#CAPO KEY CHART PDF#

The terminating end of your fretboard changes from nut to capo any time you change the tuning in this way. You can think of an ukulele capo as a movable nut. Put a capo on the 1st fret and you’re in C#6 tuning. Normally the ukulele is tuned in GCEA, or C6, tuning. Instead of the open strings ringing when you strum no chord, a capo moves the sound up to the entire 1st fret, 2nd fret, 3rd fret, etc… an A7 chord pattern, with the capo on the second fret, is a B7 chord and an Amaj7 chord pattern, with the capo on the second fret, would be a Bmaj7 chord.When you clamp a capo onto your ukulele you are essentially changing the functional tuning. The same would be true of the patterns for A7 or Amaj7 chord i.e. In most cases modifiers can 'tag along', for example, an A minor chord pattern, with the capo on the second fret, is a B minor chord. Specifically A, B7, C, D, E, F and G (Note: there is no open B chord, B7 is as close as you can get). In this chart I'm only referring to the small family of Open Chords. With the capo on the fourth fret (C4) the pattern for an open G chord becomes a B chord. For example, the pattern for an open A chord, with the capo on the first fret (C1), becomes an A# (or Bb) chord. In the box where the pattern intersects with the capo placement is the name of the chord you're thereby making. The'C' in the pink box stands for 'Capo' and the number following it is the fret number, so 'C1' means the capo is on the first fret, 'C2' means the capo is on the second fret, and so on. For you folks I've provided the following chart. Capo 1 is the first fret, Capo 2 is the second fret, etc.Įvery once in a while I get an email from someone who finds my capo chart totally confusing and asks something like 'If I put the capo on the 4th fret and play a G chord, what it it?'. The letters 'n/a' (not applicable) are shown where there is no open chord equivalent for the chosen chord. The open chord pattern (which results in your chosen chord) is shown under fret number for capo placement. To use the capo chart, below, find the actual chord in the left column.

#CAPO KEY CHART PDF#

The tutorial is also available as a public document on my google drive as either a Libre Office ODT document or a PDF document. Would you like to learn more about music theory for self-taught musicians and get a better understanding of the Nashville Number System? This simple tutorial may be helpful. Add modifications to the chord (such as minor, 7th, 9th, etc.) to match your source chords. Now move to the key to which you wish to transpose and convert the numbers back to chords. If you encounter a song which gives you difficulties, for any reason, and would like help, send us a message (from our Contact page) and I'll be glad to help you out.įind the root key in the left column and proceed to your right, finding each of the chords in the piece and joting down their numbers (chords are shown by the number system, based on the key and the root key becomes 1). Note 4: Composers aren't restricted to any particular structure, they can use any chord they like, anywhere they like so this chart won't work for every piece of music but it should be effective for most songs. Note 3: The 7 chord is based on a flat 7th rather than the actual 7th note of the scale. Note 2: If the composer uses natural sequence chords (all notes remaining within the scale of the key) the 1, 4, and 5 chords will be major, while the 2, 3, and 6 chords will be minor. This chart is also set up for major keys so it may have discrepancies in minor keys which you can correct by finding the root note of your minor chord under the 6 column and getting numbers of your chords from that row then find the new minor key in the 6 column and use numbers from that row to convert back to chords.

Note 1: I've deliberately elected to go with more commonly used keys avoiding obscure, awkward keys like A#, C#, D# and Gb.

Capo key chart