Capoing at the 2nd Fret | Tom Strahle | Basic Guitar | Easy Guitar

At the second fret...
D shape = E chord
G shape = A chord
A shape = B chord
Em shape = F#m chord
Bm shape = C#m chord
C shape = D chord
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[@noahriffle9964]

I know this video is so old but from someone who will be learning guitar soon and using capo on fret 2 OFTEN, this was very helpful

[@DeeloGoodquest]

No one has explained this to me better than you and I gigged across the country for 5 years. Maybe they were just trying to seem smarter than they were. Can’t be letting that drummer kid look as smart as us….God bless you and your humble pie! Looking forward to following.

[@TomStrahle]

I love this comment. I aspire to this result with every video I do. Not always successfully.

[@Tigford]

Thanks, Tom. That was very useful and helps open quite a few doors.

[@Dontblamethemonkey]

This is very helpful thanks

[@TomStrahle]

I'm so glad.

[@darvinreed2314]

I play on second fret always it feels and sounds natural to me

[@Emekaoluah]

Thanks a lot Tom this area is what i have been searching in TH-cam.com
but now i found your explanantion am over happy but please to be honest i still need to hear more on this capo and it main Keys when a Piano join me to male a song because without the piano person to actually know the keys he needs to be playing it will be an awkward songs

[@TomStrahle]

OK, let me see what I can do in that arena.

[@earfulaudio5199]

... nice ...

[@p.p.arcade6817]

Thank you sir you are more helpful than some AIs

[@TomStrahle]

But just some.

[@micahmuse4449]

I’m stuck trying to play an f# with my capo on the second fret. Just started playing so any help?

[@cristaleder7315]

Thanks for the tutorial 👍 How to Play the A/G# with a capo on 2nd fret?

[@TomStrahle]

2x0033 - A/G#

[@FryedPlatanos]

Hey Tom! I have another question for you. One of my favorite chords on guitar is 054030 in standard tuning. The only problem is... I don't know what it's called. It's like playing a C major chord, only the whole shape is moved two frets up on a capo-free neck. Can you shed some light on the name, please? :)

[@TomStrahle]

Casey Frye Well if you are playing the low E string open it would be Em9, EGBDF#, except there would be no B. If the 5th fret of the A string was the bottom note, x54030 it would be a D(add 2)(add4) chord, or D2/4 or something like that. If you add your pinky on the first string and play it thusly, x54035, I would call that a D4 chord. DF#GA.

[@FryedPlatanos]

Thanks Tom :)

[@dermot51]

Casey in standard tuning its Cadd9 but with a capo on 2nd fret its a Dadd9

[@LARRYCORY1]

so the only way to play a C#M with the capo oon the 2nd fret is a bar chord?

[@TomStrahle]

LARRYCORY1 Like a B chord in open position there are not many easy ways to play it. Besides the x24442 (capoed fret equals 0), you could play the E form, 799877, or a sus form using some open strings - x24400, or mute the top note on that one to get a C#5 chord, no third, x2440x. Or play C#7, x21202. I do have two videos on my Basics channel about playing B and Bb chords.