Cómo hacer un power chord

Tommy Webb
Tommy Webb

Lesson time: (2min 21sec)

Tommy Webb muestra cómo construir power chords de dos notas, A5 y E5, y cómo rasgar las cuerdas de forma limpia para que la potencia venga de la distorsión del amplificador.

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Lesson transcript:

So as I mentioned previously, a chord is two or more notes played at the same time. And these power chords we're looking at in this course are two note power chords. We have an A5 here, it's called. What that means is the note is A. That's our root note, the lowest note in the chord. And the five is telling us it's a power chord. So a five, a power chord. To play this, we've got the open A string and the second note on the D string, which we said earlier was an E. So we're playing A and E together. This is where we're going to use our pick again. The style is quite aggressive and harsh, but we want to be brushing the strings. All the aggression and power is going to come from the amp. So we're just brushing the strings and unplugged. You should be able to hear just how hard I'm hitting my strings really soft. But as soon as I add the distortion, I've not changed any attack in my hand. You can hear all the powers coming from the amp. So what we're going to do, play the open A string and the second fret on the D string at the same time. You want to get used to brushing just these two. With our pick and our strumming pattern, people tend to think we're going all the way down. But I find it easier to do small kind of circle motions this way. You're hitting the strings you want and getting out the way before you hit the next string underneath. So what I mean by that is if I go straight down, you can hear I'm hitting the G and the B string. Whereas with this, most of circle motion, I'm only hitting the A string and the D string, the ones I want for this chord. So in this example one, we're going to play the open A string as a half note, the second fret on the D string as a half note. Then we're going to try and play the two together as a whole note. So for four beats. And you can hear when they come together, it gives you that classic rocky sound that we're so used to hearing. So much more thicker and powerful than just single notes. So a really key skill for metal, rock and lots of other styles of music. Let's give this example a go.

About the instructor

Tommy Webb
Tommy Webb

Tommy Webb es un guitarrista afincado en Londres que completó una licenciatura con honores (BA Hons) en guitarra en la Academy of Contemporary Music de Guildford, estudiando con Sandy Beales (One Direction, Wheatus) y Nicolas Meier (Jeff Beck). Su propia forma de tocar se mueve con libertad entre el rock, el pop, el indie, el hip-hop, el country y el metal, exactamente el terreno que cubren sus métodos de guitarra. Tommy ha trabajado con una amplia variedad de artistas y bandas por todo el país, entre ellos Jarki Monno e Indira May, compartiendo escenarios y sesiones con guitarristas como Paul Murray (Jess Glynne, Zak Abel) y Adam Chetwood (Paolo Nutini, Mark Ronson), y con baterías como Alex Woodward (Black Honey), Luke Robinson y “Bambi Music” (N-Dubz, Lethal Bizzle, Wretch 32, Tinie Tempah). Sobre el escenario, ha actuado en el Jazz Cafe como telonero de la cantante de soul Jocelyn Brown, además de en salas y festivales como Ronnie Scott's, Troy Bar, The Watford Colosseum, Camden Assembly, Kensington Roof Gardens, Notting Hill Arts Club, Meraki Festival y Sundown Festival. En disco y radio, Tommy ha grabado sesiones en directo para BBC Three Counties Introducing, Vibe FM y Pulse 88, con temas emitidos en BBC Radio 1 y Radio 2. Ha grabado en estudios como South Lanes Brighton, Hempstead Road y Titan Studios con productores como Steph Carter (Gallows, Lyoness) y TMS / Froe Barnes (Lewis Capaldi, Dua Lipa). En sus métodos de guitarra, Tommy te transmite todo ese saber de músico en activo, enseñándote las técnicas, los tonos y el feeling que hay detrás de los estilos reales, del rock y el pop al indie, el hip-hop, el country y el metal, para que puedas tocar la música que de verdad te gusta. read more

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