Hi how are you doing, Justin here.
In this video today we are going to be
checking out more Power Chords
this time we're going to be checking the ones
that have a got a 5th string root.
Now every power chord can be found
in two different places,
one with a 6th string root
and one with a 5th string root.
The last lesson that we looked at power chords
we were checking out 6th string root ones.
So I'm hoping that you've got the shape down.
You can move it up and down,
you understand the idea of the root note
and maybe you've played a few riffs as well.
So what we are checking out this time is
power chords with a 5th string root.
So lets have a look at a C5 power chord
So, there's a C5,
you can see here our 1st finger is on the root note
We've got here the 3rd finger and the 4th finger underneath
So it's exactly the same shape
here was our G5
and this is exactly the same shape
but moved down toward the ground one string.
Now the other really important thing to realize
probably the most important thing to realize with this chord
is that the tip of your first finger is touching
the 6th string to mute it.
If you forget to do that, and you hit that open string
often it will sound really atrocious,
especially if you've got distortion on,
so really make sure that the tip of your finger
is almost like you put it on the note normally
and then just kind of push the tip of it up
until you train it to always touch the 6th string.
That mutings of the 6th string are really constraints
and enough it is incredibly incredibly important
it's one of the things that if I hear a student playing
and they are forgetting to hit that 6th string
it's really rank! Especially rock guitar players
that young guitar players
that haven't learnt to do this trick
or haven't mastered it
it's some of the most horrible sounding rock stuff
I've ever heard,
so really, if you gonna focus on one thing
to do with this chord,
make sure it covering that 6th string
and muting it so it doesn't make a sound.
Now, once you've got the chord shape down
for the C, cause I haven't that
if you've got one of the 6th string root down,
you shouldn't find this one too difficult.
The next trick is to have a go at trying to play
some riffs and moving this chord up and down.
We are not worried about changing between
6th string and 5th string yet,
that's gonna come in the next stage.
But what we really are trying to do now is move the
5th string root around, so
we might in a, like it could,
progression might be something like
D C F Bb
quite a common funky little chord progression
and of course
in the process of trying to play these
you have to learn where the root notes are
You have to know that D root note
is found at the 5th fret of the 5th string
and C is found at the 3rd fret of the 5th string
and F is found all the way up at the 8th fret of the 5th string
and you have to remember that that's your 1st finger
who is going on that root note
otherwise you won't be able to play it.
So have a little play around with these
5th string root power chords,
moving them up and down
making sure your stretch is good
Really double checking and triple checking
that the 6th string is covered
and sometimes it's worth even
just deliberately picking the 6th string a bit harder
just to make sure that that note is properly covered.
and of course the 1st and 2nd strings,
the thinnest two strings, are also muted
by the inside of the first finger
exactly as they were for the 6th string root powerchords
which was a, I think a G5 was the one I showed you specifically.
But, have a bit of fun with those.
if you've got an electric guitar
do try playing them with a little bit of distortion as well,
just those open strings ringing out
or if some of the notes should be buzzy
that kind of highlights that, so...
it kind of...
look, it emphasizes your mistakes
so that's why sometimes a good thing to do
is to play with a bit of distorsion
so you can hear clearly
what you're doing wrong and try and fix it.
So have fun with that, rock yourself out
and I'll see you in a sec to talk about
your practice routine for this stage.