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Originally Posted by hb
" Looking to the right won't work, because the new key HAS to be lower in pitch than the original, since the capo will be clamped higher up the fretboard."
This seems backwards to me....please explain....if you use a capo, aren't you raising the pitch?????
thanks,
hb
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Yes, the capo raises the pitch, therefore the new set of chords, or key, must be lower than the original so that it
can be raised. Remember that we're not changing key, we're using the capo to stay in the same key, but using chord shapes from another key to do so. Since the capo, by its very nature, raises pitch, the key we're borrowing the new shapes from must be lower than the original, so that the capo can raise it back up ...
Difficult to explain ...