12 Different Kinds of Power Chords | GEAR GODS

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 12 июл 2016
  • My songwriting course is available now: bit.ly/SONGWRITINGCOURSE
    EBMM Petrucci Guitars like the one in this video: imp.i114863.net/0L94R
    ► Learn every guitar scale in 60 minutes with NO music theory: bit.ly/RELATIONSHAPED
    Check out my band: rebrand.ly/IVONYT
    Basic root-fifth power chord: 0:30
    Fifth on the bottom: 1:10
    Fifth on the bottom - four notes: 1:50
    Inverted power chord: 1:58
    Add9 (sus2) power chord: 2:33
    Minor 6th power chord: 3:39
    Root-fifth, drop tuning: 4:00
    Root-fifth, drop tuning, 3 notes: 4:31
    Root-fifth, drop tuning, 4 notes: 4:48
    Root-fifth, drop tuning, 5 notes (7 string): 4:59
    Root-fifth, drop tuning, 5 notes (6 string): 5:12
    Add9 power chord, drop tuning: 5:23
    ___
    Subscribe to Gear Gods on RUclips: bit.ly/gg-sub
    Catch up on all of Gear Gods coverage of NAMM 2016 at www.geargods.net/namm-2016
    FOLLOW US:
    / geargods
    / geargods
    geargods.net
  • ВидеоклипыВидеоклипы

Комментарии • 718

  • @treyxaviermusic
    @treyxaviermusic  2 года назад +9

    Got a pile of unused riffs on your hard drive? Turn them into complete SONGS with my free course: bit.ly/7DAYRIFFTOSONG

  • @stijn12100
    @stijn12100 8 лет назад +680

    "I like to play with the pinky sometimes." I chuckled

    • @neverifnotfornow
      @neverifnotfornow 7 лет назад +80

      I love your comment and by no disrespect i suggest that you modify your name (at least among-st your friends) to "Stinky Jenkins".

    • @davesteiman
      @davesteiman 5 лет назад +7

      @@neverifnotfornow LOL

    • @DustyWookman42019
      @DustyWookman42019 3 года назад +9

      "I'm gonna play with my 2nd finger this time so i can get a little bit bigger of a stretch" XD

    • @springbloom5940
      @springbloom5940 3 года назад +1

      @@DustyWookman42019
      I hardly ever played with my pinky, until I lost my index and middle finger.

    • @neja481
      @neja481 2 года назад +2

      i play with my pinky 😢

  • @Shitzukaka
    @Shitzukaka 6 лет назад +537

    I really don't get all the hate lol I've been playing guitar for 10 years and knew all these shapes already but if I were a beginner watching this video I wouldn't care about tone or tuning or gear I would just be trying to learn new shapes to try to play along to some of my favorite songs by ear. Don't hate, appreciate.👍

    • @seb2123
      @seb2123 6 лет назад +20

      teryus De Anda thats the magic of internet ! A lot of people like to insult or hate cause they are behind their screen ... most of them would never say those things face to face ... oh well i liked the video too ! 🤷‍♂️

    • @CP200S
      @CP200S 5 лет назад +4

      Great words pal, but let me remember you, this is the Internet, Land of All Vicious Trolls. You can use the magic that makes them lose their powers: just ignore them. Peace!

    • @mrw55walton49
      @mrw55walton49 5 лет назад +26

      Q: How many guitar players does it take to screw in a light bulb?
      A: 13 - one to do it, and twelve to stand around and say, "Phhhwt! I can do better than that!"

    • @fabulouslyunfamous5207
      @fabulouslyunfamous5207 5 лет назад +2

      I am one of those beginners and You nailed it buddy! Agree!

    • @1789crazy
      @1789crazy 5 лет назад +6

      Thats why some people learn to play and others learn to criticize smh

  • @bigdaddy9579
    @bigdaddy9579 7 лет назад +275

    *insert generic comment about the tone here*

    • @treyxaviermusic
      @treyxaviermusic  7 лет назад +51

      OUTRAGED RESPONSE!

