[New 12 String Mike]

One thing important to singer/guitarists, particularly, fingerstyle players that sing, is the chord forms finger patterns being played as the individual sings. I'd love to flow my fingers into the upper positions and get into lots of variations. But when singing, most guitarists, I believe, find it easier to stick with the familiar open chord first position forms, and using the capo to match the key to their voice.

Cathy is right about the barre chord thunks too.

I can hit the augmented bits in the first position when they're needed, but the performance requires breathing, vocal tonality and lyric concentration too, for the total presentation.

I am trying some alternative tunings to vary things somewhat. That's fun, when you've learned, and played a song "the right way."

My D-28 doesn't seem to suffer much with the capo at all. At least to my ear.