Showing posts with label G Chord. Show all posts
Showing posts with label G Chord. Show all posts

Friday, 9 August 2019

G Chord Top 10 Variations| Learn G Chord




G Chord | G Chord 10 Variations


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Want to learn G chord different positions and G chord variations on Guitar?

You are at the right place!!!


In this post we are going to learn 10 different variations of G Chord on Guitar, which includes G Chord, Standard G Chord, G7 Chord, Gm Chord, Gm7 Chord, Gmaj7 Chord, Gsus4 Chord, G7sus4 Chord, Gsus2 Chord and G5 Chord. This post on G chord is going to be interesting as we are going to learn G chord with 7, major chord, minor chord, major 7 chord, minor 7 chord, suspended 4 ‘sus4’, suspended 2 ‘sus2’, G7 with sus4 chord, G chord with sus2 chord and G power chord so almost all type of G chords.

Every Chord on Guitar is having different set of position to play and different positions are called by different names depending on the selection of different Notes on the Guitar. Well the main part to play any chord is to play the Root Note and rests of the Notes are selected as per the requirement.
Let me quickly go through the suffix used in the G Chord name,


Gm Chord – Here, ‘m’ represents the Minor, this is called as G Minor Chord.

Gmaj7 Chord – Here, ‘maj’ represents G major 7 Chord, generally we don’t use anything at the time of signifying Major Chord. E.g. G Chord is always a G Major Chord unlike G minor chord. For every minor chord we have to use suffix ‘m’. Gm Chord is always G minor Chord. But I think we can use ‘maj’ at the time of Gmaj7 Chord.

Gsus Chord – Here, ‘sus’ represents Suspended, Gsus4 Chord is known as G suspended 4 Chord. We will discuss suspended naming convention and what 2 and 4 represents in sus Chords. E.g. ‘sus2’ and ‘sus4’ we will see at the time of discussing Gsus4 Chord.

G5 Chord – Here, 5 represents Power Chord, G5 Chord is also known as G Power Chord.  



G Chord Variations:



1.     G Chord:



This is the simplest pattern of G Chord and most of us start playing G chord from this pattern only.

How to play G Chord:


There are 2 ways to position your finger in the G chord pattern.

A. Put your middle finger on the 5th string 3rd fret and Index finger on the 5th string 2nd fret and place your ring finger on the 1st string 3rd fret to play G chord.

B. Put your ring finger on the 5th string 3rd fret and middle finger on the 5th string 2nd fret and place our smaller (4th) finger on the 1st string 3rd fret to play G chord. Initially this pattern will take time as it needs lot of stretch between the ring finger and the smaller finger. Generally this position is derived by Barre chord pattern and is useful as your index finger is free to pick other notes which are useful in case of finger picking in between the chords.




G chord how to play G chord on guitar



Actually the second pattern allows you to move freely and pick other chords like G7 ChordC Chord and other chords discussed in this post.

Well I am following the first pattern as I have used it from the beginning and now habitual of picking G chord like this and feel like there is no harm in picking G chord this way. But yes as and when required picking G chord using second pattern.




2.     Standard G Chord:



This is a standard G chord and I believe most of you are already aware of the pattern.

How to play G Chord:


standard G chord how to play G chord on guitar


Put your ring finger on 2nd string 3rd fret, smaller finger on 1st string 3rd fret, middle finger on 6th string 3rd fret and your index finger on 5th string 3nd fret to play G Chord on Guitar.


3.     G7 Chord:



G7 Chord is also very often used chord, this chord could add spice to user chord progression. G chord other than first two G chord pattern which we have already discussed are played as per the requirement and feel of the song you are playing. 
As all of these chords sound different from each other but yes all these different G Chord patterns have that feeling of G Chord.

How to play G7 Chord:


G7 chord how to play G chord on guitar


Put your index finger on 1st string 1st fret, middle finger on 5th string 2nd fret and ring finger on 6th string 3rd fret to play G7 chord on Guitar.

Remember that strings 2nd, 3rd and 4th will be played open. Once you grab the G7 chord position correctly check all the string one by one by plucking them individually.
  