    • @johnboykin3128
      @johnboykin3128 4 года назад +8

      It's over driven over compressed and thin

    • @aixide
      @aixide 3 года назад +4

      @@johnboykin3128 It's overdriven? No way, how'd you figure that out? You're a genius.

    • @eddyvarges7223
      @eddyvarges7223 3 года назад +1

      @@johnboykin3128 it does sound a bit weak doesnt it

  • @schizophrenicenthusiast
    @schizophrenicenthusiast 7 лет назад +123

    As a relatively noob 'guitarist' with no musical education who's only been playing for 10 months, I'm proud to say that I had previously discovered the power chord root-fifth-ninth on my own :)

    • @Whatever-is1rz
      @Whatever-is1rz 5 лет назад +1

      how are you progressing with learning at the moment? I just started like 5 months ago so just curious c:

    • @mrhamburgler480
      @mrhamburgler480 5 лет назад +16

      I wish ypu guys many nights of enjoyable jamz, frusttrating praxtice, and sometimes even discouraging moments lolol. Im 31, been playing since i was 13 and nothing in my life so far (single/no kids) has been a more rewarding, challenging, fun, humbling, aggrevating, or enjoyable investment of my time/money/heart. Man stick with it. Seriously. Never stop pushin yourself to play how you wanna play or sound at that given time, or to achieve what you want to achieve playing guitar. You get out what you put in with guitar, well anything in life really. Its all about discipline. Learn the boring shit. Itll help more than you know down the road. And make sure to learn and at least be aware of proper technique. Especially picking. Bad habits are truly hard to break. And dont let plateaus in your progression/playing discourage you. You will overcome it. Absolutely. I promise. And msot of all, remember why ya started playing. Make sure you know your instrument. Have fun and happy shreddign my dudes

    • @annoftheforest3835
      @annoftheforest3835 3 года назад +2

      I’ve only been playing for about a week, but I love the guitar very much. 4 years late isn’t TOO late is it lol? I wish you guys the best!

    • @CreedM8
      @CreedM8 2 года назад

      @@annoftheforest3835 how old are you, I started 5 months ago

    • @michaeldean7220
      @michaeldean7220 2 года назад

      Same here. Kind of light light bulb and satisfying moment when you realise that the shape you made up and just ran up and down the neck is called a power chord.

  • @davidm6387
    @davidm6387 7 лет назад +184

    The tone sounds fine to me, and mine is the only opinion that matters in the whole universe.

  • @eskilseter
    @eskilseter 8 лет назад +112

    Add9 - The Deftones chord

    • @demesisx
      @demesisx 8 лет назад +8

      or Foo Fighters

    • @Odie50000
      @Odie50000 8 лет назад +1

      +Harry Pray IV Or disturbed.

    • @drewlitton3843
      @drewlitton3843 8 лет назад +1

      +Odie50000 or Tool lol

    • @JackRosei
      @JackRosei 5 лет назад +2

      JP, Morse, EJ, Rush many top players use it a lot:)

    • @nostalgicmind3432
      @nostalgicmind3432 5 лет назад +3

      Eskil the Mark Tremonti chord

  • @jomaaeeee
    @jomaaeeee 8 лет назад +66

    I love the sound of the add 9 power chord

  • @thomasdarista2782
    @thomasdarista2782 7 лет назад +71

    You forgot the best one! You can take a basic power chord, and play the root's octave as well, making it sound more full.

    • @ShamsArifin-pj3bz
      @ShamsArifin-pj3bz 5 лет назад +9

      I don't understand how he forgot that

    • @jonatanpetersson3097
      @jonatanpetersson3097 5 лет назад +1

      I dont understand what this chord is

    • @andrei-calinionescu9473
      @andrei-calinionescu9473 4 года назад

      He said he likes to do this with his pinkie

    • @robi481
      @robi481 4 года назад

      @mark heyne It is since the octave is basically the same note as the root, but higher, and because it still doesn't have a third.

    • @davel_ggw
      @davel_ggw 4 года назад

      He did cover it. I always just play the fifth and octave with one finger (ring finger) though, but I see a lot of people use their pinky for the octave. Which makes me wonder if there is some downside to my technique that I am not thinking of...

