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expertwin
Joined: 18 Mar 2010 Posts: 2244 Location: Meh.
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 5:18 pm Post subject: Playing Power Chords the "Correct" Way |
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I've been playing Pro Guitar a bit lately, and I've been wondering something. The game says you should play power chords with three notes, but I prefer playing the lower fret with my index and the higher frets with my ring finger, except when I also want to form barre chords. Is doing that way "wrong," both from a technique standpoint and from a Rock Band standpoint. _________________
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machetemonkey
Joined: 02 Feb 2008 Posts: 3043 Location: Minneapolis, MN
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, most people would consider it "wrong," but realistically, it doesn't matter. Doing it the "right" way will help you get used to finger placement for chords, stretching, and barre chords, but it's not a really big deal if you're comfortable just barring power chords.
There are some guitar techniques where you really want to get into the habit of doing it "right," but on the scale of things, I wouldn't consider this to be one of them. |
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Airtrooper719
Joined: 29 May 2013 Posts: 235 Location: Newcastle, UK
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Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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Actual I have to disagree. While there are many good things about being free in your techniques, I would advise against playing powerchords any other way.
You want to be training all your fingers to be independant. What your doing is experiencing early signs of lazyness and looking for shortcuts to get better faster. I did that 10 years ago, only my fault was using index and pinky for 2 string powerchords. For 3 strings I used my pinky to barre the double-stop and index for the root note..... boy did this make my life hell when it came to learning real chords...and im not talking about your average G's, C's, F's, A's and D's. Because I confused my finger positioning on a 3 string powerchord (which I like to think as the foundation, base layer of most chords) I found it extremely hard transitioning from one exotic chord to another exotic chord. Again, basic G's, C's all those beginner chords were no problem, but stuff like hendrix-style and lifeson-style chords were extremely difficult and it took me years to retrain.
I still use my index and pinky for 2 string powerchords as im more comfortable, however, now I cannot barre the double stops, and i use my ring and pinky independantly for each. Chords no matter how complex are a walk in the park now for me, all thanks to that muscle memory I developed.
So yeah, save yourself some years retraining, and try to use all 3 fingers.... unless of course it truely is a barre chord i.e.
--3--3--3--3--
--3--3--3--3--
--5--5--5--5--
--5--5--5--5--
--5--5--5--5--
--3--3--3--3--
On that note, here is why it is important. Say you have a song that has chord dynamics like this:
--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--
--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--
--4--4--3--3--5--5--3--3--
--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--
--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--
--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--
I wont explain it, but if you get a chance, try playing those chord sequences with the bad habit in play, and I guarantee you, that at least on a couple of occassions, you had muted out a crucial note on the D,G or B strings.
The best piece of advice I was ever given when playing guitar... play with your fingerTIPS (i exagerrate tips, because I mean tips, not the pads of your fingers). This will greatly increase your accuracy, and ability to feel every single note and hear every single note in big chords.
Obviously, if you carry on barring powerchords, you are essentially just playing a root note and using the pad of your ring finger to hold down the majority of the other notes. Therefore your not technically utilising the tips of your fingers.
Good luck! Guitar is a long and boring process but it gets fun after a certain point! |
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