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If I play....

  • 01-08-2008 10:14AM
    #1
    amoeba_girl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭


    with a capo on the third fret what chords am I playing if I play an F and a C?

    Are they all just variations of C? Or can anyone give me the specific chord names?

    Please?


Comments

  • #2
    Dregon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 276 ✭✭Dregon


    Just bring each chord up 3 half steps.
    F>F#>G>G#
    C>C#>D>D#

    So if you play an F chord with a capo on 3, you are playing a G#, and if you play a C chord it will be a D#.


  • #3
    amoeba_girl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭amoeba_girl


    Oh, right, that seems pretty obvious now.

    Thanks! :D


  • #4
    NoQuarter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,624 ✭✭✭NoQuarter


    wait just a cotton pickin minute here!! this is like the tonne of feathers/tonne of stones trick question!!

    surely if your playing an F chord and a C chord then your playing an F and a C!!!

    your tomfoolery doesnt catch me out!!!:p


  • #5
    Parsley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭Parsley


    I think she means if she plays those SHAPES with the capo on.


  • #6
    me!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19 ✭me!


    even though your fingers are playing an F chord or a C chord when you put on a capo you shorten the string and therefore the pitch is raised. for each fret you add a semi-tone to the pitch of the chord so it is correct that C would be Dsharp and F would be Gsharp.


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