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Power Chords by Guitarslinger124 5 Sep 2007 Views: 1141

First of all, something that Afro-Raven politely reminded me awhile ago- there are no major or minor power chords. power chords are made up of a root and its fifth (you can also add in the octave if you want). Since the chords are just roots and fifths they are sometimes called fifth chords.

The most common place for power chords to be played are with the root on the low E string...To the fifth of any note on the low E, simply move over two frets and down one fret. To find the octave, you just move over two and don two.

Example: A power Chord. The A note can be found at the 5th fret on the low E sting. The fifth of A is E, which can be found by moving over two frets and down one. Now you've got something like this:

E||-                                              E||--

B||-        This is an A power chord.             B||--

G||-        To add the octave just move           G||--

D||--       over two frets and down two           D||-7

A||-7       from your root note. It should        A||-7

E||-5       be like this >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  E||-5

This is how you can build any power chord...Just use the root-fifth-octave...