Learning guitar

[OldMoses]

Thanks for the update... What I need is a visual cue and an auditory cue to understand what a circle of fifths even is, LoL! 


I don't use a capo, do chord voicings really change with a capo? I would think the chord shapes would stay the same, everything just moves up the neck?

Your program is definitely introducing me to aspects of the guitar I haven't had to think about!

A capo alters the base chord up the number of semitones equal to the fret position. For instance, if you play a C major chord form on open strings, you'll get the C major chord sound. If you place a capo on fret two and play the same chord form the actual chord sound will be a D major. One of the main reasons for using a capo is to play certain keys that have unusual chords, while still using the basic cowboy chord forms. That explanation might be clear as mud... suffice to say that a capo will alter the open chord voicings of what you are playing, which gives the ability to change the character of the music significantly.

The circle of fifths is a way of relating the various keys to each other. It's the best available way to understand the strange patterns of western diatonic music. Each advance clockwise on the circle gives the root of the key a perfect fifth (7 semitones) above the previous one.