Power Chords are used extensively in today's modern
punk rock music. (
Blink 182,
NoFX,
The Youth Ahead,
A New Found Glory) Without getting into the
theory of why a power chord sounds the way it does and
diads and such, here is what a power chord is.
|(R+2)-|
|(R+2)-|
|-R----|
In this example, the
root note is indicated by R, and then, on the two strings above it, you merely play two
frets higher on the
fretboard. The actual fretboard looks something like this.
|--------------------|B
E| | |1 | | | | |R
A| |o | |o |4 |o | |I
D| | | | |4 | | |D
|--------------------|GE ;)
In this diagram, the fretboard is shown, and the numbers tell you what
finger to place where.
- Index Finger
- Middle Finger
- Ring Finger
- Pinky Finger
The
rhythm guitar part to Blink 182's
Dammit is as follows.
e|---------|
B|---------|
G|-5-------|
D|-5-5-7-3-|
A|-3-5-7-3-|
E|---3-5-1-|
Where each chord is strummed in a punk pedal sort of way.
If any of this is wrong, just message me, im only a bassist so be gentle :P.