How to Play a POWER CHORD on Guitar

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[@chicothegoat]

I love that you started playing “smells like teen spirit” 😂😂

[@chowderwhillis9448]

It’s was either that or Iron Man…

[@chicothegoat]

@ that’s true

[@chicothegoat]

@@chowderwhillis9448 that iron man riff is so iconic

[@RockOn78]

It’s, like, THE song to demonstrate power chords lol

[@chicothegoat]

@@RockOn78 lmao Ik man, I just like the song 😭

[@redtrychguy8676]

I know how to play a power chord for many years. Idk why, but Im still watching this vid...

[@s-dew]

I basically only play power chords with the ocxasional barre chords, open chords, easy licks etc. For almost a year but still watched this.

[@fonzemusic3718]

For the guitar. That’s why we’re all here

[@harryjones8988]

You’re here because of Marty

[@antsinyourpants4095]

@@harryjones8988 exactly. That's what I was going to type😂 you came to see if there is something new to learn and you stayed for Marty that's exactly what happened with mw

[@jonshaw9472]

Same here but its interesting to see how others play it regarding muting or using index finger or pinky on the A string, I use both.

[@TimingSmile]

me: **sniffs** marty: YOU SMELL THAT

[@kiyokoshimizu8219]

*sniiiiiiifffffffff* smells like teen spirit

[@DookieDodger9953]

Smells like nirvana

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@@DookieDodger9953 Well, it sure beats raising cattle.

[@NOISEEROOM]

Playing smells like teen spirit was inevitable…..

[@karp7747]

Frrr

[@preacher_says]

Even though you've been playing guitar for years, you still gotta watch a Marty video when he uploads one. I don't make up these rules

[@Dan.Solo.Chicago]

“You see the double dots on the neck right there” It’s a block inlay.

[@SVTShane361]

This guys way of teaching is like....Ha! Just tricked you into playing Teen Spirit! Brilliant.

[@npelletier3399]

Marty is a legend

[@johnathans9816]

That Nirvana transition was so smooth 😭

[@Jason-kv7cm]

Funny how I learned playing acoustic watching Marty almost 10 years ago yet here I am, hundreds of gigs and recordings later watching this :’) love ya Marty you’re the best!

[@nubgaming8029]

ssme goes for me, im just 10 years back in experience, started approx 5 days ago

[@Quin-px5cu]

Aren't you cool

[@musicmadness6390]

thanks so much, just started learning guitar a week ago and all your videos have helped me so much

[@MartyMusic]

Great to hear!

[@pmarciano1717]

How its going men im my Self 1 Week in Right now

[@Jacob-hm1th]

Ngl this is the single most important lesson fir any (electric/rock) guitar player. And the easiest.

[@joe9042]

He's a great player and teacher.

[@REYFERNZ]

I love the way you started playing Nirvana haha

[@massiveonigiri]

Guitars are so cool like, im still amazed that a piece wood with 6 strings on it can make such a different variety of sounds

[@I_Am_Me276]

As soon as he started playing smells like teen spirit I felt as if I had just been Rick Rolled

[@MojoJamTracks]

Best guitar channel on KZbin, looking forward to more #Shorts!

[@timshred1255]

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[@dudedudeson481]

Gorgeous guitar and it sounds great. Strong lesson.

[@MartyMusic]

Thank you kindly!

[@chowderwhillis9448]

@@MartyMusic Dat Memphis style baby Lucille would be proud to be man-handled by u Marty…

[@paxtongerhart6863]

Fun fact. Just play barre chords and only hit the first two or three strings in the chord. A power chord is just like half of a barre chord.

[@Ketoswammy]

A power chord is root and fifth, so yeah.

[@paxtongerhart6863]

@@Ketoswammy yeah I just find it easier to play barre chords than power chords. I have a tendency to get really into the song and over hit strings, and it just sounds better if you have a barre chord.

[@paxtongerhart6863]

@@johnston.scott64 you decided to comment this why? Because it was helpful? Because you had something useful to say? Because I said something incorrect? Or because you felt like being a massive tool because I said something simple? At least 25 people have no problem with my advice, and you went out of your way. Good on ya.👍

[@johnston.scott64]

@@paxtongerhart6863 does the show the idiots who actually watch this video, that they don't need this video. And if they do they're idiots and they shouldn't even be holding an instrument in their hands to begin with. Or maybe the concept that most people shouldn't be musicians because I have no talent is beyond the concept of your reasoning. Yeah that's probably the case.

