The CAPO and guitar-playing

No, despite the similarity of the words, the capo is not your regular trigger-happy Mafia leader although it does come from the Italian word "capo tasto" which means head of fingerboard.  Instead, the capo is a harmless gadget or device attached to a stringed instrument like a guitar, to raise its pitch.

Capos come in different brands but the common kinds are the elastic capos which are the least expensive and commonly used by guitar players, the nylon capos and the steel string capos.

While it may look a bit strange and highly technical stuff for non-guitar players, the capo can be easily attached to a guitar.  It is placed on any of the frets of a guitar neck.  A fret is a small ridge on the fingerboard of a stringed instrument.  In layman's term, it looks like equal divisions located in a guitar's neck or handle, the one attached to the guitar's semi-elliptical body.

To use the capo, just attach the device in any of the frets and make sure the clamp can hold all the strings down.  Inspect for any kind of pulling of the guitar strings as it may cause the guitar to sound out of tune.

A special kind of capo, the third hand capo, is a gadget that can surely and easily clamp all the strings of the guitar in place. Like the ordinary capos, it allows the guitar player to play tunes that may be difficult to get or to play using the bare guitar strings.

If you have tried singing accompanied by a guitar, or just playing the guitar, you may be familiar with songs that are either too low or too high and you just can't get the right pitch.  This is where the capo comes to the rescue, by making the pitch right.

The capo is not only used by guitar experts because it also allows beginners to enjoy different kinds of tunes without any difficulty.  However, using the capo can sometimes be frustrating for most guitar players as they can sometimes hinder proper playing or proper hand reaching.

While capos are used in stringed instruments, it is commonly used in guitars.  Guitars can either be acoustic or electric, but the basic method of playing the said instrument remains the same.  Ordinarily, guitars have a total of six strings but there are 12-stringed guitars.   But no matter how many the guitar strings are, it is played by strumming or plucking the strings with a person's right hand.  Sometimes, a pick is used to do the plucking or strumming.  The left hand is used to hold the guitar in order to come up with a note or chord.

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