Free tools · Capo and transpose
Capo calculator and chord transposer
Type a song's chords to find the A clamp across all six strings at one fret. It raises every open string, so familiar shapes play in a higher key. The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. with the easiest shapes, Moving a song to a different key by shifting every chord by the same distance. the song to another key, or see what the shapes you play with a capo really sound as.
Questions
Capo and transpose, in short
- Where should I put my capo?
- Where the song's chords turn into A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em. you already know. The finder ranks every The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. by how many chords become open shapes, so B♭, Gm, E♭ and F become G, Em, C and D with the A clamp across all six strings at one fret. It raises every open string, so familiar shapes play in a higher key. on fret 3.
- Does a capo change the key?
- Yes. Each fret raises everything by a The smallest distance in Western music: one fret on the guitar, such as E to F or F to F♯., so G shapes with the capo on fret 2 sound in A. Players name the shapes; the band hears the real key.
- How do I transpose a song?
- Move every chord by the same number of half steps, keeping each chord's type. The transposer does that and spells the chords for the new key, so B♭ up two half steps is C, not B♯.