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E5 (E Power Chord) Chord Guitar

The lowest, heaviest power chord on the guitar — and the easiest.

Only two different notes — the root and the fifth. No third at all.
The missing third is why it sounds neither major nor minor — raw and ambiguous.
It survives heavy distortion, where full chords collapse into mud.
Rooted on the open low E string — the same shape family as F5 and G5.

Root5th

E6th

FretOpen

FingerOpen

A5th

Fret2

Finger1

D4th

Fret2

Finger3

G3rd

FretMuted

Finger—

B2nd

FretMuted

Finger—

e1st

FretMuted

Finger—

Notes: E – B · Formula: 1 – 5

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Questions about E5 (E Power Chord)

What notes are in a E5 (E Power Chord) chord?

A E5 (E Power Chord) chord contains the notes E, B. It is built from the formula 1 - 5, with E as the root.

Is a power chord really a chord?

Strictly, no — a chord needs three different notes, and a power chord has two. Musicians call it one anyway because it does a chord's job: it establishes a root and a harmonic centre. It just deliberately refuses to say whether that centre is major or minor.

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E5 (E Power Chord) Chord Guitar

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Is a power chord really a chord?

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