Power Chords for Guitar! The Secret to Punk and Most Rock Guitar

In this beginner guitar lesson we learn power chords. Power chords are the most common chord your will find in most punk rock and rock music.

Power chords are a finger shape you can move around the guitar neck, so you learn one pattern, and you can play a power chord for any note on the guitar neck. To learn all the power chords you really only have to learn one power chord shape.

The most basic power chords on guitar use 2 notes, but the more common 3 note version is just as easy to play.

You can play the three note power chord with three fingers

You can also play a 3 note power chord with a bar