After completing this lesson, you will understand how to play a power chord (5th chord), and how to play this chord type everywhere on the neck. Power chords are a simplified version of our the chord, however, power chords lack character, and tend to sound very simple in comparison to your full barre chord. Power chords are commonly used in rock music.
Here are the two steps to playing a power chord.
STEP 1: Find the root note
STEP 2: Stack the 5th and the octave (8th)
The power chord shape is the exact same no matter what the root note is!
This concludes the Guitar Basics Series! I hope you loved this content. Go over these videos again to really lock in this knowledge! You now have all the tools you need to go and learn and play new songs properly! Take this knowledge and begin apply it to your playing today.
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