EASY POWER CHORDS HOW TO
Knowing how to play just a few basic guitar chords can open up a world of musical opportunities. This involves placing your fingers in specific spots on frets across different strings and strumming all–or some of–the strings at once. To play a chord, you will play several notes at once instead of one individual note at a time. And we’ll review some of the most popular songs that use these easy guitar chords, so you can strum along! What is a Guitar Chord?Ī guitar chord refers to the sound of several notes played together. We’ll take a look at one chord-change exercise that will help you get your chord playing skills up to speed in no time. In this post, you’ll learn how to play guitar chords by learning how to read guitar chord grids, and the 5 important guitar chord shapes. Open-string basic guitar chords are where everybody starts when they first pick up the instrument, so whether you’re looking to learn classic songs or write material of your own, knowing these guitar chords for beginners is a must. See you in the next video: How To Use Power Chords.One of the best things about the guitar is that you only need a handful of chords to unlock an impressive repertoire of songs. We’ll also go over the note names for the fifth and sixth strings. In video three, I’ll show you how to put these power chords to work by moving them around the fretboard so you can play any power chord you need. It’s a simple technique, but it’s really important for you to add this skill. Work on getting comfortable with that power chord shape, and practice moving it up and down the fretboard.ĭifferent situations will call for different power chord shapes that you want to use, so work on all three of these shapes and get familiar with all of them. Using your finger to make a bar for power chords becomes faster and easier than trying to place three fingers on the fret board. It will take some time to build the strength and dexterity to do it comfortably, but play around with it. This may seem awkward at first, especially if you’ve never made a bar with your third finger before. Instead, we’ll make a bar with our third finger so it actually plays both of those notes. The third power chord shape we’re going to learn is the same shape as the last power chord, but rather than playing the two high notes with two fingers, we’re going to take our pinky off the string. Fingers right behind the frets, and be able to move the chord anywhere along the fretboard. Work on getting this shape down so your fingers can go right to it. This will give you another flavor you can use for your power chords. When you play each of the power chords so far, you’ll notice that this three-string version is fuller sounding that the two strings version. If you pick each string, you’ll hear that we still have just a G note and a D note, but the third string now adds the extra G note in the higher octave. Start with your G power chord again, and then add one higher octave of your root G note by placing your pinky finger on the fifth fret of the D string. It’s still just a two-note chord, but we’re going to double up on the root note. We’re going to make our next power chord shape by building off of the first one and just adding an extra note to it. Get familiar with this shape, and practice moving it around the fretboard on the sixth string. The great thing about power chords is you can move them all around the fretboard. That finishes the shape of your power chord, and you can play it by strumming just the fifth and sixth strings. Just go up two frets and over one string, putting your third finger down on that string, which here is the fifth fret of the A string. Now it’s pretty easy to follow the pattern to finish this power chord shape no matter where you are. The root note is how we get the name for that specific power chord, so in this case, since our index finger is playing G note, this is a G power chord. When you’re playing power chords, the note you’re playing with your index finger will always be the root note of the chord. Place your index finger on the third fret of the low E string. Let’s start with the first power chord shape. What we want to do first is concentrate on getting familiar with the power chord shapes. Don’t worry too much about the theory behind this though. The third of the chord, the part that usually gives the chord a major or minor quality, is left out of power chords. This is because power chords are just made up of the root and the fifth of the chord. Once you have power chords down, you’ll be able to use them in any style of music including jazz, rock, reggae, country, and more.Ī power chord is a two-note chord, with no major or minor quality to it. In this lesson, I’ll teach you three basic shapes for power chords, we’ll concentrate on getting those shapes mastered.
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