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ARTICLES RELATED TO Power chord - The consecutive fifths criticism | | | |  Power chord - The consecutive fifths criticism: Encyclopedia II - Power chord - The consecutive fifths criticismThe criticism sometimes levelled at the use of consecutive power chords, i.e., that they violate an important rule of harmony, is largely based on a misunderstanding of the rule.
The rule in question prohibits the use of consecutive fifths or octaves in certain situations. It applies to the common practice period of classical music, in which chords, originally, were formed as the result of individual parts, such as voices, combining. Following the principle known as voice leading, the individual parts maintain their identities through ...
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| | | | Power chord - The consecutive fifths criticism: Encyclopedia II - Power chord - Definition and Background Specifically, the term refers to the powerful and distinct sonic effect caused by the combination of two notes separated by the interval of a perfect fifth (or its inversion, a perfect fourth) when subjected to a degree of distortion, usually through adequate amplification or other electronic processing, (e.g., a fuzz box). It is sometimes notated 5, as in C5 (C power chord).
The term arose among rock guitarists, who found that such a note combination (arrived at by omitting the interval of a third from major and minor chords) ...
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| | | | Power chord - The consecutive fifths criticism: Encyclopedia II - Power chord - First hits The first power chord hit was "Rumble" by Link Wray and his Ray Men (1958).
Another early hit song built around power chords was The Kinks's "You Really Got Me" released in 1964 (Walser 1993, p.9):
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Walser, Robert (1993). Running with the Devil: Power, Gender, and Madness in Heavy Metal Music. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 0819562602.
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| | | | Power chord - The consecutive fifths criticism: Encyclopedia II - Power chord - Fingering On a standard tuned guitar, power chords with the bass note on the sixth or fifth string are played with one or two fingers pressing the next two higher strings two frets higher. If the bass note is on the fourth string, the little finger plays the note an octave above the bass three frets higher than the bass note. (Obviously a bare fifth without octave doubling is the same, except that the highest of the three strings, in brackets below, is not played. A bare fifth with the bass note on the second string has the same finger ...
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| | | | Power chord - The consecutive fifths criticism: Encyclopedia II - Power chord - Essential features There are two essential features of power chords:
1. Apart from octave doubling, which is optional, the chord must contain no intervals other than a perfect fifth (or its inversion, a perfect fourth).
2. The chord must be played with an element of distortion, preferably applied by electronic means.
This is an important consideration. Classical guitars can produce exactly the same intervals, but without distortion they are simply playing bare fifths and not power chords. Other instruments, such as ukeleles, mandolins, harps and xylophones would have an even greater struggle to produce convincing power chords, al ...
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