how do you play root 5th (power) chords?

how do you play root 5th (power) chords?

  • index and ring

    Votes: 46 51.7%
  • index and pinky

    Votes: 26 29.2%
  • other

    Votes: 17 19.1%

  • Total voters
    89
Re: how do you play root 5th (power) chords?

I started off playing them with my index and ring....but now i just seem to use my pinkie and ring more like a barre chord, it seems to give me flexibilty to do other stuff..
 
Re: how do you play root 5th (power) chords?

I mainly use my index and ring fingers, but I catch myself using my pinky now and then.
 
Re: how do you play root 5th (power) chords?

Index, ring, and pinky. I do this because it feels more stable to me and the notes tend to come out clearer. Plus I can add a vibrato to the 5th and the octave if I wanna.
 
Re: how do you play root 5th (power) chords?

B2D said:
Index, ring, and pinky. I do this because it feels more stable to me and the notes tend to come out clearer. Plus I can add a vibrato to the 5th and the octave if I wanna.

Same here.. index on the root, ring on the 5th, and pinky on the root. I never felt comfortable playing any other way.. always felt sloppy to me.
 
Re: how do you play root 5th (power) chords?

depends.

index, ring, pinky rarely nowadays, good for skatepunk :D
index, pinky when playing in the first 7 frets
index, ring 8th fret and above, or the first 7 frets as well when my pinky's acting up (most of the time it is acting up)
 
Re: how do you play root 5th (power) chords?

B2D said:
Index, ring, and pinky. I do this because it feels more stable to me and the notes tend to come out clearer. Plus I can add a vibrato to the 5th and the octave if I wanna.
.

Same
 
Re: how do you play root 5th (power) chords?

Scott_F said:
what's a power chord?

it's something us yung doodz yuuz theez dayz 2 get a RokiN sownd since we cant plai a bar kord and we all plai PuNk an MeTaL!!!!1!!1!!!1!111!!!1!!!1! it Roxorz my SoXoRz!1!!1!!!!1111!!!1!1!111!!
 
Re: how do you play root 5th (power) chords?

\m/(00)\m/ said:
it's something us yung doodz yuuz theez dayz 2 get a RokiN sownd since we cant plai a bar kord and we all plai PuNk an MeTaL!!!!1!!1!!!1!111!!!1!!!1! it Roxorz my SoXoRz!1!!1!!!!1111!!!1!1!111!!
:laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:
 
Re: how do you play root 5th (power) chords?

Fatty said:
Same here.. index on the root, ring on the 5th, and pinky on the root. I never felt comfortable playing any other way.. always felt sloppy to me.

also same here, and i use it so i can slide my pinky up for the ninth as well
 
Re: how do you play root 5th (power) chords?

Is it still a power chord when you play say 5th fret Low E, 7th fret A AND 7th fret D?? :duh:
 
Re: how do you play root 5th (power) chords?

Jaganath said:
Is it still a power chord when you play say 5th fret Low E, 7th fret A AND 7th fret D?? :duh:

Yes, because you're playing the root, the 5th, and the octave.

How I play them depends on whether I'm including the octave or not, what I'm playing after the power chord, and (importantly) which inversion I'm playing. For example, play C5 by barring the third fret E and A strings with the index finger, fret the fifth fret on the D string with the third finger.

Usually, just index and third fingers though.
 
Re: how do you play root 5th (power) chords?

ok cool - I thought I was being lazy playing them two-fingered when I'd seen other people play them three-fingered.

I think they actually sound better without the octave.
 
Re: how do you play root 5th (power) chords?

Yes, it can be less muddy under some high gain to leave out the octave. I usually play the octave just because that's the way I learned.
 
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