How to play power chords! 🤘

[@RachelfGuitar]

One note: You'll want to mute the other strings you aren't playing with the side of your index finger to make sure no other notes ring out while you are strumming 🤘. Also, if you play a power chord with the root note on the A string, you will want to mute the low E string with the tip of your index finger as well.

[@Criticmizer]

Don’t you mean, mute it with your middle finger?

[@i-deni-i5138]

​@@Criticmizer No. You're muting all the other strings with your index finger.

[@aodh5966]

Power chords are great. I enjoy making my own riffs with them. Started playing in drop D to get some more metal sounds

[@tktspeed1433]

May I suggest playing in D standard, it is better.

[@MayorGoldieWilson825]

​@tktspeed1433 yes, D standard is awesome, until I dropped to C standard tuning and things got dark asf... the blues sound sick in C standard. Slide into some power chords and C blues scale and you got yourself some heavy stoner metal.

[@welshwisdom]

Add drums and you have Green day

[@tornado_music24]

yes my thoughts exactly :)

[@NnyLovesMyxChem]

Thats why im learning it😭

[@gregoryarutyunyan5361]

When I come around)

[@giantclaw138]

n bass too :P

[@urmotherxo]

Literally

[@leaf_it6764]

I love how happy she looks to share this

[@bonthamosha8837]

Your excitement on you face in this video makes me feel happy 😊

[@NezterBedford]

Hey there lovely young lady Rachelf. ✌ Thanks for your contribution to our wonderful world of music! Our world would be a better place if more of us just simply picked up an instrument. Music is a universal language for us all to relate to. Welcome back 50's through 80's generation🎵🎶🎸

[@florencehenderson3707]

short, sweet and simple, thanks!

[@Briansgate]

My dad taught me the regular chords on an acoustic when I was a kid. Then later when I got an electric, and found out what a power chord was, It was a world changer. Thanks for showing this eye opening trick to the new generation.

[@ceooflonelinessinc.267]

For me it felt like a downgrade 😢

[@Tuffers14]

Thank you so munch !!

[@Skelly5962]

You totally rock, rachel!

[@mikewoolie5153]

Glad to see you still out there.

[@stone9.098]

Greatest post EVER!

[@zaz4667]

AWESOME! Bring on the Rock and Roll!

[@wxter1574]

Holy smokes that’s a really cool guitar

[@carlcapture]

IBanez

[@charlesmerfeld2988]

Love your enthusiasm.

[@sweeneyTodd-de4by]

Omg just started metal love your channel, new subscriber

[@irwanbron905]

GENIUS....

[@awolfwithnotail2788]

Awesome! You are the best! ❤️

[@owengansrow3389]

first helpful powerchord video🙏

[@thepeacesage]

You are a super cool person tbh

[@vande52]

That sounds so sick🤘🎸🎧

[@RickMichaels-if5eq]

Thanks babes! 🥰👍🏽🎸

[@audiophileman7047]

It has been said that the late, great Link Wray invented power chords. The first ones I ever played were the ones used on Black Sabbath's Iron Man song, oh yeah. It's a cool and pretty easy riff for a beginner to play. 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@dezertson2011]

They are just regular chords.

[@juan-ksporty7348]

i love that guitar❤

[@dibakarpurkayastha1636]

Thankyou 😊 ❤

[@edu.1457]

Love the guitar

[@thattassiewargamer]

Sounded like a bit of Blitzkrieg Bop at the end. ❤

[@bard-of-estland]

That is the song

[@kyleenajohnson7176]

Whoo hoo! Rock n roll! 🤩😆🤘

[@emilythesongbird2306]

Love it!!!!

[@ayushichraborty]

Thanks 👍

[@Inksack__]

It’s cool she seems very happy talking about this cool for her chasing what she loves

[@sillynelson1]

That was an adorable lesson

[@tinkurabha8790]

Daam you are such an good teacher.... I've looking about power chords and they have this hectic explanation and now you solved just in sec... Daaam girl i lob u

[@Stinkus17]

I just barre with my ring finger, I usually hit the 2 higher strings and it sounds pretty good sometimes, on the a string it forms a full major chord so that’s pretty cool

[@Briselance]

Her smile. Her eyes. AAAAAARGH!! I AM HOOKED!! Again!! Never thought power chords were that simple.

[@L.johnson0369]

I get janis vibes from you i love it

[@rilledup2639]

she either looks like shes about to sneeze or is about to have a laughing stroke, but nonetheless she was helpful and rocked!

[@statikdog]

Awesome countenance

[@conorokelly4578]

Thanks 👌 😊

[@Gin132456]

Iron maiden: "power chord everything!!!!!"

[@AllenE1968]

I'm on week 7 of learning. Getting into power chords.

[@Fodasekakma]

Obrigado ❤🇧🇷🇧🇷💪

[@adrianrodriguez9569]

Thanks for sharing

[@scottkellogg8145]

Cool all kinds of secrets to the guitar world

[@alifkucingbaik790]

Your voice so unique. Love it. I'm wondering hear it in another situation.