4.     Gm Chord (G Minor Chord):



Well, Gm chord (G Minor Chord) is a bar chord with Barre at 3rd fret. This one also sound nice and will always have Sad feeling as this is a G Minor Chord.

How to play Gm Chord:


Gm chord how to play G chord on guitar


Put your ring finger on 5th string 5th fret, put smaller finger on 4th string 5th fret and then put bar at 3rd fret using your Index finger to play Gm Chord on Guitar. There is no recommendation on the sequence of placing bar and fingers on specified Notes on Guitar. 

Placing bar in the beginning or at the end (after placing ring and smaller finger), whichever suits you. You can pick this G7 chord position like the way you want.



5.     Gm7 Chord (G minor 7 chord):



Gm7 Chord is basically G minor 7 Chord. Let’s quickly check the Gm7 chord position.

How to play Gm7 Chord:


Gm7 chord how to play G chord on guitar


Put your ring finger on 5th string 5th fret, put smaller finger on 2nd string 6th fret and then put bar at 3rd fret using your Index finger to play Gm7 Chord. You may find little trouble playing this one but keep practicing and patience is the key of success.



6.     Gmaj7 Chord (G major 7 chord):



Once you get the pattern and play Gmaj7 chord you will feel that this chord gives a happy feeling as it belongs to G chord family with major behavior.

How to play Gmaj7 Chord:


Gmaj7 chord how to play G chord on guitar


Put your index finger on 1st string 1st fret, put middle finger on the 2nd string 2nd fret, put ring finger on the 3rd string 3rd fret and put your smaller finger on the 4th string 4th fret to play Gmaj7 Chord.
Remember not to play 5th and 6th string with this pattern as Gmaj7 chord is not allowing both these strings. 

Try to start strumming on 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th strings only.




7.     Gsus4 Chord (G suspended 4 chord):



Gsus4 Chord is G Suspended 4 Chord. Suspended chord is majorly used in Pop music.

Basically any major chord is a combination of Root Note, 3rd Note and the 5th Note. In order to play sus2 chord you need to replace the middle 3rd note with the 2nd Note. However to play sus4 chord you need to replace the 3rd note with the 4th Note.

Let’s take up an example of C Chord and try to find the Csus4 Chord quickly. First write down the Note series starting from C i.e. C D E F G A B C.

Root note is C, 4th Note is F and 5th Note is G. So Csus4 should consist of C, F and G Notes.
Now coming to Gsus4 chord, let’s check out the pattern of Gsus4 Chord.


How to play Gsus4 Chord:



Gsus4 chord how to play G chord sus4 on guitar


Put your ring finger on the 6th string 3rd fret, put smaller finger on the 1st string 3rd fret and your index finger on the 2nd string 1st fret to play Gsus4 Chord. Also you need to make sure to mute 5th string from your ring finger as 5th string is mute and 3rd and 4th string will be played open in Gsus4 chord.




8.     G7sus4 Chord (G7 suspended 4 chord):



G7sus4 Chord is also one of the interesting chord in G chord family. I will suggest you to at least try to play all of the chords we are discussing in this post and feel the difference of their sound.

How to play G7sus4 Chord:


G7sus4 chord how to play G chord sus4 on guitar


Put your ring finger on the 6th string 3rd fret, put smaller finger on 4th string 3rd fret and your index finger on the 2nd string 1st fret to play G7sus4 Chord.

You need to remember to mute 5th string from your ring finger which is placed just next to 5th string and mute 1st string from your index finger which is placed on 2nd string. This is required as G7sus4 chord is played with 5th and 1st strings muted.



9.     Gsus2 Chord (G suspended 2 chord):



Gsus2 chord is known as G suspended 2 chord.

How to play Gsus2 Chord:


Gsus2 chord how to play G chord sus2 on guitar


Put your middle finger on 6th string 3rd fret, put ring finger on 2nd string 3rd fret and your smaller finger on 1st string 3rd fret to play Gsus2 chord.




10.                         G5 Chord (G Power chord):



G5 Chord is the last G chord pattern we are going to discuss in this post. G5 chord is also known as G Power chord.