  • @everglow1012
    @everglow1012 2 года назад +2

    Hey, thank you so much for posting this! Been writing a lot of songs recently and deeply enjoying the use of power chords! This gives me so much more fun to be had and I can't wait to write with all these!

  • @RocktCityTim
    @RocktCityTim 8 лет назад +5

    Excellent summary. Apply it across the fret board like CAGED for full chords and you get a lot of options without learning a lot of theory.

  • @cristolamprakos4682
    @cristolamprakos4682 4 года назад +12

    I just learned alot in 6 mins holy shittttt

  • @AndrewPeterson1980
    @AndrewPeterson1980 3 года назад +1

    So much info! Thanks for the knowledge. Knowledge is power!

  • @jonmagnus3510
    @jonmagnus3510 5 лет назад +10

    Add9 is what I needed. I use it all the time and had no idea what it was called. I like to take it slowly and use it and almost three notes separately. I learned it from watching a ton of unearth shows.

    • @JoshuaConnorMusic
      @JoshuaConnorMusic 5 лет назад

      Well that's not actually what it's called, that's a mistake on Trey's part. What he's really playing is a sus2, an add9 by definition has a 3rd, so for example Cadd9 would actually be C E G D.

    • @BlackFlameOfHatred
      @BlackFlameOfHatred Год назад

      @@JoshuaConnorMusic dude what are you talking about hes not wrong? Csus2 and C5add9 are the exact same thing!!! your either trolling or have no idea what your talking about

  • @jdjk7
    @jdjk7 7 лет назад +11

    I find it odd that he only chose to talk about the R-5-8 (e.g. 577xxx) chord in drop tuning. That was actually the first chord I'd ever learned of as a power chord, and I feel like it's a pretty common shape.

  • @MofosRealReviews
    @MofosRealReviews 6 лет назад +216

    But why make 6 string inctructional videos on a 7 string guitar

    • @kylemoss8337
      @kylemoss8337 5 лет назад +22

      True that G. I got confused as fucked lol

    • @LexHansenGuitar
      @LexHansenGuitar 5 лет назад +21

      yeah, cause there's a huuuuge difference, right?

    • @brandonproctor3639
      @brandonproctor3639 5 лет назад +20

      @@LexHansenGuitar it might be to a complete beginner.. 🤔

    • @registration3453
      @registration3453 5 лет назад +7

      Because 7 string chords and 6 string chords, at least in a drop tuning are near similar. There’s not a complete massive difference

    • @whheaattzmayne3183
      @whheaattzmayne3183 4 года назад

      @@brandonproctor3639 who else would power chord videos be for???

  • @JWolf24
    @JWolf24 2 года назад

    Just the video I was looking for Thank you!!

  • @juliodefreitas157
    @juliodefreitas157 3 года назад

    Awesome video and thanks for sharing your tips 👍

  • @pagejackson3389
    @pagejackson3389 6 лет назад

    Thank you. Clear and helpful. And I like your tone just fine!

  • @jordanaut
    @jordanaut Год назад +15

    I use add9 all the time. I just can’t help myself, it sounds so good

    • @richardd9938
      @richardd9938 6 месяцев назад +1

      Technically though it's a triad though right, not a power chord hehe

  • @mikxpingal5757
    @mikxpingal5757 8 лет назад

    Great lesson! Different flavors of Power Chords. Thanks!

  • @redwolf2635
    @redwolf2635 8 лет назад

    nice tutorial! simple and straight to the point 👍

  • @popularAPunk19
    @popularAPunk19 4 года назад

    Thanks I appreciate it very much and can’t wait to practice these things for my guitar strumming practice

  • @jughead6654
    @jughead6654 7 лет назад

    Loved this video!!

