SpiderCapo Community

SpiderCapo in the media:

SpiderCapo on NBC’s “Scrubs”!!

"I recently got your capo as a present and put it to immediate use. I love it and it goes great with the style of music that I compose for the TV show Scrubs."

All The Best,

Jan Stevens

Capo Tunings from SpiderCapo users:

Staffan Svahn uses this Open Tuning: GCGCEG. & SpiderCapo on 3rd fret on 2nd, 3rd, and 4th strings [003330].

He toggles the 6th string as well for a Bb in the bass. See: "The Art of Being A Child"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRgw6QhmmNI&feature=email

Who uses the SpiderCapo ?

Acoustic guitar virtuoso Antoine Dufour uses the SpiderCapo in many different ways. His FAQ page lists them:

http://www.antoinedufourmusic.com/index.php?mod=faq

Aaron Lennox Uses standard capo 3rd fret, SpiderCapo at 5th fret on the 3rd & 4th strings [335533].

He says this is like the "Claw Hammer" Banjo tuning.

[001100]. I like this for playing in the key of "E".

[060066]. Low "E" string dropped to "D". Fred Hand on "Arties Tune". Wow!

Please send us YOUR tuning to post -Here.

We would like to see some resonator guitar capo tunings, claw hammer tunings and other SpiderCapo uses.

 Dan Uttendorfer: Singer/Songwriter.  "I've Never Been the Gett'in Kind"

DADGAD up [2] frets [224442]

YouTube videos by users:

 

 

 

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To the SpiderCapo Music Community:

Subject: Developing as a songwriter: keep the fresh ideas coming
Subject: Open String "rubs" vs Navigating the Musical landscape

Partial capoing is very good for getting new textures. Using the partially capoed strings will give you new ‘rubs’ of small intervals: like 2nds, that sound so good on a guitar and can inspire new songs.

In addition, if you’ve listened to some of the more sophisticated pop tunes, you’ll hear the beauty and power of transposing. [ex: the transition to the last chorus of ‘New York, New York’ ]

How can a songwriter reap the benefits of open string rubs, AND, be able to move to different key centers? Ans: the partial capo.

We study the guitar to learn to play in different keys so that we can transpose within a song. This is an example of when the partial capo, as opposed to open tunings [actually turning the tuning pegs of the instrument], pays off. The reason is that your study of the instrument is not lost when you use a partial capo. This is because the intervals between the strings has not been changed, so the formations, chords, and voice leading techniques you’ve acquired can still be used.

As a result, over time,:
1. you can build a singular body of musical knowledge that is ever progressing, as opposed to specific shapes that only work in a certain open tunings.
2. you can use many different partial tunings without undo confusion-because the instrument remains the same.
3. because the interval shapes on the guitar are consistent per tuning, you foster the ability to improvise -which is the starting point of music composition.

I hope this is helpful.

Yours in music,

Peter Einhorn