Does this exist?

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I'm terrible with music theory/chord names. Is there a place that tells me the name of the chord or equivalent if there is a capo on a fret?

 

ie. a G chord in standard tuning becomes ________ if you put a capo on the 2nd fret.

[travisbrowning]

It becomes an A.
You don't need a website for that once you learn that every fret is a half step, so going to capo 2 brings you up two half steps, or a full step, so your G shape is going from G to G# (Capo on first fret) to A.

If I'm wrong that would be really embarrassing.

[PKTrono]

i believe it goes G - Ab - A, actually

[goodhonk]

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PKTrono wrote:

i believe it goes G - Ab - A, actually

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with real musicians, usually.  guitar players, not so much.

[PKTrono]

hah. i was kidding. but yes

[PKTrono]

at honk. i don't feel like editting

[Tron Murphy]

I think that, being as the keys of G and A both have sharp key signatures, it would be G - G# - A, actually.

[PKTrono]

the key of Ab is preferred/more common than G#. but if you were going from G to A chromatically, you would use G#. either way, i was just being difficult and obviously very funny

[Urinate Forever]

OBV

[TomCTC]

Pfft.

[Phil O'Keefe]

And Dm is the saddest of all keys. Fact.

 

Here's the sequence guys, with the enharmonics (basically alternative names for the same notes) listed in parenthesis:

A

A# (or Bb)

B

C

C# (or Db)

D

D# (or Eb)

E

F

F# (or Gb)

G

G# (or Ab)

...and then back to A (an octave higher) and then the sequence continues on with the same pattern. If you start with the guitar in standard tuning, then put a capo at the second fret, everything is raised two half steps (or one whole step). That means if you're playing a "D chord shape", the notes will sound two half steps higher, making it an E that you're actually hearing. With the capo at the second fret, playing a "G shape" actually produces the sound of an A chord.

Once you know the note sequence (above), and the number of frets the capo is "moving the nut" up to, you can go to the name of the chord shape you're playing (on the list above) and count upwards the same number of frets that the capo is set to, and have the name of the actual note you're hearing.

 

[TomCTC]

We're basically saying no, there isn't anything like your after, but working it out theory wise is simple as {censored}. We'll even do it for you and post happy faces.

[PKTrono]

dear tom,

facts.

love always,
dave

[El Glom-o]

Be careful where you put that capo, or you might end up in the key of R flat.