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This is the current list of partial capo books. If you know of any others please let us know. We are now offering individual sheet music versions for sale of the songs in "Capo Inventions" and "Sleight of Hand."

Capo Voodoo, Cut Capo Chord Book

Capo Voodoo- BOOK 3

G-Band Capo Chord Book

(2011)

Harvey Reid

33 clever ways to use the 1 or 2-string Woodie's G-Band partial capo on your guitar. Over 1100 chords show beginners, songwriters & pickers where to put the capo and where to find the amazing new sounds. Like all the Capo Voodoo books, this is clearly written and carefully preented, with photos, diagrams, tips, tricks, advice and thousands of great chords anybody can use. 94 pages.

Useful for Woodie's G-Band Model I and Model II partial capos- universal (Third Hand & SpiderCapo) partial capo users can do a lot of the things here but not all...

Released June 2011

$24.95 + shipping

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Capo Voodoo, Cut Capo Chord Book

Capo Voodoo- BOOK 2

Partial Capo Chord Book

(2011)

Harvey Reid

An astounding 33 ways to use a 4 or 5-string shortened partial capo on your guitar to find the "hidden music." With over 900 chords showing beginners, songwriters & professionals where to put the capo and where to find the amazing new sounds. The 94 pages are jammed with photos, diagrams, tips, tricks, advice and lots of great chords.

Useful for Third Hand, Spider, Shubb c8b, Kyser Dropped D, and especially Planet Waves Trio and "Dual-Action" capos

Released Feb 2011

$24.95 + shipping

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Capo Voodoo, Cut Capo Chord Book

Capo Voodoo- BOOK 1

The Cut-Capo Chord Book

(2010)

Harvey Reid

The long-awaited, and vitally important "missing manual" for the Esus 3-string partial capo. This veritable "Rosetta Stone" shows a mind-bending 24 different ways to use one on your guitar, with over 1200 hand-picked chords. (This book is useful for owners of the Shubb or Kyser Esus capos, as well as the Third Hand or Spider universal capos.) 94 pages, packed with photos, charts, explanations, tips, tricks and detailed explanations and discussions of partial capo strategy-- plus lots of great chords. For beginners, singers, pickers- anyone who has a partial capo needs this book.

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$24.95

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Sleight of Hand Book

Sleight of Hand: Guitar Magic

(1983)

Harvey Reid

 

A little-known but fascinating book of 20 solo guitar arrangements using the Third Hand universal capo. Mostly fingerpicked in standard tuning, but a couple flatpicked, 2 for 12-string, and 2 in different tunings. TAB and standard notation. Fiddle tunes, classical, blues. Intermediate to advanced. For universal (Third Hand & SpiderCapo) partial capo users

Suite: For the Duchess, Für Elise, Scarborough Fair, Minuet in Dm (Bach) , Flowers of Edinburgh, Simple Gifts, Sally Goodin‘, Irish Washerwoman, Pavanne, Red-Haired Boy, June Apple, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, Devil's Dream, Sally Goodin', Scherzo, Shenandoah, Greensleeves, Sailor's Hornpipe, Fisher's Hornpipe

$16.95

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Capo Inventions

Capo Inventions

(2006)

Harvey Reid

 

Solo arrangements in TAB and standard notation for the Esus 3-string partial capo. All are pieces on Harvey Reid's recordings. From easy to difficult, comes with music CD of how Harvey plays them.

Skye Boat Song, Highwire Hornpipe, Windy Grave , Hard Times, The Unknown Soldier, Suite: For the Duchess, The Arkansas Traveler, The Minstrel Boy, Red in the Sky, Prelude to the Minstrel’s Dream, Norway Suite: Parts 1 &2, Star Island Jig, Macallan’s Jig.

$19.95

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Duck Soup

Duck Soup Guitar

(1983)

Harvey Reid & Jeff Hickey

 

Shows 6 clever ways of ho how to use a partial capo to play simplified 1 and 2-finger chords. Makes it possible for children (and anyone else) to start playing real music on Day One. 29 kids songs with words and chord diagrams, in keys of E, A and C.

Go Tell Aunt Rhody, Hush Little Baby, Down in the Valley, Tom Dooley, London Bridge, The Farmer in the Dell, 10 Little Indians, Clementine, Rock My Soul, Billy Boy, Streets of Laredo, Red River Valley, Sloop John B, She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain, Amazing Grace, Worried Man, Michael Row the Boat Ashore, This Old Man, Little Liza Jane, Old MacDonald, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Angels We Have Heard on High, Deck the Halls,Auld Lang Syne, Skip to My Lou, Shenandoah, Oh Susannah, Camptown Races, Silent Night

$15.95

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Modern Folk Guitar

Modern Folk Guitar

(1984)

Harvey Reid & Terry Kuhn

 

The first college textbook for folk guitar. 330 pages, with songs, chords, scales, theory, history. Used in college music classes for decades, the only book of its kind. No CD. Has a short chapter on how to play easy guitar with a partial capo.

$39.95

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Song Train

The Song Train

(2007)

Harvey Reid & Joyce Andersen

 

56 one and two-chord songs, performed on 4 CD's, with a glorious 80-page hardback book. The "Rosetta Stone" for beginning guitar. Uses partial capo on 9 songs, shows how to play basic guitar, with theory, history, tips etc.

Roving Gambler, Handsome Molly, Clyde, John Henry, Old Blue, When Your Troubles Are Like Mine, Jambalaya, Feelin' Alright, Jack O' Diamonds Blues, Pistol Packing Mama, Waltz Across Texas, Little Maggie, Bound for the Promised Land, Ode to the E Chord, Tulsa Time, Honky Tonkin', My Horses Ain't Hungry, Memphis, Changed the Locks, Sinner Man, I Love You A Thousand Ways, Moonshiner's Blues, Tombstone Blues, Oh Death, Kentucky, Rock Island Line, You Never Can Tell, Tijuana, My Old Home on the Green Mountainside, Defying Gravity, Baby Please Don't Go, Miner's Refrain, Buffalo Skinners, Simple Gifts, Shake Your Hips, Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down, The Cuckoo, Rye Whiskey, I'll Go Stepping Too, Willie Seton, Joshua Fit The Battle, Tom Dooley, Black Jack Davy, Far End of Summer, Bright Morning Stars, Willie Moore, Well Well Well, Ramblin' Man, Pastures of Plenty, Wild Bill Jones, Single Girl, Married Girl, A-11, Old Man at the Mill, The Hills Of Roane County, Little Birdie, Where the Soul Never Dies

$49.95

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The Capo

The Capo

(2007)

Randall Williams

 

Published by Hal Leonard. Songwriter Randall Williams shows how to use full capos as well as some uses of the the Esus and Drop E capos. Pictures, diagrams and text (no songs or arrangements) Comes with CD and capo.

$14.95

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The Partial Capo

The Partial Capo

(2007)

Randall Williams

 

Published by Hal Leonard. Songwriter Randall Williams shows his take on how to use the Kyser partial capos. Covers some uses of the the Esus and Drop E capos. Pictures, diagrams and text (no songs or arrangements) Comes with a CD.

$12.95

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New Frontier Book

A New Frontier in Guitar

(1980)

Harvey Reid

 

The first book about the partial capo, and possibly the first desktop-published book. Out of print for many years. Now a free download. This was the beginning...

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