Re: Capo for an octave
I use a capo quite a bit on my octave. Some keys are just finger busters on the longer scale octave, so I use it to get myself into more friendly positions. I enjoy the opportunities to utilize open strings as drones in keys that would otherwise be closed up in 3 and 4 finger chords.
And of course, I use a capo to take good advantage of the free mandola that comes shipped within every octave mandolin. Seems like lately I've been playing a lot of my secret mandola.
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