Music Theory Series Part 5- An Extensive Look To The Chords 1, Power Chord Basics |
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Music Theory Series Part 5- An Extensive Look To The Chords 1, Power Chord Basics |
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May 20 2011, 08:02 PM |
Hello and welcome to the Music Theory Series. In todays lesson we will study power chord basics. Let's begin.
Definition: In music a power chord consists of a root note and the fifth intervall and sometimes we can add a octave. Generally these chords are played on a electric guitar with distortion.To name a power chord, just take the root note and add a "5" after it. Like E5, A5 etc.. We can play a power chord with different ways. First way is the common way we know. Let's take a look at this with an example. CODE E5 Chord: D--(2)- A---2-- E---0-- -If we look at this chord, we can see that the open note in the E string is the root note of our chord. -The note in the 2nd fret A string is the fifth interval -The note in the 2nd fret D string is the octave. This note is written in a paranthesis, because we can play the E5 chord with or without this note. Another way is playing the same chord without the root note. CODE E5 Chord: D---2-- A---2-- E------ We can play this chord just with 1 finger. Another way is playing same chord with Drop-D tuning. Then our E5 chord becomes this. We can also play this chord just with 1 finger. CODE E5 Chord: D--2-- A--2-- E--2-- That's it for the power chord basics. If you have any questions feel free to ask me. See you in another lesson of Music Theory series. Keep rocking! -------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPOTIFY PAGE YOUTUBE CHANNEL |
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