The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #23921 Message #268805
Posted By: JedMarum
31-Jul-00 - 04:11 PM
Thread Name: Capo. Cheat or godsend?
Subject: RE: Capo. Cheat or godsend?
In folk-style, acoustic guitar, the player very often counts on combinations of open an fretted strings for the sound he/she is creating. Most folk-style guitar is accompaniment for vocals ... true, the instrumentalist aspects of folk-style has developed over the years, but it is still common for a folk (or folk-style) song to have lyrics as its primary focus. The capo has allowed folk style performers to keep that primary focus on the vocals (switch to any depednding quickly, depending upon who is singing) and to develop intricate, accompaniment-based instrumentation behind the vocal. I think this is part of the way folk-style developed the use of a capo to an art.