  • @JxyDBD
    @JxyDBD 5 лет назад +50

    Love how nobody says "good video Trey keep it up" but I'll I see is "Trey your tone sucks" guys listen my theory on why he didn't use one of the better amps for 2 reasons 1 he was thinking about the beginners thinking that if he used a less God like tone proves it can still sound good which it did. 2 he just wanted to do what he wanted with the sound just because he takes time out of his day to make videos for us to enjoy and learn from and all you guys are worried about is the tone. Any way great video Trey

    • @treyxaviermusic
      @treyxaviermusic  5 лет назад +9

      Thanks man! Let em whine, with over 400k views on this I'll take a little hate hahahaha

    • @JxyDBD
      @JxyDBD 5 лет назад +1

      Gear Gods it just really irritates me that all they care about is the tone and not what you are trying to teach I definitely learned something :)

  • @zubrycky
    @zubrycky 7 лет назад

    Thanks for the video! It helped me a lot!

  • @daniellayton9876
    @daniellayton9876 8 лет назад

    Awesome video man :)

  • @RyanRyRyMcClean
    @RyanRyRyMcClean 7 лет назад

    I've recently started learning how to play guitar and think that this video is awesome! Thanks!🤘🏼

  • @jimd2157
    @jimd2157 Год назад

    Great video!!

  • @twodudes9932
    @twodudes9932 2 года назад

    exactly what I was looking for, thank you!

  • @michaelfyoufyi4191
    @michaelfyoufyi4191 6 лет назад +8

    drop tune the best! especially for power chords

  • @JJ-ls6el
    @JJ-ls6el 7 лет назад

    Great tone man, I love you.

  • @VOD713
    @VOD713 4 года назад

    Awesome info, thanks 👍🏼

  • @bestboy897
    @bestboy897 8 лет назад

    amazing lesson mate as always

  • @bassghostbaybay8233
    @bassghostbaybay8233 7 лет назад

    This video changed my LIFE!!! Thank you!!!

  • @BloodnightStudios
    @BloodnightStudios 4 года назад

    Amazing video! Thank you!!

  • @JWCFB
    @JWCFB 6 лет назад

    Been watchin your videos. You are a fantastic player.

  • @jeramimachado383
    @jeramimachado383 3 года назад

    I've been playing it for two days just messing around. I dropped tuned to D and I found some of these chords just messing around. This was very informative and confirmed what my ear was telling me already. Also picked up a couple tricks I appreciate it

  • @michaeladamcaira9174
    @michaeladamcaira9174 8 лет назад

    love your vids Trey

  • @StoicScape219
    @StoicScape219 Месяц назад

    This will be helpful for me as a newbie😁 thank you!

  • @simonManleeeee
    @simonManleeeee 8 лет назад

    Useful video-Thanks

  • @veselinjokanovic3032
    @veselinjokanovic3032 7 лет назад

    Very helpful. Thanks a lot. Subscribed. :)

  • @Nico-su1ku
    @Nico-su1ku 8 лет назад

    Great and usefull video, thanks!

  • @carolinafishinkid3507
    @carolinafishinkid3507 3 года назад

    Thank you so much for the help

  • @matzedapresi3862
    @matzedapresi3862 5 лет назад

    Very good lesson! Thanks!

  • @orsivan5731
    @orsivan5731 4 года назад

    Wow that's really useful. Thanks!!

  • @shounakkundu3053
    @shounakkundu3053 7 лет назад +1

    Thank you. Very VERY informative from the POV of music theory

  • @jackmills1837
    @jackmills1837 8 лет назад

    Thanks for this! I analyse tabs a lot so I learn how to play certain chords, and although I knew all of these, I never really new the names till now :D

  • @davidbrady1250
    @davidbrady1250 4 года назад +3

    Brand-new beginner here. This was all news to me and was awesome! Thank you!!! L&S. Maybe when I'm older I'll understand the tone hate but speaking as a total noob this video was fantastic. Thank you.

  • @thedankswordsmantm
    @thedankswordsmantm 8 лет назад

    Awesome video, thanks man. Didn't even realize how many different power chords I come across.

