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		skinnyarms on Oct 26, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Music Theory: An Education from First Principles Power chords aren't actually chords, since they're only two notes.

metaloha on Oct 26, 2016 [–]

That's kind of like saying a bathroom isn't a room :)

But they're also not major chords, they're fifths - E5, A5, etc, although I personally often add the octave to make it 3 notes.

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