How to play G5 Chord or G Power Chord:


G5 chord how to play G power chord on guitar


G5 chord can be played based on your interest and the requirement of song and feel. You can play G5 chord or G power chord by just focusing on low three strings on guitar. To get this G chord position you need to put your index finger on the third fret sixth string your ring finger on the fifth fret fifth string and your pinky finger on the fifth fret forth string.

Remember to mute higher 3 strings i.e. G string, B string and higher E string (treble E string) to correctly play G5 Chord.




I hope you have enjoyed learning G chord different variations including G Chord, Standard G Chord, G7 Chord, Gm Chord, Gm7 Chord, Gmaj7 Chord, Gsus4 Chord, G7sus4 Chord, Gsus2 Chord and G5 Chord. This will not only help you in building basic chord knowledge but also let you familiar with most of the available G chord.

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Sunday, 28 July 2019

How to Play Power Chord on Guitar | Lesson-2


Guitar Chords | How to Play Power Chord on Guitar 



( A, A#, Bb, B, C, C#, Db, D, Eb, E, F, F#, Gb, G, G#, Ab Power Chord )






You want to know about Guitar Chords and How to play Power Chord with Root note at fifth string on Guitar?

Well. You are at the right place!!!

In this lesson we are going to learn about all Guitar Chords related to Power chords, different positions and how to play different Power chords on guitar with Root Note on 5th String. We will learn all chords mentioned below,

A Power Chord, A# (A Sharp) Power Chord, Bb (B Flat) Power Chord, B Power Chord, C Power Chord, C# (C Sharp) Power Chord, Db (D Flat) Power Chord, D Power Chord, Eb (E Flat) Power Chord, E Power Chord, F Power Chord, F# (F Sharp) Power Chord, Gb (G Flat) Power Chord, G Power Chord, G# (G Sharp) Power Chord, Ab (A Flat) Power Guitar Chords.

Are you thinking about those people who are saying that playing power chords on Guitar is just a matter of two notes simultaneously which include only sixth and fifth string to play power chord. No worries may be they wanted to teach you different lesson and you have learnt that differently. Thing which matters anyway is sometime you need to strum only two strings and sometimes there are three strings (string six, five and four) or string (Five, four and three).

Power Chords are majorly played in 2 positions on guitar,

1.       Root Note at Sixth String which is obviously obtained by your Index finger.
2.       Root Note at Fifth String which is started from your Index finger.

The first position for all Power Chords is already well explained in previous lesson “PowerChords on Guitar Lesson-1”, check this out if you are a beginner or if you don’t know much about Power Chords on Guitar. Let’s begin the next and little advance lesson quickly.

You must be thinking if Power Chord is playing with three strings or only two strings and if you start from fifth string then what to do with the sixth string. So guys it’s very simple just mute the sixth one. To do this when you are placing and pressing fifth string just press the string from the lower part of your Index finger so that it just touches sixth string on guitar to mute it.

First let’s look at what is a Power Chord and the formation of Power Chord,



Guitar Chords | What is a Power Chord on Guitar?



Power Chord is generally known as Two Note Chord, first Note is the Root Note which decides the name of the Power Chord and Second Note is the Fifth Note in the Scale. Due to this 5th Note Power Chord is symbolized as ‘5’. E.g. B Power chord is B5 & C power Chord is C5. In B5, B tells us the name of the Power Chord and 5 tells us that this is a Power Chord.

How to Play A Power Chord Guitar Chords
Guitar Chords | Power Chord Naming Convention


We can also called Power Chord as Three Note Chord which includes Root Note as the first Note and this Root Note will decides the Name of the Power Chord, Second Note is the Fifth Note in the Scale however the Third Note is the same Note but 1 Octave Higher.

Let’s take an example of A Power Chord,

Since we are discussing A Power Chord so Root Note should be A Note only, you can grab it quickly by Index finger on 12th Fret or you can also play it open in open case you don’t need to touch any string, the Next Note is 5th Note which is E Note in case of A Root Note Now you can place your ring finger on E Note on one string higher (Suppose you place index finger on 5th string then you will place Ring finger on 4th string).

How to Play Power Chord on Guitar Chords
Guitar Chords | A Note Scale


Now what about 3rd Note, A Note is the Root Note so the third Note will always be the same A Note but will be played 1 Octave Higher which will always have a higher pitch then the First Note.