[@storieswithsnappy]

Shit, an easy explanation in 10 seconds. Thank you🙏🏻

[@missedshotz-_-9141]

Honestly did a great job with the time given 👍

[@kdog7617]

Awesome rachef thanks ❤️ 💜 sounds great 👍

[@LucasBozovich]

Something to add to it. You can experiment with adding a barre chord on the index finger further up the strings, and maybe adding a note below that pinky octave with the middle finger.

[@Keiko91101]

I'm stuggling to do barre chords until i discovered this

[@Warden-NiNJeN]

Damn I didn't know it was THIS shrimple! 🦐 Thank you so much haha Rock on! 🔥✨

[@louiscampbell1416]

Hey you're the next level thanks for the power

[@mememan5466]

If you want to play a power chord off of the D string, all you have to do is raise the position of the octave by 1 fret (or just do the two note version)

[@babylon4206]

to spice things up, you can play inverse power chords by playing 2 notes on the same fret

[@jakejeskey]

Great video! Ibanez RG?

[@Paperclipceo]

🔥🔥🔥

[@kdog7617]

Awesome rachef

[@Aigentcy]

I was watching you the whole time and didn't hear one thing you said. You're good

[@AlphaPackBoi]

Power chords were pretty much my start in guitar. Other than learning how to tune

[@lueezec358]

Can’t wait to learn power chords, my mum will probably never come over again 😂

[@davidvanberkel5599]

Great

[@slowloris9777]

YES

[@soumyabratachatterjee2210]

Woh ....❤

[@weeb_xyz1249]

damn thanks

[@ivantishin2276]

Талант

[@sidando9974]

What is this Ibanez model? the paint job is gorgeous

[@Walmart.shopper]

🤘

[@liamedick8487]

Me when I talk on the verge of laughing

[@dhairyabhardwaj1732]

I see a lot of metal musicians play power chords with their index and pinky rather than the index and ring. Does that make a difference?

[@RachelfGuitar]

That's cool too, I think it's really up to what you feel most comfortable with personally. With that though, for adding the octave you would either have to barre with your pinky or switch to using your ring finger.

[@guarango1134]

Metal!!!!

[@HenryMPerez]

Mhmm! I like it!!!

[@Powderr]

Powderr - Anywhere I Go 🎶

[@kittycat8222]

😢so 25 years ago my classically trained father flipped out at my desire to learn these.

[@ozman6602]

Or you can add the 2 or 9th add 9 chord For instance G power Chord Notes G-D-A which is how I like to play mine spices up the Power Chords. Rock on \^/

[@steampressedpiston4634]

How many strings do you play? 4?

[@memesupreme2400]

thanks, I’m about a week in so this helps. You look like your trying not to laugh all the time lmao

[@death_knell]

Nice! How do you prevent accidentally strumming the other strings? IM STRUGGLING 😂

[@gc583]

no really... you rock.

[@frankie352]

He went full goth

[@ALEMannaLemke]

Is the middle finger on a string? (I always struggle to see if it’s resting, muting a string or pressing it)

[@AQBPlays]

She has a nice smile. I always feel like I’m being laughed at somehow…

[@that1drummerguy11]

And now you can play any green day song ever

[@crozbyevange]

What is your drive pedal

[@shashidharuppada8757]

Strumming pattern please please at 0.47 seconds

[@JoelLovesLife]

I was like idek how to do a power chord😂😂 only to realize i’ve been doing it the whole time 😭

[@JuliasChoices]

If you drop d the one finger can rhythm and it gives you 3 open fingers to lead with

[@Acheron666]

Greenday approve of this lesson.

[@cam-inf-4w5]

Why are you so happy lol i feel like im not in on a joke like youre always about to laugh but it never happens

[@Joshwa_richard]

Damn. I cant believe i self thought myself a power chord. I thought that was not a power chord

[@skxlter5747]

How do you play solos faster

[@markgilanthonyangwaybasco4915]

woooahhh

[@SamarthP-wp2vk]

What tone settings need to be done to get that sound...

[@DonaVita-tj8zn]

Ka gwapa ba oiiyy

[@vagamer4311]

Hello and happy new year. Is it ok to use my first and fourth finger?

[@RachelfGuitar]

Whatever feels most comfortable works! Though then for the octave you'll have to use the pinky as well which might be a bit more tricky initially

[@JediJingleMaker]

Hey Rachel, you rock, check out my original music on my official artist channel and let me know what you think!

[@Toddjaramillo]

I wish I had long nice fingers like this guitarist. My are short and chubby and it’s frustrating

[@rixisrek8633]

She sounds like she's about to burst into laugh.

[@Funnyblackmand]

HOLY CRAP IM ALKALINE TRIO NOW

[@Millqw.9]

I dont listen rock but i want an EG

[@sauravligal5809]

DAD TUNING