Chords for Tommy Emmanuel: Capo discussion: Guitar Workshop Feb 9, 2013 San Francisco

or [A] put it on.
[Abm] There's one song where [Bb] I actually play the song here and then I do a key change
[D] which is the opposite to what I do in [E] the Beatles medley where I just throw it off.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ Okay, see now to play that other [D] song _ [E] I added mid-range and brought the bass down.
Now [Am] I don't
need that.
So now I'm gonna, you know, there's less mid-range now.
[A] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Db] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ [Gb] _ _ [E] _
_ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] That's how I would do a key
change _ going up [Am] from A minor [B] up to [D] B. _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ So _ [Gb]
with the Beatles stuff what I do is _ I put the capo on here
and [A] I'm, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ okay, _ there _ you'll probably [E] find that the low three strings might go sharp.
Okay,
there's a few ways to do it of helping that.
Put the capo on and just push on the strings like that.
_ _ _ That takes the [Ab] stretch out of them straight away.
Just take your palm and push down on the string
with the capo on.
_ You know, it's the same as grabbing the string and [Bm] going like that, right?
[A] _ So what I normally [Ab] do is I'll put the capo on and I'll go like that.
[A] _ _ _ It's pretty close.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ So
_ _ _ _ _ _ that's a fraction sharp.
So I'll just grab that one string and go like that and then _ _ it's _ _ _ pretty close. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ So [E] when I'm using the capo, particularly on the second fret when I want to [A] play things in _
[Gb] there, _ _ _ _ _ I've found the [Ab] spot.
_ What do you mean by the spot?
You mean closer to the fret, away from the fret?
Well, I used to put every, I used to put the capo right on the fret like [E] this.
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Ebm] It's a little out.
[Eb] So as soon as [E] I actually put it like _ halfway.
[Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
So _ this capo is much more accurate _ than this one and I don't know why.
I'm just very sensitive to it
and I keep looking through different capos.
So _ _ this one's probably the best. _
This is a
shub capo and it was a gift.
_ Someone gave me this really copper colored
_ [B] shub, [Ab] which is very nice.
But even that one, [A] you've got to be careful how you put it [E] on.
_ [D] _
With a shub capo, [Ab] grab it.
Now push down with these two fingers and take up the [B] slack, then [Gb] tighten it _ _ _
_ and it should be pretty [Ab] close.
If you just put the capo on, you'll [E] stand more of a chance of
pulling everything out of tune, right?
So with [Ab] this kind of capo, get it lined up as straight as you can.
Now push down.
_ [Gb] _
_ _ _ _ _ Okay? _
[E] _ _ _ These are all fine tuning things, but _ when you're up there
and you're the only one up there, _ all this stuff is your entire world.
It means everything. _
If I'm the least bit out of tune, _ _ _ it's like _ you're just killing my grandmother.
_ _ _ So, you know, I don't want [Ab] to be [A] not the [D] least bit out of tune.
I want to be perfectly in tune
and that's a big ask _ [Ab] because this instrument is not perfect, but I want it to be as close as I can
get it to satisfy me.
So when I do the stuff like, I'll just show you what I do with the Beatles thing. _ _
_ [A] _ I [D] found a place in the song, [A] so [E] I _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
maneuver the [B] guitar to that position so I can go like that.
If I do it here, you know, so I [Am] maneuver the guitar to a position where I [G] can go, _ _ _ see that?
And I can [Db] just get rid of it [Bm] immediately.
_ _ But this other capo, I have to put [A] more pressure on it
to [B] get it wide enough to do that.
I don't want to do that.
I want to be able to just grab it and go, boom.
There it is.
_ _ _ It's a lot of planning ahead.
Oh my god, [A] you wouldn't believe the detail of this.
_ _ [E] _ _ It's like talking to [Ab] Tom Hanks about getting prepared for [Abm] a [B] role.
It's like insanity.
But these are all things that matter, [A] that give me _ _ [A] confidence in what I'm doing.
You see, if I know, okay, when the audience are applauding from [Eb] the last song, [B] I quickly grab the capo.
[A] Now I see how I'm holding the [Bm] guitar.
I'm positioning the guitar.
[D] I can see how straight
I'm going to [Eb] put the capo on.
Now, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] I don't want to be tuning and messing around if I've got [E] a momentum
going in the show.
And I always play the Beatles _ _
[G] stuff when [Eb] I know I'm building a [D] momentum in the right [B] way.
Right?
So I get to a certain point now, my _ mind, my instincts know I'm going to do [B] the Beatles stuff [E] next.
Because I'm reaching here, now it's going to go [B] through the roof.
Right?
People are going to have a great time.
In _ the next half hour of their lives, they're [Dm] going to be out of their minds.
And that's what [Ab] I want to [B] achieve.
So, [A] I put the capo on, and I quickly check the tuning. _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[D] So forth and on.
[Eb] I go into, [B] here [B] comes the sun.
And then at [E] the end, _ [G] I _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ didn't miss a beat.
And everything [Gb] happened right in time.
Thanks, brother.
_ And you see, and that's just that one little [Ab] thing.
How many times have you [E] seen a guitar player throw his capo off in the middle of a tune?
Never.
_ _ _ _ _ Great.