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I got a capo, now what?
2005-11-17, 9:15 PM #1
I bought a Capo for my guitar a few weeks ago so I could play Oasis' Wonderwall in the right key. Now that I'm bored of that song, are there any other good songs to try that uses a capo? Any music genre is fine.
2005-11-18, 1:56 AM #2
The Chimbley Sweep by The Decemberists.
http://www.geocities.com/jff_77/decemberists/hermajesty/09_chimbleysweep.html
It's easy, fun, and uses a capo. I just learned it a few days ago.
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2005-11-18, 9:06 AM #3
But that song is so loooooong
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2005-11-18, 10:24 AM #4
The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun
Damien Rice - Eskimo
Damien Rice - Amy
Jump, Little Children - Cathedrals
Jump, Little Children - Mother's Eyes
Jump, Little Children - Quiet
Jump, Little Children - Because of You

almost every Travis song ever written, but if you like Oasis check out Travis - "Writing to Reach You" it was written in response to Wonderwall and uses a lot of the same chords.

Don't look at the capo as a tool to play songs, look at it as a tool to make playing/singing songs easier. You dont have to learn thousands of chord shapes when you use a capo, you can recycle the ones you know and use a capo to make it sound different. You should also experiment with open tunings and capo-ing only some of the strings, you can sometimes get a really cool effect doing that.
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2005-11-18, 12:23 PM #5
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah, sounds cool and easy to master
2005-11-18, 1:27 PM #6
Schming, but depending on the style of capo he bought, he might not be able to capo only some of the strings... Hopefully he bought the kind that looks like a clamp, rather than the kind that's just a bar with a strap going around the back.
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2005-11-19, 11:12 AM #7
Thanks for the suggestions.
The capo I bought is clamp like, I didn't know that there were different ways of using it other than just barring it across all the strings.
2005-11-21, 1:30 AM #8
radiohead - exit music for a movie.. off OK computer is a good song with a capo.

also if you have just a standard guitar tuner you can set the capo on differents frets and tune it to get different down tunes.. ex first fret for 1/2 down, 2nd for full step down.
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2005-11-21, 6:20 PM #9
I know a guy that can play crazy chord stuff with or without a capo.

Be more like him. :p
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2005-11-21, 9:31 PM #10
The 12-string leads to The Eagles' Hotel California.
2005-11-22, 2:55 PM #11
Originally posted by Shintock:
The 12-string leads to The Eagles' Hotel California.


why is the last reply? its one of the most famous songs ever and its awesome.
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2005-11-22, 6:58 PM #12
Indeed! :)
2005-11-22, 8:24 PM #13
learn to play in custom tunings instead.

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