There are
lots of performers who use partial capos, and many of them write
about their techniques. Some have have made instructional
videos, written articles,
or compiled songbooks. If
you know of anyone who should be included here, please email
us.
performers
Harvey
Reid:
Harvey is widely considered the father of the partial capo - he
began his partial capo experiments in 1976. He's written
extensively about partial capo work - seems that all roads
lead back to him. Anybody who says different, write
to us.
Mitch
Bohannan
Mitch has been very active about his enthusiasm for the Short-Cut.
See this video
that he made about it, or the forum
he moderates at bos-capos.com.
Don
Conoscenti:
DonCon's 2002 release "Extremely
Live at Eddie's Attic" is a compilation of 20 songs
which ALL feature partial and/or multiple capo work.
Janis
Ian:
Janis and Milton Kyser have been friends for years - She sawed
up our capos long before we ever got around to doing it ourselves.
Adrian
Legg:
Adrian's one of the best fingerstyle guys around. The "tunings"
page on his website is an education in itself, with a bit of partial
capo work thrown in for good measure.
Carrie
Newcomer:
A fine singer/songwriter with a gift for creating color on the
guitar - thanks in part to her collection of partial capos, some
of which cover only two strings.
Willy
Porter:
Willy's one of the flashiest partial capo performers on the scene
today - and extremely versatile. He can often be seen playing
with Short-Cuts and Drop-Ds at the same time.
Chris
Proctor:
Chris is a gifted fingerstyle player and composer, who uses partial
capo work as a tool to achieve a greater depth of field in his
compositions. Chris has an instructional
songbook and DVD
which show us mortals how it's done.
Cosy
Sheridan:
Cosy uses several different capo configurations, in both standard
and alternate tunings.
David
Wilcox:
David might be the most well-known of the partial capo bunch.
His rich guitar work is due in part to his ever-present Kyser
Drop-D™. David's Homespun
DVD is an education in open tunings and partial capos
in conjunction with open tunings.
more
performers
Giovanni
Bailo
Shane
Barnard
John
Blasquez
Jerry
Bresee
Rolly Brown
Danny
Donnelly
Jeffrey
Foucault
Teja
Gerken
Lee
Kelm
Kerry
Kling
Ralph
Koster
Jeff
Lang
Tim Penn
Al
Petteway
Buzz
Turner
Julie
Waters
Jake White
Randall
Williams
Justin
Roth
songbooks
Check out
Chris Proctor's
songbook, Guitar
Collection.
You can order Harvey
Reid's "Sleight of Hand" from Woodpecker
Music.
articles
http://www.whereisrandall.com/guitarteacher.htm#partial
http://www.playlikeapro.com/lesson7.htm
http://www.guitarnoise.com/article.php?id=450
other
links
Andreas Sterner's
Capo
Museum in Sweden has an interesting history of capos since
1850. There's a section which tells about partial capos, including
Shubb, Third
Hand, Varichord, and Woodie's
G-band.
