Power Chords Writen By: Pat Cerreta - pcerreta@hotmail.com |--------|--------|--------| This is an F power chord. |--------|--------|--------| (Refer the the chromatic scale). |--------|--------|--------| The chords name can be figured |--------|--------|----3---| out by associating the first |--------|--------|----3---| fingered note to its relative name |---1----|--------|--------| and possition on the chromatic scale. 1st Fret If you note that on the chromatic scale the first fingered note on the 6th string (Low E) is an F, and therefore thie power chord is an F because the first fingered note is also an F. This is also the same formation, or fingering, for all power chords,they are, however, moevable up and down the fretboard.