The Five Most Useful Power Chords 

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"And this is not even my final form!" - Powerful Power Chord

Oh My God! Tyler you opened up my mind! Man, I have been improving so much. I have now started to know my way around the neck. If you're reading this, Keep shredding! You Rock! All of us together are building a new modern rock era! Tell the kids real music's Back! 🤘

Do i need a different guitar for a different power chord?

Do u use all those guitars to mock me?

Power Chords: The Metal and Rock Guitarist's Weapon of Choice \m/

Hey Tyler, I want to tell you that thanks to you I have taken my guitar again to practice and not just play random things

Your lessons have always helped me break out of the box I have been in for years. I have brought a lot of depth to my music. I hope one day we can jam together!

My favorite power chords are very Megdaeth. The first being the chromatic use of the major third, and the second is the spider chord. Which is more of a technique than a chord, but I still think it's a fun way to add excitement to some otherwise lackluster power chords.

This is so great for someone who's stuck in a rut composing similar riffs ... This will help add so much flavour ! Thanks Tyler

This was fun and informative. I loved how you referenced familiar songs and then jammed using the cords. Good job.

Thanks a lot! I'm gonna use these in the Tournament of Power when I'm fighting Yamcha.

This is the ultimate video about power chords I was looking for. Simply amazing dude, really helpful

Thanks for the awesome tip! I knew many of these power chords, but that add9 power chord was definitely new for me. Many thanks! Keep rocking dude.

Whenever I hear the stacked 5th, I automatically think of Anthrax. Even when you played it, sounded like the intro to Anthrax's Caught in the MOSH, great song

I'm so glad you mentioned Incubus with the stacked 5th. That type of sound made me want to play guitar, especially with Pardon Me. That and AC/DC.

Great vid Tyler! Been a player for 20 years and you just taught me a thing or two, thanks!

Really great lesson, thanks Tyler! Loving GSS and the Modern Rock Techniques too. Love your work!

Dig your vids, man. Some of them are quirky and fun, but you're also a very good teacher. Thanks for your channel.

bought your guitar super system level 1. so far so good

This is the power chord video I've been looking for, for quite some time now. Thanks!

Definitely going to have fun with the EJ power Chord shown at the end love that sound 😊

Very informative, I was tired of just using the basic with the higher octave root, this is a lot to work with.

Thank You Sooooo much, keep up the good word and have a nice week.!

Thank you so much Tyler ! It will make me try so much different ways of music writing

Great instruction & playing!

Thanks for this video. I didn't learn anything knew but you are entertaining, so it's a win.

Great lesson Tyler, keep up the good work man!

Octave power chord. Major 3rd + octave power chord. Inverted power chord (root + minor 3rd) Diminished power chord (root+flat 5 + octave + another flat 5 octave if you feel crazy)

Dude i was just looking up power chords for songs and you uploaded this right when i needed it

Thanks Tyler for this amazing power chord lesson.

For me, this video was very helpful. Thanks a lot!

awesome different power Cordes been playing for 10 years wow thank you!

Love your guitar illustration keep up the good work and keep rocking man !! i have been learning guitar since age 12 and it's little bit hard for me to get know the power chords but im learning acoustic guitar ...

John petrucci just had a video where he talks about the add 9 and how it was his take on a meaty power chord instead of a bar chord.

enjoyed that. So many other things to use, ive always just used the first two.

Great video, much appreciated.

Some power chords that were left out are chords involving a root-third interval, such as playing a major or minor third one string up, or playing a root-5th power chord with the index finger moved one fret down (which is basically an inverted root-3rd), which I call a ".38 Special power chord".

Very cool video Tyler! There's is also the "The Edge" Power chord, variant of the EJ one, played on the G and B string (eg 12th and 13th fret), and that you can extend (12th on G, 15th on B)

Nice! Some new techniques to learn and add to my repertoire.

Thanks. Another great video. Your channel is the best channel for theory learning!

ive been playing guitar for 35 years and never had as much gear as you. I really like some of your solo lines and improvs good stuff

That sus4 power chord is also used in the theme song for Top Gun. Kenny Loggins' "Danger Zone". You refer to is as a stacked 5th so now I know another name for it. Thank you for all of your teaching. You rock!

