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GUEST,mink	How does my capo change my key (58* d)	RE: Tech: How does my capo change my key	17 Jul 03
The capo just raises the tone by the number of frets you position it at. And each fret raises the tone by one semitone. Hence - if you play a C chord without capo, then the same shape chord with capo at fret 1 makes it a C#, at 2nd fret it is D and so on. Similarly, because all the notes are raised by a semitone per fret then it follows that the same applies to the key. So a song in C when played open is in D if capo at 2nd fret, is in E if capo at 4th fret, and is in F if capo at 5th fret.

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