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Pastor Brad's Christian Metal World! METAL CHORDS & POWER CHORDS There are litterally an infinite number of chords! All a chord is... essentially... is any 2 (or more) notes played together! You may hate the sound of some pairs of notes... but it's still... technically a chord. If you just strum all six of your strings open... assuming you're in tune... you just played what I think is referred to as an "E11"... I think the Beatles used it at the very beginning of "Hard Days Night." However, even though the number of chords that it's possible to play on the guitar is infinite (almost!)... there really are only about 30-40 chords that most players use regularly. They are: MAJOR CHORDS, MINOR CHORDS, 7th CHORDS, MAJOR 7th CHORDS, MINOR 7th CHORDS and 9th CHORDS. And then, if you are a rock player... there are some bar chords... that are essential. We'll cover those in the POWER CHORD lesson! Here's the plan.... rather than taking all the time to upload tons of charts and graphs I thought I would guide you to some other great sites that have already done all that work! Just follow the "Strategic Order" below to learn the Chords you'll use the MOST... in what I think is the best order... HERE ARE THE CHORDS (IN STRATEGIC ORDER): 1. A major 2. E major 3. D major 4. C major 5. G major 6. F major 7. A minor 8. E minor 9. D minor Yes, I know there are some missing! Remember... this is a STRATEGIC LIST! Later when you learn the POWER CHORDS (Bar Chords), you'll easily fill in all the gaps! You will learn new chords as long as you play guitar... I discover new chords all
the time! But the ones above arel definately where we all begin! Here are some sites that will help you learn the essential chords: Now for some POWER CHORDS! This Power Chord section is written by Ky MacPherson As with a couple of the other lessons I'm leading you to/through... this one was written by someone else! I give Ky all the credit for this one! He did a great job.... not let's learn about POWER CHORDS! Hey kids, its Ky again! Today we will learn about power chords! Last time we learned the Half-Step and Whole-Step intervals. To start this lesson off we will learn a new interval: the Perfect Fifth. A perfect fifth is equal to seven half steps, i.e. two notes seven frets apart. However, since we are talking about a chord, that means we want to strike both notes simultaneously, and the only way to do this is by using two strings. Here is a sample power chord: E ------------------- B ------------------ G ------------------ D -----7-------------- A -----5--------------- E -------------------- The "root" or "tonic" note, played on the A string, is a "D." And the fifth of D, which is "A," is played on the D string @ the 7th fret... get it?. The beauty of power chords, is that you can make a root-fifth chord almost anywhere by simply moving the same shape around the fretboard. However, note that the shape changes when you play the root on the G-string, since the interval between the G-string and the B-string is different from the interval between other strings. Here's what the 5th chord looks like on the "G" and "B" strings. E ------------------------- B -------8---------------- G -------5---------------- D ------------------------ NOTE: the notes are "C" on the "G string" and "G" on the "B string." A ------------------------ Honestly, I never play this chord, but it's good to see it. E ------------------------- Now, 2 "First Position Power Chords" First Position is simple a reference to the first 3-5 frets... The "A5" X E ----------------------------------- X B---------------------------------- Note: the "open A string" is the tonic/root note! G -------2------------------------- D--------2------------------------- A -------0-------------------------- X E ---------------------------------- The E5 E----------------------------------- B----------------------------------- As with the A5 above, the open string (in this G----------------------------------- case the low "E" is the tonic. D------2----------------------------- A------2----------------------------- E------0------------------------------ EXPERIMENT!!! With both the A5 and E5 try playing them two different ways: 1) strictly as power chords, i.e. only picking the notes in the chords, or 2) struming all the strings--here you'll get a cool/fat sound! Now... go practice moving this chord shape around. Enjoy! Remember--30 serious minutes a day will work wonders! Your frind, Pastor Brad |
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