  • @buzzardneckseahag
    @buzzardneckseahag 5 лет назад

    Thank you for this lesson 🙏😊

  • @angeldemon234
    @angeldemon234 2 года назад

    Really nice description 🎼🎶🎵your my new teacher

  • @jacksonv672
    @jacksonv672 7 лет назад

    thanks...great video

  • @eligoldschmidt4243
    @eligoldschmidt4243 8 лет назад

    great lesson, Troy!

  • @Metroidam11
    @Metroidam11 6 лет назад

    This video was great. As a beginner to drop tuning and guitar in general, this was immensely useful!

  • @waterproof4403
    @waterproof4403 4 года назад

    This is short and very informative that you so much

  • @daisolokh8212
    @daisolokh8212 3 года назад

    Thank you for showing this🙏🥰

  • @DWINC
    @DWINC 4 года назад

    Helpful!

  • @chrisjr1247
    @chrisjr1247 6 лет назад

    Thanks man i appreciate it.

  • @SmokeWithMeInCT
    @SmokeWithMeInCT 2 года назад

    Great practice vid

  • @DrummerMikeMcPhee
    @DrummerMikeMcPhee 3 года назад +3

    This is a really great video it helped me a real lot!! I also watched the second video for this subject which is also great!! Thanks for posting the videos🤘 -Mike M. Long Island, NY - United States

  • @mandeepkhatak7272
    @mandeepkhatak7272 5 лет назад

    Thank you so much for sharing.

  • @L-Lesiv
    @L-Lesiv 5 месяцев назад

    nice man, thank you!

  • @magnuslikestanks6044
    @magnuslikestanks6044 4 года назад +2

    When I first started playing I discovered the Add9 by accident. Sounds so cool

  • @rikkufan009
    @rikkufan009 6 лет назад

    thanks man, never hurts to learn the basics again :)

  • @denvy21
    @denvy21 7 лет назад

    wonderful chords !!

  • @roderickpatterson5218
    @roderickpatterson5218 8 лет назад +2

    The add 9 "stacked" chord is was used by "Satch" as an arpeggio in the main opening riff on his 1st LP "Not Of This Earth". Can't think of the song's name at the moment, but it should be obvious once you hear it!

  • @davitaghamalyan3883
    @davitaghamalyan3883 7 лет назад

    I really appreciate that you tried to go beyond typical power cord which became boring during years!some of the modified power cords yoy mentioned i came up with and first hit on my brain was opening riff of the Orion of metallica!

  • @renouncedequation3923
    @renouncedequation3923 7 лет назад

    Excellent lesson, dude.

  • @wayneforster20
    @wayneforster20 7 лет назад +2

    that add9 chord is actually the suspened 2nd. I use this chord quite often.

  • @Ricardo_Samano
    @Ricardo_Samano 7 лет назад

    thanks for the video bro

  • @itamarshetrit4916
    @itamarshetrit4916 5 лет назад

    thanks man always heard those in songs and never knew that they were power chords just in different shapes

  • @khalnetherfields7263
    @khalnetherfields7263 4 года назад

    This video is great, can't wait to try these out, I don't even know whats wrong with the guitar tone, sounds just fine to me

  • @tanyascott7220
    @tanyascott7220 7 лет назад

    thank you for actually teaching each chord showing fret window! so many videos just show playing which is difficult to really see where each finger goes on the neck. my first and ring fingers cant stretch for power chords so I try to use my pinky but it curls funny and hurts. determined though to shred! thanks!

  • @HappyMixingStudio
    @HappyMixingStudio 3 года назад

    thank you !

  • @simoneravagli4943
    @simoneravagli4943 7 лет назад

    bellissimo video!

  • @simonmargreiter6400
    @simonmargreiter6400 8 лет назад +1

    3:02 there's the theme!
    Also great video as always!

  • @RedMachineKieran
    @RedMachineKieran 8 лет назад +140

    u really should have done this on a 6 string guitar because u will confuse beginners

    • @KS-hl6zo
      @KS-hl6zo 6 лет назад +23

      Red Machine Kieran I dont think beginners will even notice the extra string

    • @KS-hl6zo
      @KS-hl6zo 6 лет назад +15

      Red Machine Kieran which I didnt. until you said so. YOU are the cause of my confusion.

