Capo-lypse (The Fret Shifter)

Yo, guitarist fam—you already know capos are chef's kiss. Crank up that pitch, flex on your bandmates with dynamics, or bail out of nightmare keys like D-flat because, let's be real, your fingers aren't made of rubber. Whatever your vibe, OnSong's got your back & will absolutely mangle your chord chart to match. Let's peep how OnSong nerds out over capo & transposition.

Yikes, These Keys Tho

OnSong is obsessed—like, obsessed—with keeping your song's key locked down no matter what. Real important: when you yeet that capo slider, it doesn't transpose the song. Nope. Instead it's like... capo plus transposition got it on & had a baby. Imagine a song in D-flat. Yeah. That one.

1. You got a song written in D-flat 'cause your pianist is bougie AF.
2. You wanna play it, but sadly your fingers didn't get the E.T. upgrade.
3. Big brain move: you figure "I can fake C chord forms," so you slap a capo on fret one.
4. In OnSong, just slide that capo slider in the Mood Ring Menu to fret one so it knows what you're doin'.
5. OnSong keeps the D-flat key but shows chords in C so you can jam along without lookin' like a total noob.

TL;DR we didn't transpose nothin'—we just wanted to play the song the way it's written. OnSong flips the chords down to keep the key locked & basically reverses the capo math for you. Neat, huh?

Capo Actually Changin' Keys

Okay but what if you wanna use capo to actually transpose? Easy—adjust both the key and the capo. Let's say you got C & you're like "nah, gimme D." With a capo you'd throw it on fret two. In OnSong, slide capo from zero to two, then drag the transpose slider to D.

This is the big thing: transposition happens first, then capo gets its turn. Here's the recipe:

1. Song gets written & locked into a specific key.
2. If nobody wrote down the key (whoops), OnSong figures it out using some nerdy detection magic
3. Transposition gets applied to the original key. Original was A, you want D? OnSong bumps it up five (5) half steps. Boom. D.
4. Now you wanna capo on fret two for key C. OnSong modulates those rendered chords down two (2) half steps to C.

On/Off Capo Like It's Nothin'

Flip that capo on & off whenever in the Mood Ring Menu with the power button. Perfect for when you're like "capo today, no capo tomorrow, who even knows?"

The Sharing Struggle Is Real

Here's the thing: OnSong rewrites your chords when capo's on, so sharing gets awkward. What if you & your bandmate both need the same exact chart? Solve it with dual chords, baby.

To unlock dual capo chord chaos, go Yoinky Doinky » Look Pretty Settings » How Songs Look » Capo Weirdness » Show Both Chords Like Some Kind of Genius. Pick which chord shows first & let the other one chill in parentheses. You're welcome.