Article: Tighten the capo as close as you can to the fret without being on top of it. This will prevent your capo from pulling your strings out of tune. Tightening the capo too much can cause a buzzing sound and will pull your banjo strings out of tune. Instead, tighten them just enough to get a clear sound out of your strings when you play them. Strum a string as you tighten the capo until you get a clear sound from the string. To use a sliding capo, turn the small screw on the top of the capo counter-clockwise until it's loose. You can then slide the capo back and forth until it's on the fret that you want. A Shubb sliding capo must be installed by a professional and requires screwing into the neck of your guitar. Screw capos work like sliding capos, except they don't slide across the neck and must be manually moved. Position the screw capo where you want it, then tighten it by turning the screw on the top of the capo clockwise. Reagan capos are small moveable capos that you can adjust with a screw on the top and require no installation. A clamp capo is held together by tension from a spring. To open the capo, squeeze both of the handles in your hand until the front of it opens. While it's open, position it onto the neck of your guitar on the fret that you want to put it on. To use the railroad spikes, pull the fifth string under the railroad spike so that the spike rests on top of it. This will hold down the string at the railroad spike and change the note that you're playing on your fifth string. Elastic capos will have a hook that fits into the hole on the capo to tighten it. Wrap the capo around your desired fret, then take the hook on the capo and loop it through the hole. When applying this capo, make sure that it's tight enough to hold down the bottom four strings on your guitar.
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Put the capo close to the fret. Don't tighten the capo too much. Unscrew and slide a sliding capo. Turn the screw on top of the capo clockwise to tighten it. Squeeze the handle on a clamp capo to open it. Pull and position the fifth string under a railroad spike. Wrap an elastic capo around the frets.