I'm guessing there's plenty of people who want to teach you a use of a power chord.
> I'm not going to Wikipedia, and I just want to know how
> the nomenclature came about, and if it is as old as
> Beethoven or Bach. Where are their "power chords"? I think
> power is a twentieth/-first century concept, and that it
> has a cumulatively imagined meaning altogether, just like
> the guitar has found this bar chord concept applicable to
> the phrase. A bar chord has dimension to it, which makes
> it seem more "powerful" or more "rich" than a simple
> chord, but inherently, chords are powerful.
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> > The wikipedia article does a pretty good job at explaining
> > them, but in case someone has learned to play the piano
> > without learning any musical theory whatsoever, here is
> > what they are, by example.
> >
> > A C power chords is just a C and G played simultaneously.
> >
> > A D power chord is just a D and A played simultaneously.
> >
> > Like Stephen said, they are neither major nor minor, and
> > are technically not even chords at all because they are
> > not comprised of at least three notes, a prerequisite.
> >
> > Still, they are commonly called power chords, and
> > though they possess no real "power" beyond that of other
> > musical combinations, contrary to what I once suspected as
> > an innocent pupil of the craft (feeling, almost knowing,
> > that if I knew what they were, I could produce astounding,
> > earth-shattering rock music).
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