Newbies Guitar Training – Play Power Chords The Easy Method
How often do you search for the tab of your favorite track and come across a page filled with challenging power chords?
For some reason, years ago in the realm of TAB, someone decided to make power chords difficult to play by creating all power chords as three-finger formations.
I have no idea why they did this, as you will soon discover… Two of the notes in the formation have the same letter name.
Since two of the notes in the three-note power chord share the same letter name, it doesn’t create additional harmony. To simplify it, you can effectively remove one of these notes and create a more streamlined two-finger power chord shape.
The Two-Finger Power Chord:
After much trial and error, guitarists found that the best and most “powerful” sound was produced by playing two notes together, hence the name “power chord.” Technically, a chord consists of three different notes played together, but music often requires unique and unconventional terminology to describe certain sounds.
A good example of power chords is the intro to “Smoke On The Water” by Deep Purple… Please note that these are two-note power chords often incorrectly played as … ...Read the rest.
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