Why this site exists
Most capo charts online are blurry images, old PDFs, or tables that scroll off the side of a phone. Players usually need one answer quickly, often with a guitar in one hand: what key does this capo position give me, or which shapes should I play for this song? Capo Chart answers those questions in a second, on any screen, and prints a clean chart for anyone who prefers paper.
How the answers are worked out
Every fret on a guitar raises the pitch by one semitone, so a capo on fret n raises every chord shape by n semitones. The chart, the calculator and the song helper all use that one rule. Note names follow the spelling musicians normally use for each key, so you see B♭ rather than A♯, and you can switch to sharps or flats at any time.
"Open shapes" are the chords most players learn first and can hold without a barre: C, A, G, E and D, the minor shapes Am, Em and Dm, and their common seventh, sus and add9 versions. The song helper ranks capo positions by how many of a song's chords become open shapes.
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