Easy Power Chord Shapes for Beginner Acoustic. This lesson is from the Andy Guitar Beginner Guitar Course.
We are going to look at more ways we can play Power Chords otherwise known as 5 chords.
These chords sound great on Acoustic and Electric just the same and are more associated with the Rock and Blues genres; this doesn't mean you won't see them pretty much everywhere else in the songs we learn across the genres!
As we have learnt the Easy 1 finger 5 chords for the E5, A5 and D5, we can now look at the 2 or 3 finger power chord versions.
2 Finger A5 - first finger on fret 5 string 6 / 3rd finger on fret 7 string 5
2 Finger B5 - first finger on fret 7 string 6 / 3rd finger on fret 9 string 5
This chord is moveable all across the neck, just maintain that distance between the 2 fingers
3 Finger A5 - first finger on fret 5 string 6 / 3rd finger on fret 7 string 5 / Little finger on fret 7 string 5
3 finger versions just add the little finger to the string and fret below the 3rd finger
Chord playing stretch tip
