Okay, so I have a question from Rush One that asks, “Well, I do not understand Power Chord. Can you explain Power Chord?” Now, what we are going to learn right now is about Power Chord. Now, you find out a lot of questions about Power Chord. The way Power Chords work is that we all understand – at least hopefully what a root, a third and a fifth is in a note. If you do not, I will explain it to you.
Now, a Power Chord as we all know looks like this. That is a Power Chord. What consists of a Power Chord? What makes a Power Chord? So here we have our root, we have our fifth, and then we have our octave. So here we have this note. Now, a Power Chord is going to look like this. Here is your first note. That right there results on your second fret. The strings on a piece on the guitar are E, A, D, G, B, and then E. Let us go to our second fret of the A string, let us put our first finger there. Let us put our third finger right here and let us put our fourth finger right here. So that what is starting to exist of is that this right here is our B Power Chord. Now, a lot of times, maybe most of the times, instead of saying B Power Chord, a lot of times you might just call it a B5.Why do we call it a B5? Okay, this first note right here, that is a B because we are on the A string. Let us go up to A# up again to B. The first over here is B. What I am doing, is I am playing its fifth. So I am putting my third finger there and we have our first here, let us go up two frets and up a string and then we have a fifth and then we have our Power Chord.
The reason why it is called a B5 is to replay our route, which in this case is a B and we are playing the fifth. In this case, it is a sharp. And then we are doubling the B right here. So if I were to move this pattern up anywhere, it is the same pattern wherever I go. So I could take this B5, move it down a string and now, it became an F#5 but it is the same pattern. I can move it up or down rather to here and then now it becomes an F#5, move it up to another fret and it becomes a G5. Let me play this for you. Here is my B5, here is my F#5, and then here is my G5.
Okay so now, that is how you play your Power Chord. You play whatever the route is – by the way, this is the route of the chord. So if you were to play for example a C5, take your first finger, find where C is, there is a C here on the A fret of the low E string, A, A#, B, C, there is no sharp between B and C. Let us go to the first fret of the C. Put on our third finger, a fifth in the way so let us go up two strings and then up two frets then up a string. First finger here, third finger there, and then the fourth here right on the top to the next string and what we got is this.
So if you do not know where the Power Chord was, now you know. “Can I join as a host tomorrow and ask what this weird chords that I am playing?” Absolutely, that is what I am here for. And so just like that, in under four minutes and 30 seconds, you now know what a Power Chord is whereas before it is taking you an hour and it is live. So hey guys on the internet or webs, any questions that you got, check it out, leave me comments, hit me up and email me. You also ship me a line here on twitter, it will be awesome to answer all of your questions.
All right then, so there you have it. That is what a Power Chord is. If you have any other questions, definitely get in touch and I will answer it. Stay cool guys.
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