This one is a little wierd. I saw a video a few days ago where a guy had a capo covering only the top four strings and thought that was neat. I found that if I turned my capo around I could achieve the same effect. I imagine he was using some sort of special tool for the job.
On top of that I was trying to play The Entertainer before I started working on the videos. The Entertainer is drop D and so are all the ditties I wrote and recorded that day.
Does anyone have any information about these hybrid capos? It was something completely new to me.
Here is the guitar tab:
Drop D tuning
Capo on the second fret covering the top 4 strings.
e|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
B|-0-0-0-2-2-3-3-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-5-5-5-3-3-3-3--0-0-0-2-2-3-3-5-3-
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
A|---------------------|----------------------------------------
D|---------------------|----------------------------------------
e|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
B|-0-0-0-2-2-3-3-5-5-5-
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
Just stumbled upon the site. Nice work!
The Third Hand Capo (http://www.thirdhandcapo.com) will do that plus more. I’ve had one for a few years now. It’s really fun to play with. I like to use something like this when ideas start running dry.
Plus that site has info partial capos. You should search on Harvey Reid for more info too.
Wow, the third hand capo looks great. I actually found out it was a Kyser short-cut capo that he was using. My guitar shop happened to have one left on the shelf.
Hopefully we will be seeing some ditties using it very soon.