• From: England
  • Registered: 2006-09-29
  • Posts: 175

Topic: power chords

can someone tell me what power chords are please?

  • From: Starkville, Mississippi USA
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
  • Posts: 2,069

Re: power chords

Basically, a power chord omits part of a normal chord (the 3rd) and leaves only the tonic (1) and the perfect fifth (5) and usually the tonic is doubled one octave up.  This Wikipedia article may help - look down the page for some fingerings:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_chords

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  • From: Timbucktoo
  • Registered: 2007-05-13
  • Posts: 11

Re: power chords

Good thing I don't play electric then, Acoustic all the way!!!!!

  • From: Bellevue, WA
  • Registered: 2006-06-15
  • Posts: 3,336

Re: power chords

Shaylynn wrote:

Good thing I don't play electric then, Acoustic all the way!!!!!

You can play the I and V in any key on an acoustic, too.   We just call it "a perfect fifth" though.

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  • From: Murphysboro Il
  • Registered: 2007-02-10
  • Posts: 292

Re: power chords

You should learn power chords anyway cause then you already have half of a barr chord.

"Nobody paints by ear so why would I play guitar by sight?" hmm