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View Poll Results: 2 string or 3 string powerchords?
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2 string powerchords!
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3 string powerchords!
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I switch it up sometimes!
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2006-11-29, 15:02
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2 string or 3 strings powerchords?
Which do you prefer, and why? Or do you like to switch it up, depending?
2 string power chord:
A:-5-
E:-3-
3 string power chord:
D:-5-
A:-5-
E:-3-
I've always used 3, and didn't know most people used 2 until I started playing with other guitarists. I like 3 better, personally, and I find it easier for myself. I use 3 fingers rather than barring with my ring finger.
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2006-11-29, 15:11
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I don't see the point of this. Surely it depends on what sound you want. It's like asking "what's your favourite note?"
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2006-11-29, 15:28
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Originally Posted by fatdanny
I don't see the point of this. Surely it depends on what sound you want. It's like asking "what's your favourite note?"
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i agree.
i voted i switch it up sometimes. i mostly use 2 strings, but sometimes i'll use three if i want some extra sound in there.
i find it easier to use 2 for really fast parts as well. |
2006-11-29, 15:34
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I switch it up. When I want to go fast, i do two notes. When I go slow or medium, I usually do three.
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2006-11-29, 15:54
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Originally Posted by xgrafcorex
i agree.
i voted i switch it up sometimes. i mostly use 2 strings, but sometimes i'll use three if i want some extra sound in there.
i find it easier to use 2 for really fast parts as well.
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My exact reason. 2 strings for fast stuff, 3 strings for a more full bodied power chord.
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2006-11-29, 16:02
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oh goddammed, what kinda fuckign shit is this now???
dont you fucking have something better to do than bring kinda lame shit up.
i wish i was a mod, id ban the shit out of peeple like this right away... if they'd allow me
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2006-11-29, 16:06
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I voted switch it up. I use each type depending on the type of sound or speed i am trying to achieve.
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2006-11-29, 16:36
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3 string sounds more poppy, but also adds more grit to the distortion. 2 string sounds dead. This is a stupid fucking thread. I rhymed 
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2006-11-29, 16:41
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I'll play 2 notes when I'm playing something fast, and 3 notes when it's not so fast.
I use my pinky finger to get the 5th and octave notes fretted. On any power chords where I'm playing a power chord on the 5th string, using the pinkey is convenient in case I want to hit the major 3rd on the 2nd string.
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2006-11-29, 16:41
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you should do that all the time 
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2006-11-29, 16:44
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depends on what kind of feel i want. if i'm playing fast palm muted, heavy stuff its always gonna be 2 strings. but anything strummed its going to be 3 strings
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2006-11-29, 17:22
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Wtf?
Well, for palm muted shit, 2 string all the way for the lower chunk, but for rythm and cool rock and power metal it's gotta be 3 strings to give it that nice ring imo.
I actually always finger a 3 string PC even if I just play the bottom two strings, I find it easier for some reason.
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2006-11-29, 17:53
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4 strings. What a shit thread!  |
2006-11-29, 18:11
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2 most of the time...just learned that way...i think the funniest power chord is the "super" power chord...or at least that is what I call it.
that stuff cracks me up...
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2006-11-29, 18:23
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I can't beleive no one has mentioned that if there are not at least three tones played simultaneously, then it is not a "chord" at all...
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2006-11-29, 18:26
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Yeah, good point it's technically a diad innit?
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2006-11-29, 18:53
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Or just an interval.
Try four note powerchords ... In a drop tuning you can get five, and it sounds enormous.
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2006-11-29, 19:08
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Or just an interval.
Try four note powerchords ... In a drop tuning you can get five, and it sounds enormous.
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oh man... i love that. PERFECT for droning stuff... works really well if you tune your guitar like Strapping Young Lad [(G)CGCGCE] you can just bar an entire fret and drone.
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Originally Posted by Dahmers Fridge
In the US "fanny" is a word used to describe the ass or butt. Here in the UK "fanny" is a lady garden (vagina)
I was very bemused as a youngster watching the Golden Girls when Blanche said she was going to "spank her fanny" I had visions of a geriatric vertical bacon sandwich red and bruised from being disciplined!!!
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2006-11-29, 21:03
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Why is this considered a shit thread? Geeze :P
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2006-11-29, 22:10
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Kinda pointless thread, but anyways, i usually use 2 notes. i use 3 if i wan the chord to stand out more
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