11/28/2023 0 Comments All power chords![]() The great thing about a 3 string cigar box guitar in G D G tuning is that the note on the bass string and top string gives us the name of the power chord too: FRET NUMBER 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 POWER CHORD G G#/Ab A A#/Bb B C C#/Db D D#/Eb E F F#/Gb G BASS STRING G G#/Ab A A#/Bb B C C#/Db D D#/Eb E F F#/Gb G MIDDLE STRING D D#/Eb E F F#/Gb G G#/Ab A A#/Bb B C C#/Db D TOP STRING G G#/Ab A A#/Bb B C C#/Db D D#/Eb E F F#/Gb G You can see from the table above how fretting 3 strings on a cigar box guitar with one finger across all strings plays a power chord that can be played in place of a major, minor or 7th chord. Basically the notes of the open strings are just the first and the fifth, a power chord. Power Chords On A Cigar Box GuitarĪ 3 string guitar in open tuning will usually have the root and a fifth above that and fourth above that, making an octave between the top and bottom strings. In fact we are often only using two of the notes and doubling up on the bass note, raising it an octave for the top string. With only three strings and hence 3 notes to play in a chord, we can trick our ears into hearing the chord that we need with fewer notes than the four shown above. If we are playing chords on a piano or 6 string guitar we will often play 3,4 or 5 notes within a chord, but with only 3 strings on a cigar box guitar, we use the fact that our brain will fill in the missing notes. This is because the power chords contain the 1st and 5th notes which major, minor and 7th chords contain: power chord 1st – 5th – major chord 1st 3rd 5th – minor chord 1st flattened 3rd 5th – dominant seventh chord 1st 3rd 5th 7th major seventh chord 1st 3rd 5th sharpened 7th minor seventh chord 1st flattened 3rd 5th 7th They are an easy way to play a chord that can stand in for a major or minor chord or even a 7th chord. On a standard 6 string guitar, rock guitarists use power chords. This means that fretting across all strings makes a different power chord since you are raising each note by the same amount. ![]() For a 3 string guitar in G D G tuning (open G) the open strings are tuned to a G power chord. You may have seen 3 string players just use their finger or a slide to play a chord and wondered how this is possible.Ī power chord is made up of the 1st note or root and the 5th note of the scale.
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