Re: Another in a long line of stupid questions
Ditto David's explanation. I used a capo some when I was starting out. Many songs are written in C, but I'm more comfortable singing in D, so it was easy to capo up from C, and play the chord positions as I'd already learned them. However, the mandolin is much smaller than the guitar, and the capo is awkward to work around. For me, I was better off learning more chords, and definitely D, G, and A, if I was wanted to sing in D.
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
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