Playing the 3rd Note in Power Chord is our choice, taste and need of Chord as both the 2 Note and 3 Note sounds little different.

Good thing about this lesson is we will discuss the position first and then move this position to other frets to get new chord pattern. You don’t need to change the shape of your finger in Power Chord while switching from One Chord to another Chord on Guitar and this will make it easier to play power chord on Guitar.

Now, let’s check out other Power chords available with the same pattern,



1.    How to Play A Power Chord or A5 Chord on Guitar:



The first Power chord on the fretboard is A Power Chord. A power chord is also known as A5 Chord on Guitar. There is no need to put index finger anywhere as Guitar Nut is already available to place the bar (barre). Since the 5th string is also known as A string so to find the A Note in this string is just to play it open.

Let’s quickly review A Power Chord position,

How to Play A 5 Power Chord on Guitar Chords
Guitar Chords | How to Play A 5 Power Chord on Guitar


Place your Ring finger on the forth string 2nd fret and smaller finger on the 3rd string 2nd fret. You just need to remember to mute 2nd and 1st string.



2.    How to Play A# (A sharp) or Bb (B Flat) Power Chord on Guitar:



Let’s quickly review A# (A Sharp) or Bb (B Flat) Power Chord position,

How to Play A # Bb Power Chord on Guitar Chords
Guitar Chords | How to Play A # or Bb Power Chord on Guitar


To play A# power chord on guitar, place your Index finger on the 5th string 1st fret, your Ring finger on the 4th string 3rd fret and your pinky (smaller) finger on the 3rd string 3rd fret.


How to practice and Play A# (A Sharp) or Bb (B Flat) Power Chord on Guitar:


Keep this position and pluck each string one by one to make sure that all 3 power chord strings i.e. fifth string, forth string and third strings should sound nice and clear. Also, sixth string, second string and first string are muted by your index finger.

Trick to mute the 6th string along with 2nd and 3rd string is that you need to press the 5th string only from the little lower part of your index finger so that it just reaches and touch the 6th string to mute and to mute higher string you touch those softly with the help of index finger only.

In other words, Just try to acquire bar type share with you index finger and softly touches all the strings to mute except 5th string (Only string to play in 1st fret).



3.    How to play B Power Chord or B5 Chord on Guitar:



B Power Chord or B5 Chord is our third power chord on fretboard in this sequence.

 To find the correct position of B Power chord or B5 chord first of all you need to find the B Note on 5th string which is at 2nd fret.

Let’s review B Power Chord or B5 Chord position,

How to Play B5 Chord or B Power Chords on Guitar Chords
Guitar Chords | How to Play B5 Chord or B Power Chord on Guitar


To play B Power chord you will place 5th string on 2nd fret by your Index finger as this is the position of B Note on Guitar fingerboard, grab 4th string on 4th fret from your Ring finger and place your smaller finger on the 3rd string 4th fret.


How to practice and Play B Power Chord or B5 Chord on Guitar:


·         Before start playing the B Power chord or B5 Chord just make sure to check all 3 chord notes and strings should sound nice and clean. Play all strings one by one to check.

·         Remember to check all other strings are muted by your index finger.

·         Initially strum 4-5 times slowly and remove your fingers from the fretboard and then again try to place your finger quickly back to the same position, then again strum 4-5 times and repeat the same process again and again.

The main focus here is to get the shape correctly, should be able to strum complete and clear chord with all required Notes and finally to make the Power chord shape easy for you and to quick pick the position on Guitar.


4.    How to play C Power Chord or C5 Chord on Guitar:



Your next chord is C Power Chord or C5 Chord.

Let’s move on to pick and play C Power Chord or C5 Chord pattern.

How to Play C5 C Power Chord on Guitar Chords
Guitar Chords | How to Play C5 Chord or C Power Chord on Guitar


To play C Power chord you will grab 5th string on 3rd fret by your Index finger as this is the position of C Note on Guitar fretboard, grab 4th string on 5th fret from your Ring finger and place your smaller finger on the 3rd string 5th fret.


