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mezamurillo - Posted - 11/17/2010: 10:11:06
Im looking for a capo chart , showing the chords in the right keys. is there a chart where it shows the capo on each fret and the the names on the chords. I think I can learn faster if i see it . is there anything out there ?
mebacon - Posted - 11/17/2010: 11:12:31
You might check out a DVD by Gary "Biscuit" Davis called "Easy Chord Method for the Banjo" or something to that effect. He makes finding and constructing chords pretty easy and fun and you won't need no durned chart:)
Banjophobic - Posted - 11/17/2010: 12:57:54
The capo positions are basically barre chords. So the 1st frets can be labeled as "G#", then A, Bb ,B,C, etc when using the capo. The chords on your banjo are not changed at all by using a capo. They are always in the same locations. The only thing that happens is the capo occupies the same space as a barre chord, giving you open strings to play. If you think about chords in 'natural terms' (what they really are, not what they may look like when intersected by the capo), you dont need any charts. Your brain is the chart-
Hammerknocker - Posted - 11/17/2010: 13:18:25
You could easily make one on your compuer with Publisher or PowerPoint, even Word.
Start with the open string chord of your choice and just mark the frets on your chart with the key change as you move up the fretboard.
Example: Open G.
1st fret capo becomes open Ab.
2nd fret capo becomes open A. And just continue working your way up the scale.
Then move on to another open chord and work the scale from that chord.
Of course, it would probably be a lot simpler and quicker to just memorize the positions ...it's just basic scale/key postioning memorization of the chromatic scale.
minstrelmike - Posted - 11/17/2010: 15:56:03
A capo chart won't work as well as you would hope.
When you are down the neck playing chords with open strings such as C: 2012 or E: 2102, then if you put a capo on the 1st, 2nd or 3rd frets, the name of the 'real' chord (concert chord) goes up one fret on the Chromatic Scale. Memorize that because it _is_ the alphabet of music.
Once you start playing up-the-neck, then the capo is irrelevant. If you play a G: 9789, then it is still a G whether the capo is in your pocket or on the 2nd fret or the 6th fret. The only thing that changes about the chord is its relation to the nut (capo) and when you get too far away, it is irrelevant.
Memorize the Chromatic Scale to figure out down-the-neck chords and if it was a G or a C or a Ddim7b9, well you just add the number of frets as you move up the chromatic scale: A A#/Bb B C C#/Db ...
I'd encourage you to start playing chords up-the-neck and start listening for the 1,4,5 chord changes instead of trying to name chords and then change the names when you use a capo.