    • @VOYAGEUR-YT
      @VOYAGEUR-YT 6 лет назад +22

      I didn't notice it until I saw this. I'm not a beginner but I was confused as to why he was showing E on the diagram and not playing the top string.

    • @tonykorol5899
      @tonykorol5899 5 лет назад +1

      Lol u cleared it up for me. I didn’t think to count the strings 👍

    • @vojtechcejka9844
      @vojtechcejka9844 3 года назад +2

      @@VOYAGEUR-YT exactly the same, i was like wtf, he is not touching E string :D..he has it wrong, then scrolled a bit and red comments..

  • @olivermeyer3963
    @olivermeyer3963 6 лет назад +10

    the most important power chord is missing. 3 tones: the root, the fifth and the octave above.

  • @marklol230
    @marklol230 7 лет назад

    That was educational :) thx

  • @chasebroughton7373
    @chasebroughton7373 7 лет назад +1

    Dropped tuned power chords are my favorite
    You can do the four note 5th chords on a 6-string if you're tuned to Drop D, Drop Db, and so on...

  • @manueltorres4815
    @manueltorres4815 8 лет назад

    This was very useful

  • @nonrevnosnibormetalbeerrev6251
    @nonrevnosnibormetalbeerrev6251 6 лет назад

    Good job dude

  • @fender4brad
    @fender4brad 7 лет назад

    Good job, I knew more then I thought, that doesn't happen enough. ;)

  • @BlackLionRecordsTV
    @BlackLionRecordsTV 7 лет назад

    awsome video , i actually learned something that i never got to learned in school

  • @jackreavy
    @jackreavy 8 лет назад +78

    were you using a line six spider?

  • @buttmuncher2648
    @buttmuncher2648 5 лет назад +3

    To have an add9 chord you need the third. If there is no third it makes the chord sus and there is no third in a power chord. So the 9 is a 2 and therefore it’s sus2

  • @Shazam_24
    @Shazam_24 3 месяца назад

    im sure this video was good and all but i was just mesmerized by the tone lol. one of my fav sounds

  • @solomonoh7769
    @solomonoh7769 7 лет назад +3

    1:12 I am guessing that this can be used as sus 4, with root on the bottom?

  • @Nivenization
    @Nivenization 6 лет назад

    Thank you.

  • @Whitney62455
    @Whitney62455 6 лет назад

    best power chord lesson I've seen.

  • @jondilliom
    @jondilliom 5 лет назад

    Thanks for the vid. 2 of am I didnt know but have seen and thought it was some crazy weird chord

  • @ubda1
    @ubda1 7 лет назад

    Love That guitar!!!

  • @choochoochooseyou
    @choochoochooseyou 2 года назад

    Great lesson. Been struggling with power chords. No one told me about the drop D.

    • @garbo9251
      @garbo9251 2 года назад

      how’s the guitar learning going 3 months later?

  • @Cheffrey_Dahmers
    @Cheffrey_Dahmers Месяц назад

    One of my favorite chord shapes you can move down the neck sounds very paramore like vvv
    Ex
    B5
    Gx
    D2
    A3
    E x
    You can move this down the neck at certain points there's parts where it changes slightly but you're really only changing the a and d string fingerling

  • @B3Band
    @B3Band 7 лет назад +2

    I use that second chord whenever I'm trying to give the illusion that I went "down" to the next chord. Like, if I'm in B Standard, and I want to go from a B power chord to an A power chord, I'll play it like that, and it _kinda_ sounds like I went "down" to A, rather than up.

  • @patricklong9227
    @patricklong9227 5 лет назад

    Thanks man. This vid is dope. Been practicing the Add 9, I'm off to the hospital now. My rist is stuck!

  • @guitarchugs9191
    @guitarchugs9191 3 года назад

    5th on the bottom 3 notes chord is my favorite, sounds so awesome in metal and is so underused

  • @mikefelber5129
    @mikefelber5129 5 лет назад

    Very informative- bookmarked

  • @Aloysious0013
    @Aloysious0013 4 года назад

    great video