Guitar Power Chords

Power chords are movable guitar chords that can be played up and down the neck of the guitar at any fret.

Power chords use the 1st and 5th notes of a major scale, and are also referred to as 5th chords. The root note is typically repeated an octave up. Power chords do not use a 3rd note from the giving these chords a different sound than major or minor chords.

The pictures and guitar chord diagrams below show how to play power chords on each group of strings.

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