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guitar - Why do these chords use the first fret if there is a capo on the second fret? - Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange
If a song is in the key of G, but I put a capo on the first fret and use the same chord shapes just shifted a fret to the right, am
![Capo on first fret shifts the tuning by one half-step, on second fret shifts by two half-steps and so on : r/Learnmusic Capo on first fret shifts the tuning by one half-step, on second fret shifts by two half-steps and so on : r/Learnmusic](https://i.redd.it/a6mlfuti8rq51.jpg)