SHORT-CUTCAPO
MY NEW FAVORITE SONG
I dropped the term “my favorite song” a
recording guitar layers. I chose to lay down
long time ago. I’ve had a lot of them this
two tracks, one track playing out of the “E”
year already… “Blameless” by Dara Maclean
position with a 6-string capo on 5 and the
and “This I Believe” by Matt Crocker and
Short-Cut on 7, and one track playing out
Ben Fielding have both been so impactful in
of the “A” position with the Short-Cut on
our church. Not sure why this song slipped
2. Both of these examples are in the key of
under my radar for a couple of years, but
“A.” (To play in the original key, move both
I just recently found “More and More of
examples up 2 frets) I believe the easiest
You” by Jennie Lee Riddle, Ritchie Fike,
way to memorize a song is to remember
and Jonathan Lee. What an amazingly
each progression by song section- verse,
powerful song!
chorus, bridge. This is how I learned it. Here
MITCH BOHANNON
Developed the Short-Cut
Capo for Kyser. Worship
leader in Louisiana. Married
to his beautiful wife, Noelle,
for 23 years and they have
three awesome kids!
are the progressions for “More and More of
I quickly sent it out to my team to learn and
You” in the key of “A.”
worked at home on recording some stems/
Verse:
F#m7 | E | D2 (Repeat)
tracks to fill up the song when we play it live.
A/C# | D2 | E (Repeat)
The original key is “B,” but we learned it in
Chorus: D2 | A | F#m7 | E (Repeat)
the key of “A.”
A/C# | D2 | E | F#m7
Short-Cut capo on fret 2, simply use the
(Bm going to the Bridge)
second row of chord shapes. To play out of
When playing in the key of “A” with the
As I’ve mentioned in a previous article,
Bridge: Bm | F#m7 | E | D2 | A | E |
the “E” position with capos on frets 5 and 7,
using the Short-Cut capo is a great idea for
you’ll need to transcribe into the key of “E”
Bm7 | F#m7 | E | D2
or use the number system.
Just a word of encouragement…the ShortCut capo really simplifies guitar playing for
leading worship.
As I mentioned earlier, I believe it’s helpful to
memorize a song by sections. It’s important
in leading people to have your music
memorized. In fact, a friend on Instagram
just tagged me today. The picture was of all
his music stands in a closet and his caption
read, “lead from your heart, not from a
page…music stands belong back stage on
Sunday!!” Now, I’d rather see a stand than
hear a bunch of wrong chords!
If you look at the chart to the left, with the
Short-Cut capo, you’ve only got seven
shapes to learn. If you’re one of the guitar
players
who
struggle
with
memorizing
music, this method could really help you!
Use the Layar App to scan the video image
to the left to watch and listen to “More and
More of You” as performed by WorshipMob.
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Jul Aug 2016
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