Thanks a lot man, you showed me other types of Powerchords very useful for metal

Wow! Love the stacked 5th powerchord! Sounds very chunky!

wow definitely ADD9 and STACKED 5TH are my favorites, so prog and heavy!!

Fantastic Video. Great Job Tyler....thanks. Nice PRS’s. Just got me a 408 👍

Awesome, thank you

Thanks! I got a couple new ideas from this

Great man, been playing same 2 types for ages. Now I'll give those others a whirl 🤘

Great stuff thanks Man.

His power chord level is over 9000!!!!!

Great! Going to work on those Hendrix and EJ PChords for sure!

great lesson thank u so much, for share it.

Thank you! Thank you!

Always love your vids really enjoyed this one though knowing how most of these songs or genres sound I guess I’ve never really thought about how these change tone It will be hard not to visualize them now when I hear these tones Most excellent :D ty

Have y’all ever tried to cover three strings with a finger and play them most metal power cord I ever heard!!!

I think stacked power chords can also be used to play bar chords like in a drop tuning, (barring only the sixth and fifth strings). This is useful for me if I want to play chuggy drop A power chord riffs but still staying at E standard. tuning.

Talking about efficiency... SSJ3 is not exactly the most efficient form as it drains one's stamina very fast.

Show us your synths that are laying back there on your desk! Would really like to know what models you got there!

Very nice. You can hear the sound of a C# Maj Add 9 in Van Halen's 5150.

Thank you mate! Needed some new power chords :D

One of the most musical examples of the add9 power chord is Buckethead's song "Siege Engine"

not only is this good for guitar players, it is very good for bass players who want to boost power chords with they're bass lines thank you!

great job i was just wondering about power chords

Cheers mate, you are a genious!

I like the "Brian May" power chord (root, fifth, third). It adds colour but still has that raw simple sound of a power chord.

Wow, you’ve just unleashed the power of power chords for me!

Cool lesson Tyler. Glad you broke out your Strat and Dano.

Wow, this was very helpful!

Great video. Two that I'd add are the "D-shaped" power chord and the "C-shaped" power chord. I use the D power chord as much as any of the others. The C power chord is basically the same as the verse from Crazy Train.

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Love the Danelectro guitars!

I came for Goku stayed for guitar, thats that's a powerful combo!

I love the fact that you change guitar for every chord! I think that thats half the fun, different guitar/sound/vibe, adds flavor! And I guess the haters that criticis you for it, is probably jealous :D

Quite helpful 🙌🙌🙌

Very usefull thanks!

Power chord level over 9000

Neat music room!

Wow! This video is extremely useful in helping us write better rock music!

Great video!

Bought your guitar super system 1 and 2 and your modern rock. But im still on guitar super system 1. So far so good

awesome video.

Damn! I loved this video...!! Dude, thank u...

cool ! PRS sound super !

yea.. Incubus was second band that came to my mind about this type of chords.. the first what I imagined was Last Resort by Papa Roach.. I know that they are playing it in drop D with different holding, but the sound and notes are actually the same when you play it in standard this way.. I think it's better to play it in standard D in every way, it's surer.. with drop D that does not feel really great when you have to hold powerchord from the second string + somehow the bottom string

Awesome stuff

best example of the add 9 power chord in a fairly popular metal song is Floods by Pantera. Dime uses it in the main riff, and the epic beginning solo

Nice vid, I would have also included the cobain chord (which is where you add a 4th on top of the octave on a normal power chord) gives a really messy sound that I love with fuzz pedals

Rocking brother

At times I play the stacked 5th on the 4 lighter strings cuts through pretty good.

*_Pigs can sniff out truffles with their snouts._*

You just made my 7 string feel like a 10. Open Chords are the future

Awesome!!!😱

Why'd you use goku

The first thrash-thing sounds like Thrown To The Wolves by Death Angel, awesome song!

Great. Video yet again.

“Cita en el Quirofano” by PXNDX has a really cool riff with the add9 power chord. When I first heard it it was heavy af

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