[@paxtongerhart6863]

@@johnston.scott64 did you pick up the guitar immediately knowing the pentatonic scales, or how to play barre and power chords? Did you know the basics right out the gate? Probably not. If you didn’t need the information, good. I’m glad you are a superior musician and like everyone to know that. I’ve been playing most of my life and have no problem admitting that there are a lot of dudes waaaaay better than me. I posted that comment for people who are inexperienced and could possibly use the tip.

[@Ray5600]

Do a short on octaves now. Complete the pop punk circle!

[@joancastillo828]

I learned Power-Chords and Palm muting at the same time when I started playing guitar, after learning Come As You Are's riff, because I sweared myself I would learn Smells Like Teen Spirit even if it was really hard. Now it seems really easy to me and I finally can play some Metallica's and Slipknot's songs.

[@welpiguess]

im learning guitar too honestly ive asked so many people for advice but its all dogshit, im planning to maybe play with a tutor for a while then learn by myself with videos

[@joancastillo828]

@@welpiguess I've been learning with videos almost since I started, but I also went to guitar classes. They were folk classes and I like metal, but I also learned useful techniques. 🤷🏻‍♂️ I've been learning with a teacher for a year until COVID-19 arrived to my country and the classes stopped, then I continued with You Tube. What I'm trying to say is that you can pay a tutor to learn, but I think there's no need of stop learning from You Tube also. You said the advices you received were dogshit, something I've done to start learning guitar was learn the open chords, the Power-Chords and try to learn Nirvana songs (Nirvana has some really easy songs) watching videos with Tabs. Since you learn to read tablatures, it's easier to learn with videos. I hope this words are useful for you.

[@welpiguess]

@@joancastillo828 i really really appreciate this, you know what shocked me reading this is that everything you've listed has been literally exactly what ive been doing haha but of course at a slower pace (currently on holiday when i come back i wanna buy a new acoustic) but again thank you, theirs not many classes so i will probably end up getting a private tutor whilst continuing with KZbin

[@PinchePerro123]

Thank you, Marty! I owe a lot you you...

[@jimijamesnoob685]

Power chords is how I first learned to play guitar. Then I discovered tabs in Guitar World magazines (before OLGA) I would sit at the magazine rack and memorize the tabs while my mom would grocery shop. Wish I still had my stack of magazines....

[@TitanatorA1]

Thanks Marty!

[@truckercowboyed2638]

What's really cool is playing power chords and i add my pinky down to create like a sus powerchord.....

[@yeet2856]

A sus powerchord? Isn't a suspended chord when you move the third up or down a wholestep? Isn't that just a regular suspended chord? How could you have a suspended powerchord when the whole point of the power chord is missing the third?

[@chowderwhillis9448]

@@yeet2856 yeah but you add the pinky for the octave, it’s not a sus it’s the octave the 3rd would be on the G string not the D so u go to make a barre chord then just don’t…

[@Paul-gf6kp]

@@yeet2856 I admit op’s comment is a bit confusing. What I do is I barre me 6th string power chords so I hit the G string, which creates a sus chord sound

[@bryanfalcho6293]

Trucker Cowboy(needs guitar) Education. Adding the octave is NOT a sus CHORD bro.....

[@PrintOmnivore20]

Finally, Rockers 2 practice mode.

[@namastemetalguy]

I just turned 39 and decided to finally pick up an acoustic guitar. You sir are probably the greatest teacher on the planet. Thank you for keeping the bare beginners in mind when explaining. I just moved onto learning power chords and every other KZbin video may as well be spoken in Chinese to me. Keep up the amazing work sir and I'll keep watching you very informative videos!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@DavidVanmeterDutch]

I love this guys content! Has helped me sooooooo much in learning guitar.

[@wouterdeheus3626]

Power chords is about the first thing I did when I started learning guitar.

[@Gas2311]

I love your short videos! Marty shorts

[@TheHunter77632]

Power chords are life

[@caglegg]

That tone is amazing

[@Mark-um5hc]

I appreciate this video. I started out with power chords. I built on it from there. Black Sabbath and old Kiss songs, is what I started with. It worked.

[@abhiinharmony]

This was the most informative shorts I've watched till now! Thanks Marty!

[@jeffrice4713]

Power chords are great for Metal, Punk, Grunge music.

[@mike17540]

Thank you because you've been teaching me easy ways to play guitar and now I'm getting good at it

[@riotza7597]

Thanks brother. You a legend

[@MartyMusic]

No problem 👍

[@jpol3808]

Some people are teachers and you are a great teacher. I gotthat diem in 5 minutes. Let's rock!

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Thank you Marty

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Thanks for sharing that was fantastic guitar playing 😊👍😍

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The power of this information is so great someone needs to stop me

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Marty Rocks!!!!!

