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javajosh on April 21, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: What chords do you need?

power chords ... call them chords without thirds.

Not a guitarist, but I always assumed "power chord" referred to lots of doubling up over octaves, not the absence of a third.

duped on April 21, 2022 [–]

It almost always refers to a perfect fifth, optionally with the octave on top. It's a very easy thing to play with two or three fingers, either on guitar or keyboard.

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