With this in mind let’s take a look at the three of the most common uses of a capo. It’s important to realize that whilst I have been discussing single notes that the same principle applies to chords as well. This means that the note can be written either way depending on the musical situation. That’s why you will see F#/Gb, etc., on the chromatic wheel.
If a phrase is descending you would notate the note as a flat to indicate the pitch being lowered. This would indicate that the note is being raised in pitch. The term enharmonic simply means sounds the same, it looks different!įor example, when a musical phrase is ascending you would write the note as sharp. Here’s how that would look on the fretboard.Ĭompare this with the chromatic wheel, notice if you started at the note F on the wheel and moved in a clockwise direction you would have the same notes.Įnharmonic: One area that can be confusing for a newbie player is where the same note is referred to under two different names.įor example here is the same F chromatic scale only this time shown as a descending scale. Let’s play an F chromatic scale ascending, I’m going to play the scale entirely on the first string of the guitar. Okay by now you’re probably thinking this is all very interesting but what in the world does this have to do with a capo chord chart?Īctually understanding the chromatic scale is the key to understanding how the capo chord chart works.
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