How to Practice and Play C Power Chord on Guitar:


·         Before start playing the C Power Chord or C5 Chord just make sure to check all 3 chord notes and strings should sound nice and clean. Play all strings one by one to check.

·         Remember to check all other strings are muted by your index finger.

·         Initially strum 4-5 times slowely and remove your fingers from the fretboard and then again try to place your finger quickly back to the same position, then again strum 4-5 times and repeat the same process again and again.

When you started playing these Power Chords in the same sequence in which we are discussing then you will realize that all these chords are just one fret away from each other and we are moving towards right side of the fretboard keeping same pattern intact.



5.    How to play C# (C sharp) or Db (D flat) Power Chord on Guitar:



Your next chord is C# (C Sharp) Power Chord or Db (D Flat) Power Chord.

Let’s pick C# (C Sharp) Power Chord or Db (D Flat) Power Chord.

How to Play C # Db Power Chord on Guitar Chords
Guitar Chords | How to Play C# or Db Power Chord on Guitar


Place your Index finger on 5th string 4th fret which is the Root Note (Named C# Note) position of C# power chord or Db power chord on Guitar, place your Ring finger on 4th string 6th fret and your smaller finger on 3rd string 6th fret to play C# Power Chord (C Sharp) or Db (D Flat) Power Chord on Guitar correctly.


How to Practice and Play C# (C Sharp) Power Chord or Db (D Flat) Power Chord:


·         Check all playing Notes of C Power chord or C5 Chord sound nice and clean. Play all strings one by one to check.

·         Remember to check all other strings are muted by your index finger.
·         Initially strum 4-5 times slowly and remove your fingers from the fretboard and then again try to place your finger quickly back to the same position.

We’ll just review and discuss other guitar chord pattern quickly and I will share the guitar chord chart for all the different position to confirm their associated position on Guitar neck.



6.    How to play D Power Chord or D5 Chord on Guitar:



Let’s quickly discuss and play D Power Chord or D5 Chord pattern on Guitar,

How to Play D5 Chord D Power Chord on Guitar Chords
Guitar Chords | How to Play D5 Chord D Power Chord on Guitar


To play D Power chord or D5 Chord on Guitar you will grab 5th string on 5th fret by your Index finger as this is the position of D Note on Guitar fretboard, grab 4th string on 7th fret from your Ring finger and place your smaller finger on the 3rd string 7th fret.

Don’t forget to check the clarity of each string before start strumming and follow the above shared procedure.



7.    How to play D# Power Chord or Eb Power Chord on Guitar:



Let’s quickly review and play D# (D sharp) or Eb (E flat) Power Chord pattern on guitar,

How to Play D# Eb Power Chords on Guitar Chords
Guitar Chords | How to Play D# or Eb Power Chord on Guitar


To play D# (D sharp) or Eb (E flat) Power Chord on Guitar you will grab 5th string on 6th fret by your Index finger as this is the position of D# Note on Guitar fretboard, grab 4th string on 8th fret from your Ring finger and place your smaller finger on the 3rd string 8th fret.


How to Practice and Play D# (D sharp) or Eb (E flat) Power Chord:


Follow the same procedure as mentioned in above Chords.



8.    How to play E Power Chord or E5 Chord on Guitar:



To play E or E5 Power Chord on guitar you need to keep your finger position intact and move one fret towards right side.

How to Play E5 Chord E Power Chord on Guitar Chords
Guitar Chords | How to Play E5 Chord or E Power Chord on Guitar


To play E Power Chord or E5 Chord on Guitar you will grab 5th string on 7th fret by your Index finger as this is the position of E Note on Guitar fretboard, grab 4th string on 9th fret from your Ring finger and place your smaller finger on the 3rd string 9th fret. Remember to mute all other string by softly placing your Index finger.


How to Practice and Play E Power Chord or E5 Chord:


Follow the same procedure as mentioned in previously explained Chords.



9.    How to play F Power Chord or F5 Chord on Guitar:



We are reviewing and checking each one of Power chord one by one. If you wil notice that after discussing A power chord we have discussed A# Power Chord and then after B Power Chord position. But right after B power chord we skipped B# or Cb Chords.

