Disco Volante (Rock Section)

Here's a fun instrumental track!

Get ready for some power chords. Rather than do the typical pro tips and theory talk segments, I'm going to wind them both up together into a power chord masterclass.

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First of all, a power chord is a 2 note chord that comes from playing only the root and 5th of any larger chord. It looks like this:

x
x
x
9
7
x

This sounds really good when a guitar is distorted, unlike other larger chords which turn to mud when you turn the gain up. Therefore it's super good for rock music.

You can move them around everywhere to create guitar parts and melodies. It's really versatile. For example, here's Rock you Like a Hurricane by the Scorpions \m/:

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-9-9-9-----------------------5----7-7----
-7-7-7-----5-5------7-7----3----5-5----
-------------3-3------5-5-----------------

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Disco Volante has a powerful middle section, so I figured - why not harness the power of these powerful chords?

But there's a twist....

I added a third note to my power chords, like this:

x
x
9
9
7
x

Even more powerful!

This is still a power chord because the highest note is simply doubling the lowest note. They're octaves. So we end up with a similar sound, just a little brighter and fuller sounding. And maybe even more powerful.

There's two possible fingerings. You can use your 1st finger on the 5th string, 3rd finger on the 4th string, and 4th finger on the 3rd string. OR, you can barre both the 4th and 3rd strings with your 3rd fingers and let your 4th finger relax.

The above chord shape slides around to a few different positions throughout the riff, but the fingering remains the same.

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This 3 note power chord switches up to the 4th-2nd strings for a little bit. Because the tuning distance from the G-B string smaller than every other pair of adjacent strings, we have to change the shape of the chord a little bit. It looks like this:

x
8
7
5
x
x

Fingering here needs to be 1st, 3rd, 4th (low to high).

This chord also moves around a little bit in the riff.

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The only non-power chord in the entire riff is this one:

x
7
7
7
x
x

Simply barre your first finger across the 7th fret on the 3 strings, and call it a day. This chord is not quite as powerful as the others.

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I hope you learned something about power chords. Now that you have achieved all of this power, I ask you to use it for good and not evil.

Brownie points to the first person who can count how many times 'power' has been said in this post.

TAB is attached as a PDF and Guitar Pro file.