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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

Root

EBass6th string

FretOpen

Finger—

5th

A5th string

Fret2

Finger1 index

Root

D4th string

Fret2

Finger3 ring

Not played

G3rd string

FretMuted

Finger—

Not played

B2nd string

FretMuted

Finger—

Not played

e1st string

FretMuted

Finger—

NotesE – B

Formula1 – 5

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TonesE×2·B×1

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

Is a power chord really a chord?

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