Understanding Power Chords [Lessons]

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-Bad2345-average678910-Vote1 great guitar music,In a power chord is a chord that consists of the root note and the fifth interval. Power chords are played on amplified guitars, especially on electric guitar with distortion phenomenon. Power chords are a key element of many styles of rock music. Power Chords are sometimes labeled by their root note with the number 5 to identify them: C5, D5, etc. The power chords below will show you how to play a chord progression using power chords on the 5th and 6th strings guitar. Let ' s try a G power chord - G5:
e|-----|b|-----|g|-----|d|-----|a|-5---|e|-3---|Use your index and ring finger, and little finger or index. If you move it up two frets, it becomes an A power chord - A5.
e|-----|b|-----|g|-----|d|-----|a|-7---|e|-5---|
D5 C5 G5 e ||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||B ||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||G ||--7--7--7--7--|--5--5--5--5--|--------------|--------------||D ||--7-7-7-7--|--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--||A ||--5--5--5--5--|--3--3--3--3--|--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--||E ||--------------|--------------|--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--||Some power chords can be played using an open string such as the A5 power chord and the D5 power chord used in the guitar tab below:
A5 D5 C5 D5 C5 A5 e ||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||B ||-----------------------3-----|-----------------------3-----||G ||--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--5--|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--5--||D ||--2--2--2--2--2--2--0--5--|--2--2--2--2--2--2--0--5--||A ||--0--0---0---0---0---0------3---|---0---0---0---0---0---0------3---||E ||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||You can also play the guitar tab above this way:
A5 D5 C5 D5 C5 A5 e ||------------------------------|------------------------------||B ||------------------------------|------------------------------||G ||--2---2----2---2----2---2---7---5----|----2---2----2---2----2---2---7---5----| |D ||--2---2----2---2----2---2---7---5----|----2---2----2---2----2---2---7---5----| |A ||-0--0--0--0--0--0--5--3--|--0--0--0--0--0--0--5--3--||E ||------------------------------|------------------------------||Power Chords with the root notes on the G or 3rd string and D or 4th string:
C5 G5 F5 e ||--8--8--8--8--|--------------|--------------|--------------||B ||-8-8-8-8-8-|--8--8--8--|--6--6--6--6--|--6--6--6--6--||G ||--5--5--5--5--|--7-7-7-7--|--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--||D ||--------------|--5--5--5--5--|--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--||A ||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||E ||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||I hope this lesson helps you to understand what a power chord is.

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