This
sample lesson is taken from one of the tutorials
on Andy Webber's "Learn To Play The Electric
Guitar" DVD. To purchase this DVD for just
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For
all you budding rock stars out there, here comes
the single most important bit of guitar playing
ever! The power chord! Using one simple shape
which can be moved around the neck and applied
to any note, you will soon be jamming along to
your favourite rock songs of all time, as well
as being able to write your own! Awesome!!!
So
here it is:
Power
chords only contain 3 notes: a root note, the
same note played an octave (8 notes) higher (this
is called an overtone), and a note in the middle.
In this case the notes are: G, D and G. The two
G notes are root notes. The root note is the note
that the chord is based around, and gives the
name of the chord. So this is a G power chord.
This is referred to as G5.
Here’s
how your left hand should look:
Watch
the video to hear what it sounds like.
At
first you will have to miss the bottom 3 strings
by being careful with your picking hand. When
you have practised for a while you will notice
that you can mute these open strings with the
middle bits of your fingers on your left hand.
This allows you to hit the strings harder and
more aggressively to get that biting sound, whilst
keeping everything sounding tidy.
As
I said, this chord shape can be played anywhere
on the neck so have a go at moving it around.
It sounds best on the lower strings (i.e. E and
A – the thickest ones), and up to around
the 12th fret.
Try
out the Slow Power
Chords lesson to practise what you have learnt
over a backing track.
Andy
Webber.
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