Guitar capo chart
Pick a capo fret and see what each open shape actually sounds as — tap any row to hear it. A capo just moves your shapes up the neck; this shows exactly where they land. Free.
The capo chart
A capo is a movable nut: clamp it on a fret and every open string rises by that many half steps. Your shapes don't change — a G shape is still a G shape — but the sound moves up. Pick a fret and see where each familiar shape lands:
How to use it
Say a song is in D major but you'd rather use easy open shapes. Put the capo on fret 2 and play in C position (C–G–Am–F shapes; F is a small barre, the rest are open shapes in the chart above) — they sound as D–A–Bm–G, exactly the D-major chords, but far easier to grab. That swap — hard key, easy shapes — is what a capo is for.
It's also how singers find their key without learning new chords: keep the same shapes, slide the capo up or down until the song sits comfortably in your voice.
Want to go the other way — name a shape you're holding? Try the reverse chord finder. Or read the full capo guide.
The full tool has a movable capo on the real fretboard, plus every chord and scale across the neck. Free.
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