[@katbailey3711]

Love how you explain this

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HE JUST RICK ROLLED ME THE GUITARIST WAY

[@mygreekteacher483]

Thank you, you help me learn and you remind me what it means to be a good teacher.

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You are the best man!

[@intrepid5566]

I like this guy, I've learned a lot from him! And Mike Gross!

[@achillesgomia446]

Well explained I’ve been watching your vids for over 2 and a half years recommending to any guitar players new or experienced .

[@dancanda2292]

His transition into smells like teen spirit was smooth

[@didiavelouat8913]

Martin the best guitar teacher ever ever 👍🇲🇷

[@atharvanand1860]

smells like teen spirit!!!! You do more of these one min tuts . They were cool

[@MartyMusic]

thanks so much!

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That guitar is absolutely beautiful

[@CY8ts]

Thanks I was really struggling on power chords

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Marty you smashed this short instrumental 🤙

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I love your guitar

[@justinprizant1980]

sweet lesson

[@juanitamoreno506]

Literally learned so much in such little time ❤❤❤❤

[@yellowoceanoriginalsongs7142]

Enjoyed watching your video sounding very good 👍🏼 man 👨

[@j1mzplayz396]

Smells like marty's spirit

[@caelanharris3657]

Don’t know why I’m watching this video when I’ve known how to play power chords for like a year now but still glad I watched this

[@syko0225]

This is what I need!

[@aidenfenton8941]

Been playing guitar for like 7 years and I’m still closely watching this lmao

[@JosueMartinez-ww1vj]

The beginning power chord reminded me of an offspring song! 🤘🤘

[@Fire_McKing]

Ive never met you and youre already awesome

[@tonybraines7172]

They are soooooooooo useful

[@danny9905]

I have played power chords for 10 years, but still watching this anyway haha

[@josephnadeau6689]

I actually found it easier to do everything lower (physically higher) on the neck when I was a beginner, and even a little bit now. There was more room between frets which meant less screwing up and better results using my inexperienced muscle memory.

[@procrastinator6902]

Shout out to the guy in the reflection from the neck pickup!!

[@pikiwiki]

really good guitar channel. so short sweet and to the point for what sounds good on guitar

[@andrewhaffelder6389]

I really enjoyed this! Very helpful

[@stevenbrock1432]

Power on Marty❤❤❤❤

[@chriscyr2874]

Huge fan Marty, thanks for the lesson

[@christopherlopez4087]

This was really helpful, thank you!

[@scruffycryptid1931]

did it!!! after playing 4 more than 20 years!!! (still fun) ☮️

[@louis0910]

Thank you very much!

[@reaper3509]

Who laughing at this cuz they’re thinking of the yt pewp version 😂😂

[@CharlesMasulis]

Thanks!

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THANK YOU SO MUCH OMG.

[@vam_ire1589]

As soon as you said “Over the string” the drums for “Smells Like Teen Spirit” started playing in my head

[@nhgeek7620]

He is sooo good

[@justsomeguywholosthismusta8495]

Smells Like Power Chord Spirit

[@alienbird5624]

Tysmmm I got an electric guitar and before I had no idea how to do anything on it but now I know what the notes are or like the cords or whatever they’re called but I now know how to play a power cord thanks to you and I didn’t even have to like get any in person lessons I just watch your videos and I learn how to play a song on the third day like only half of the song but still thank you so much

[@VOTE_REFORM_UK]

Smells like teen spirit is the first song everyone plays when they learn powerchords

[@josh18230]

Way back when I was young, I thought the power cords weren't this complicated thing, it surprised me to learn how easy they were.

[@jot3r3000]

The head BoB let’s you know this guy is legit

[@blanfortech1640]

Than you. Because of you i realize my dream to play guitar. Thank you.

[@tradesmanbear9738]

Love ya Marty you’ve not only inspired me to relearn guitar but u make very easy to understand tutorials. Me and my step dad both love guitar and Pink Floyd so it’s something we bond over and I just found out he’s been watching you to for years like I have been❤️

[@ivanushka5147]

learning power chords is game changing. as soon as you’ve got em down you can play nearly any rock song. it stunted my growth tho cuz thats all i would play lol

[@JasonDaboll]

really nice guitar dude it sounds good and classic smells like teen sprite lol

[@drydryb0nesshorts]

I am currently learning guitar so this was a very helpful video, thanks Marty!

[@jcburger733]

Hey Marty, thank you for the short guitar Power Chord lesson!!

[@patrickhighley2811]

As a beginner I love your content. I hope this is fruitful for you!

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Great video

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Thats fking motivating

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The angels !!!

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Damn, he Kurtrolled us