Suspended & power
A power chord chord
Just the root and 5th — punchy and neutral, a rock guitar staple.
- Notes
- AE
- Formula
- 15
- Built from
- root · perfect 5th
How to play A5
About the A power chord chord
A5 is the second open power chord in rock, built on the open A string.
Playing it
On guitar, A5 is one of the friendlier shapes: x022xx needs just one finger and lets the open strings ring. Don’t strum the low E, B and high E strings.
On piano, A5 sits entirely on white keys.
On ukulele the usual A5 shape is 2400, using two fingers.
