Originally Posted by: MFergusonA capo is used as a tool or a crutch. If you have the music for a song you want to sing, but can't sing that low, you can use the capo as a tool to raise the pitch of the song. You can use it as a crutch when you don't know or can't play the chords listed.
i will never feel ashamed at using the "cheating stick" and i don't care how many talented hard practicing guitar player's sneer at me when I oull out the capo for difficult chords.
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