost with a capo again! View all our guitar lessons here. Capos are great tools to change the key of a song (without changing the key that you are playing on the guitar). In the first capo lesson, we learned how capos actually…
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In this lesson, Bradford walks through several alternate voicings of common chords in the key of A. These voicings will allow you to move more quickly between chords, and they sound a little more open and natural, especially on acoustic. Standard chords in A Typically, you would play chords in A using these voicings: While…
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Trouble with Capos? Download my Capo Cheat Sheet – you’ll never be lost with a capo again! To understand how capos work, it first helps to understand the parts of the guitar and how those work. How pitch is determined The string lays across the saddle a the bridge, and then it passes over the…
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The hugely popular Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) by Hillsong United. This song can be hard to pull off. It’s slow, it has some strange chord progression changes, and it’s really long. You need lots of dynamics. I’ve broken it down in both the original album key (D), and the key of G, which works for a male lead.
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Review The Atlantis Overdrive by Throne Room Pedals is a transparent low to medium gain overdrive. We think it sounds phenomenal and stacks particularly well with other overdrive pedals. The Atlantis features the following controls: Gain, Volume, Tone, and has on/off switches for high cut and fat boost. Both the gain and tone knob are…
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