• From: buxton
  • Registered: 2006-05-19
  • Posts: 19

Topic: power chords

as a beginner it means nothing to me yet are featuring in a few songs im attempting to play. any ideas tips and tricks on how to pull them off or even an explanation would be greaty appreciated. plus theres a few other things i could do with elightening on that i keep reading about mainly slides and what i believe are hammer ons. i fear i may sound an idiot but as a man without a tutor who is eager to learn this is my only source of info so any explanations on the technicalities would be great
and somebody please tell me if a bflat is even playable cause unless you have six fingers spread 2 inches wide each it seems like an urban guitar legend
cheers all
n

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  • From: derbyshire
  • Registered: 2007-05-17
  • Posts: 2,844

Re: power chords

dont worry about not having enough fingers ,there are plenty of chord shapes you can try to get the same chord effect,my main chords are in the first three frets ,i dont do many bar chords but i can play 90% of songs with variations...

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

Re: power chords

You can play B flat with two fingers.   Barre with your index at the 1st fret, and barre with your ring finger at the 3rd.

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A hameron is when you pluck a string, and then fret it, rather than fretting and then plucking.  It gives you two tones.

Slides are when you fret, pluck, and then move your finger up the string a few frets without removing your finger from the string.

The key to all of this is to practice, and then practice some more.  There is no easy way out.

And then practice.

Good luck!

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  • From: Nottingham, UK
  • Registered: 2006-08-08
  • Posts: 690

Re: power chords

Hi noise, power chords are reduced or simplified chords often requiring only 2 fingers but...

If you are playing acoustic they won't sound like much. Power chords work best on distorted electric guitar, this is because the amplifier gain introduces 'intermodulation' which makes it sound like there's a third string.

Sounds great for beginner's but there's a catch, playing just the two strings you want is actually quite tricky, certainly not as fun as straight strumming.

Best to leave power chords till you have barre shapes nailed (since alot of power chords derive from the leading two fingers of a barre). They are used alot in metal and heavy rock styles though.

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

Re: power chords

Specifically, "power chords" are an interval of a perfect fifth.  The I and V of whatever key you're in.

And they do sound best loud and distorted.

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