Hey guys, I was playing around with a guitar capo and decided to use it on four strings only … it was mind-blowing!

In this lesson, I am going to show you how to use a guitar capo to create beautiful sounding chords. The trick is to use the capo on the second fret but only on four strings (the low E, A, D, and G), and leave the B and top E strings open. By doing that you will tune your guitar in F#m without changing the tuning.

Using the capo like this allows you to use all the basic chords you already know (such as the E minor, A minor, G major, C major, and F major), plus you have access to a ton of new chords.

Today I am going to show you a simple musical idea I wrote using the capo on just four strings. I hope you get inspired and use this approach to write your music.

Enjoy this lesson.