Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Chords by Hal Leonard Corp

Author:Hal Leonard Corp.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Published: 2016-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

Sixth-string Power Chords

Power chords are easy to play and require just the first and third fingers to fret the notes. They are also movable chords that can be transposed and played at any fret. Here are some of the commonly played sixth-string power chords, including the open E5 power chord:

Here’s an example that uses some of the sixth-string power chords. Power chords generally sound better played with all downstrokes. Make sure that you’re only strumming the lowest two strings.

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Since power chords can be played anywhere on the fretboard, it’s helpful to learn and memorize some of the notes on the neck. Learning a little bit about the musical alphabet will make this easier. The musical alphabet uses the letters A through G. The distance in pitch between any two notes is called an interval. An interval is how much higher or lower one note sounds from another (or the space between the two notes). The smallest interval on a guitar is the distance from one fretted note to the next fretted note on the same string. This interval is called a half step. Twice that distance, or the distance of two frets on the same string, is called a whole step. Below are the regular letter-name notes on the sixth string, with the half steps and whole steps indicated.

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