Made up of only a few notes, these put the punch in rock and metal.
Power Chords are an electric guitar must do.
The more distortion or gain used, the less strings you want to play. The overtones made by all that noise can end up sounding like mush out of control.
I have showed these exact same things to other people starting out, who had never played electric guitar before. Within a week, all of them were jamming their favorite riffs and songs. You can too! It's okay to watch it over again, as many times as you need, because I put a lot of information in a short amount of time.
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Take a look at the pictures to learn the shape of what are called "Fifths". Oh yeah, do you have your Notes Card? If not, go to Guitar Notes page and make one already. (click here) Okay, we have a note on the 6th string 3rd fret and one up a whole step on the 5th string 5th fret. If played on the 3rd fret 6th string what note is it? Then that's the name. G5. They are a cross between major and minor. They would need a third note added to determine which.(That's okay to do too. Like playing only a few strings of any bar chord.) Check out the charts of fifths based on the 6th string. Here's the same shape moved up 2 frets. So what's the name? Next we move to the 5th string. Same shape starting on a different string. This is so easy! We slide it up 2 frets, once again. What's the note? Hint: 5th string 5th fret. There you go. (see below) Then we move to the 4th string. Below are the same shape and... ...we move it up 2 frets. Yes, that's a G again.Notice: Pick any note on the 6th string. Go straight across to the 4th string (skip over the 5th) and up 2frets and you have the Octave of that note. Instead of hitting the E string open and then going all the way up to the 12th fret to hit the octave, you can do this move. Or, you can go to the 5th string 7th fret. Octaves are all over the neck. Take a look at your Notes Card for the patterns. Below are some fifths on the 4th string. Practice: Move these Power Chords around. If you listen to rock and metal, you'll hear these everywhere. You can mute the strings a little with your strumming hand's palm for a pumping sound. You can move the second note down back 2 frets to make Fourths. (Both notes side by side on the same fret.) This works starting from the 6th, 5th, or 4th strings. Kind of a weird sound. If you want to stretch, do a fifth and add a note with your pinkie. Where? Try first finger 5th fret 6th string. Ring finger 7th fret 5th string. Now here's the tricky part. Add the pinkie 9th fret 5th string. Bounce off it a few times while strumming. If you are doing it right, you're rockin' like Chuck Berry man! He invented it. Return from Power Chords to Guitar For Real Home
Oh yeah, do you have your Notes Card? If not, go to Guitar Notes page and make one already. (click here)
Okay, we have a note on the 6th string 3rd fret and one up a whole step on the 5th string 5th fret. If played on the 3rd fret 6th string what note is it? Then that's the name. G5.
They are a cross between major and minor. They would need a third note added to determine which.(That's okay to do too. Like playing only a few strings of any bar chord.)
Check out the charts of fifths based on the 6th string.
Here's the same shape moved up 2 frets. So what's the name?
Next we move to the 5th string. Same shape starting on a different string. This is so easy!
We slide it up 2 frets, once again. What's the note? Hint: 5th string 5th fret. There you go. (see below)
...we move it up 2 frets.
Yes, that's a G again.
Notice: Pick any note on the 6th string. Go straight across to the 4th string (skip over the 5th) and up 2frets and you have the Octave of that note. Instead of hitting the E string open and then going all the way up to the 12th fret to hit the octave, you can do this move. Or, you can go to the 5th string 7th fret. Octaves are all over the neck. Take a look at your Notes Card for the patterns.
Below are some fifths on the 4th string.
Practice: Move these Power Chords around. If you listen to rock and metal, you'll hear these everywhere. You can mute the strings a little with your strumming hand's palm for a pumping sound. You can move the second note down back 2 frets to make Fourths. (Both notes side by side on the same fret.) This works starting from the 6th, 5th, or 4th strings. Kind of a weird sound. If you want to stretch, do a fifth and add a note with your pinkie. Where? Try first finger 5th fret 6th string. Ring finger 7th fret 5th string. Now here's the tricky part. Add the pinkie 9th fret 5th string. Bounce off it a few times while strumming. If you are doing it right, you're rockin' like Chuck Berry man! He invented it.
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