Metal in G — fingerstyle
Unlike the catalogue's blues chords (D7, G7, A7), where picking the notes one by one as an arpeggio reveals the whole harmonic colour (third and seventh included), picking a power chord fingerstyle changes nothing about the ambiguity already noted on this grid's rhythm version: with no third, G5, C5 and D5 stay harmonically undefined even when played note by note.
Tips
Keep the thumb perfectly steady on the bass notes before worrying about the fingers: it's what holds the whole pattern's tempo.
If you've already worked the arpeggio on the catalogue's blues grid, notice the difference: there the arpeggio reveals a colour, here it reveals none.
Compare with the catalogue's D grid (I-IV-V): the right-hand technique is identical, only the harmonic ambiguity changes depending on the degrees.
Chord progression — G
Chords
Related sheets
- Power riff — descending in E (Level 3)
- syncopation power riff — C (Level 3)
- stepped climb power riff — D (Level 3)