There is a straight answer that this is because there is no such Chord available. In other words there is no sharp (#) or Flat (b) available in between B & C and E & F Chords.

The 8th Power Chord we reviewed was E Power Chord and here we directly jumped to review F Power Chord.

Let’s quickly review F Power Chord or F5 Chord pattern on Guitar,

How to Play F5 F Power Chord on Guitar Chords
How to Play F5 chord or F Power Chord on Guitar


To play F Power Chord or F5 Chord on Guitar you will grab 5th string on 8th fret by your Index finger as this is the position of F Note on Guitar fretboard, grab 4th string on 10th fret from your Ring finger and place your smaller finger on the 3rd string 10th fret.


How to Practice and Play F Power Chord or F5 Chord:


Follow the same procedure as mentioned in previously explained Chords.



10.                      How to play F# (F Sharp) Power Chord or Gb (G Flat) Power Chord on Guitar:



Let’s review F# (F Sharp) Power Chord or Gb (G Flat) Power Chord on Guitar,

How to Play F# chord Gb Power Chord on Guitar Chords
Guitar Chords | How to Play F# or Gb Power Chord on Guitar


Place your index finger on 5th string 9th fret which is the root note of F# (F Sharp) Power Chord or Gb (G Flat) Power Chord on Guitar fretboard which is F# Note, place your Ring finger on 4th string 11th fret and your Pinky finger on 3rd string 11th fret to play F# Power Chord or Gb Power Chord on Guitar correctly.


How to Practice and Play F# (F Sharp) Power Chord or Gb (G Flat) Power Chord:


Follow the same procedure as mentioned in previously explained Chords.



11.                      How to play G Power Chord or G5 Chord on Guitar:



Your next Power Chord we are going to discuss and play is G Power chord or G5 Chord on Guitar.

How to Play G5 chord G Power Chord on Guitar Chords
Guitar Chords | How to Play G5 chord or G Power Chord on Guitar


To play G Power Chord or G5 Chord on Guitar you will grab 5th string on 10th fret by your Index finger as this is the position of G Note on Guitar fretboard, grab 4th string on 12th fret from your Ring finger and place your smaller finger on the 3rd string 12th fret.

After acquiring G Power Chord or G5 Chord position on guitar when you move one Fret towards right side same shape becomes G# (G Sharp) or Ab (A Flat) Power Chord position and that is the beauty of Power Chords.


How to Practice and Play G Power Chord or G5 Chord:


Follow the same procedure as mentioned in previously explained Chords.



12.                      How to play G# (G Sharp) Power Chord or Ab (A Flat) Power Chord on Guitar:



Let’s review G# (G Sharp) Power Chord or Ab  (A Flat) Power Chord on guitar,

How to Play G # chord Ab Power Chord on Guitar Chords
Guitar Chords | How to Play G # or Ab Power Chord on Guitar


Place your index finger on 5th string 11th fret which is the Root note of G# (G Sharp) power chord or Ab (A Flat) Power Chord on guitar fretboard, place your Ring finger on 4th string 13th fret and your smaller finger on 3rd string 13th fret to play G# (G Sharp) Power Chord or Ab (A Flat) Power chord on Guitar correctly.

You have noticed that all sharp and flat chords are either subsequent or preceding alphabet name. However, for G# power chord it Ab (A Flat) power chord. The reason behind this is these chords are cyclic as per naming convention and Guitar note theory. Hence after G we again are going to pick A as our next Note or Chord on Guitar.

Important point to remember is Flat chord follows the preceding Chord and Sharp chord follows the subsequent Chord while being called or at the time of nomenclature. In other words the Sharp chord (# chord) takes us one fret higher on the fretboard and Flat Chord (b Chord) takes us one fret lower on the fretboard on Guitar.


How to Practice and Play G# (G Sharp) Power Chord or Ab (A Flat) Power Chord:


Follow the same procedure as mentioned in previously explained Chords.



13.                      How to play A Power Chord or A5 Chord Second Position on Guitar:



Well, we have completed all 12 Chords and Notes. So now all those chords are going to repeat them and give us their second position on Guitar. You will see that all second position chords will have same shape as the first one but here for A Power Chord the shape is little different since if you will check the first shape (1st chord we discussed in the Post) then you realize that we are finding root notes on A string so for A chord A string need to be played as open and hence we have not placed index finger on any note on Guitar.

