How do you adjust chords to your vocals in guitars?

The voice is a bit lower than that of the original artist's. How do we adjust the chords to match the vocals? If I re-tune the guitar, should it also be lower? And where to place the capo if ever I'd use it?How do you adjust chords to your vocals in guitars?You learn to %26quot;transpose%26quot;. If a recording is in the key of A and it's a bit too high for you, you work down until you find a key that works. Try G or F or E for instance. Until you find the right key, you don't have to transpose the rest of the chords. Just strum the opening chord and try to sing with it. Try different chords until you find one that works.



Once you've established the new key, all of the other chords will have to be transposed or converted. Using the example of changing from the key of A down to G, you dropped 2 frets. So every other chord would drop the same amount....2 frets. So if the next chord was supposed to be a D, you would play a C chord.



After a while this becomes intuitive. In fact as a musician who plays with a lot of different singers, I've almost stopped thinking of chords by name at all. You'll start to see that A-D-E have the same relationship as G-C-D or E-A-B. (they are the I-IV-V chords of the scale) It's easier tosee this relationship if you're playing barre chords. You literally just play the same fingerings higher or lower on the neck.



If you're playing 'open' chords, the relationship may not be so clear.....but just locate the root note of a chord on any string and count down the appropriate number of frets.



Using a capo allows you to cheat. You transpose by moving the capo up the neck while playing the original chords. Now the thing is that you can't really lower the key with a capo (without transposing) If the song is in A and you want to raise it to B, you just put the capo on the 2nd fret and continue to play the same chords in the key of A. But if you want to lower an A to a G without changing your fingering, you'd need to put the capo way up on the 10th fret. Do you see why? The capo is essentially a movable nut. To go lower, you have to start at the octave (12th fret) and then drop 2 frets.



As far as re-tuning.....sure you can lower the tuning of the guitar, but it's not really practical for a bunch of reasons. The most obvious being that it's a pain. Also de-tuning more than one or two half-steps (frets) will change the tone and feel of your guitar....and possibly mess with your neck tension and make strings buzz. Some of the big performers will bring a second guitar which stays tuned lower or higher....but how realistic is that for us mere mortals?



So you can see that even with a capo, you have to learn to transpose. I know this all may sound confusing. Read it over and try to follow it....it's harder to describe than to do. Best of luck, and feel free to email me if you have any questions.How do you adjust chords to your vocals in guitars?Alot of artist tune down a half step. I don't know what tune you are wanting to re-tune too. But if you are wanting to play along with the CD, you will have to tune down to where ever it's tuned to. A capo only tunes up.