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F5 (F Power Chord) Chord Guitar

The E5 shape moved up one fret — and the shape becomes moveable.

The E5 shape moved up one fret — index finger on the low E string.
No open strings and no barre, so the whole shape is freely moveable.
Every root along the sixth string is available just by sliding it.
A half-step above E5 — that one-fret move is the industrial-rock sound.

Root5th

Root

EBass6th string

Fret1

Finger1 index

5th

A5th string

Fret3

Finger3 ring

Root

D4th string

Fret3

Finger4 pinky

Not played

G3rd string

FretMuted

Finger—

Not played

B2nd string

FretMuted

Finger—

Not played

e1st string

FretMuted

Finger—

NotesF – C

Formula1 – 5

Voicing133xxx

TonesF×2·C×1

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Questions about F5 (F Power Chord)

What notes are in a F5 (F Power Chord) chord?

A F5 (F Power Chord) chord contains the notes F, C. It is built from the formula 1 - 5, with F as the root.

What makes moving from E5 to F5 sound so tense?

They're one fret apart — the smallest move available on a guitar. Chords a half-step apart don't belong to the same key, so the movement refuses to resolve. That deliberate refusal is exactly what makes it sound cold and machine-like rather than musical in a traditional sense.

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F5 (F Power Chord) Chord Guitar

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Questions about F5 (F Power Chord)

What notes are in a F5 (F Power Chord) chord?

What makes moving from E5 to F5 sound so tense?

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