Musician's Phrasebook

Capo

Gear & Tone Beginner

A clamp placed across the guitar neck to raise the pitch of all strings at once, effectively shortening the neck.

Why it matters

Lets you play familiar open-chord shapes in a different key without relearning fingerings.

Used in a sentence

“Put a capo on the 2nd fret for this one.”
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