And here the second A note on A string we have found on 12th Fret and hence we are going to place index finger on Root Note this time.

Point to consider here is as we are moving towards the right side of the guitar neck you will realize that the Pitch of the chords and notes are becoming high with every fret move.

Let’s review A Power chord or A5 Chord second position on Guitar,


How to Play A5 chord A Power Chord on Guitar Chords
Guitar Chords | How to Play A5 chord or A Power Chord on Guitar


To play A Power chord or A5 Chord on Guitar you will grab 5th string on 12th fret by your Index finger as this is the position of A Note on Guitar fretboard, grab 4th string on 14th fret from your Ring finger and place your smaller finger on the 3rd string 14th fret.


How to Practice and Play A Power chord or A5 Chord Second Position:


Follow the same procedure as mentioned in previously explained Chords. Only suggestion is to take upmost care on the ring finger and smaller finger position as you need to press the string little harder to play chords on higher Frets.



14.                      How to play A# (A Sharp) or Bb (B Flat) Power Chord Second Position on Guitar:



Let’s review A# or Bb Power chord second position on Guitar,

How to Play A# chord Bb Power Chord on Guitar Chords
Guitar Chords | How to Play A sharp or B flat Power Chord on Guitar


To play A# (A Sharp) Power Chord or Bb  (B Flat) Power chord second position on Guitar you need to grab 5th string on 13th fret by your Index finger as this is the position of A# Note on Guitar fretboard, grab 4th string on 15th fret from your Ring finger and place your smaller finger on the 3rd string 15th fret.

Since these Second Position Chords are played on higher frets hence they have higher pitch and are rarely used.

Point to remember, A# Power Chord we played by picking A# note on 1st fret and now acquiring same shape on higher fret will sound same but their Pitch will always differ.

Pitch goes higher with every move towards right side. In other terms if we are playing any chord on 1st fret and playing same chord on 13th fret then the Pitch of chord played on 13th fret is always higher than the chord played on 1st fret and important part is their sound will always be same.


How to Practice and Play A# (A Sharp) Power Chord or Bb (B Flat) Power chord Second Position:


Follow the same procedure as mentioned in previously explained Chords.



15.                      How to play B Power Chord or B5 Chord Second Position on Guitar:




To play B Power chord or B5 Chord second position on Guitar you need to grab 5th string on 14th fret by your Index finger as this is the position of B Note on Guitar fretboard, grab 4th string on 16th fret from your Ring finger and place your smaller finger on the 3rd string 16th fret.

How to Play B5 chord B Power Chord on Guitar Chords
Guitar Chords | How to Play B5 chord or B Power Chord on Guitar


To play next chord i.e. C Power Chord or C5 Chord second position the root note is at 5th String and 15th Fret. Hold the same shape on same strings as B Power chord and move one fret towards right side to play C power chord on Guitar. Since there is no sharp and flat chord available in between B chord and C Chord on Guitar that is the reason they are sitting beside each other.

Playing at higher frets of Guitar is actually difficult, we generally ignoring playing chords on higher notes of Guitar.

Repeat the same procedure to play other subsequent power chords second position. 

Let me quickly share their sequence C Power Chord -> C# Power chord (Db Power Chord) -> D or D5 Power Chord -> D# Power Chord (Eb Power Chord) -> E Power Chord.



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So far we have learnt How to play A Power Chord, A# (A Sharp) Power Chord, Bb (B Flat) Power Chord, B Power Chord, C Power Chord, C# (C Sharp) Power Chord, Db (D Flat) Power Chord, D Power Chord, Eb (E Flat) Power Chord, E Power Chord, F Power Chord, F# (F Sharp) Power Chord, Gb (G Flat) Power Chord, G Power Chord, G# (G Sharp) Power Chord, Ab (A Flat) Power Chords on Guitar.


I believe this lesson build your basics on Power Chords and helped you understanding all Power Chords their different positions and power chord pattern and you will be able to play all of them correctly and will be able to find the power chord name by yourself.


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