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How To Use a Capo on Guitar For Beginner Guitar Players

playing technique Sep 05, 2020

How to use a capo on guitar can be a big question for a lot of beginner guitar players. In this free beginner guitar lesson, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com goes through how to use a capo to change keys, how to use a capo on electric guitar, and it also applies to how to use a capo on acoustic guitar.

The guitar capo can involve a lot of music theory, but when you know the basics of the best way to use a capo, it goes from being that 'guitar clamp thing' to being a valuable tool at your disposal. Using a capo on guitar typically is thought of for rhythm guitar playing because most people use it for their guitar chords.

Capos can be used on electric guitar or acoustic guitar, it doesn't matter which. But this beginner guitar lesson will help you learn to play guitar more confidently because you'll understand the proper use of a capo instead of being confused by it.

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A lot of the advice on what to do when you start learning guitar comes from the thinking "That's how I learned, so everyone must learn that way", but that isn't always the best advice.

I'll help you with 10 kinda counter-intuitive things you should learn on guitar first that will give you the most bang for your buck so that you can go from being a beginner to feeling like a confident guitar player that wows your friends in less time.