Key |
Capo Fret Number |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
|
A |
G#(Ab) |
G |
F#(Gb) |
F |
E |
D#(Eb) |
D |
C#(Db) |
C |
B |
A#(Bb) |
A#(Bb) |
A |
G#(Ab) |
G |
F#(Gb) |
F |
E |
D#(Eb) |
D |
C#(Db) |
C |
B |
B |
A#(Bb) |
A |
G#(Ab) |
G |
F#(Gb) |
F |
E |
D#(Eb) |
D |
C#(Db) |
C |
C |
B |
A#(Bb) |
A |
G#(Ab) |
G |
F#(Gb) |
F |
E |
D#(Eb) |
D |
C#(Db) |
C#(Db) |
C |
B |
A#(Bb) |
A |
G#(Ab) |
G |
F#(Gb) |
F |
E |
D#(Eb) |
D |
D |
C#(Db) |
C |
B |
A#(Bb) |
A |
G#(Ab) |
G |
F#(Gb) |
F |
E |
D#(Eb) |
D#(Eb) |
D |
C#(Db) |
C |
B |
A#(Bb) |
A |
G#(Ab) |
G |
F#(Gb) |
F |
E |
E |
D#(Eb) |
D |
C#(Db) |
C |
B |
A#(Bb) |
A |
G#(Ab) |
G |
F#(Gb) |
F |
F |
E |
D#(Eb) |
D |
C#(Db) |
C |
B |
A#(Bb) |
A |
G#(Ab) |
G |
F#(Gb) |
F#(Gb) |
F |
E |
D#(Eb) |
D |
C#(Db) |
C |
B |
A#(Bb) |
A |
G#(Ab) |
G |
G |
F#(Gb) |
F |
E |
D#(Eb) |
D |
C#(Db) |
C |
B |
A#(Bb) |
A |
G#(Ab) |
G#(Ab) |
G |
F#(Gb) |
F |
E |
D#(Eb) |
D |
C#(Db) |
C |
B |
A#(Bb) |
A |
|
To play a song in a key in the left (blue) column, you can play it in that key directly; or you can place a capo on one of the fret numbers shown, and transpose the song to the key at the intersection of the capo column and the original key row. This is handy, for example, when you want to play along with a song on a CD, but it is in a key that includes chords that are hard to play. On most guitars, it is difficult to capo much beyond the seventh fret, so those cases are shown in red in the table. |