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RockSkool: Power Chord Theory

In the first diagram we have a standard E5 power chord, see how the finger pattern stays the same, but as it slides up the fret board the root note changes each time so producing a different chord in line with the chromatic scale of the string being played.

 

 

Here we have a standard A5 power chord, see how the finger pattern stays the same, but as it slides up the fret board the root note changes each time so producing a different chord in line with the chromatic scale of the string being played.

 

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