A5 (A5)

A power chord: just the root and the fifth, no third. Neither major nor minor, it sounds huge with distortion and slides around the neck as one block.

It’s played with an open string as the root, and also works as a movable shape. With no third, A5 can stand in for A major or A minor, especially in rock.

Notes:: A, E.
Formula:: 1, 5.
Difficulty:: Beginner.
Strings played:: 3 (A, D, G).

Chord diagram

e|--x--|
B|--x--|
G|--2--|
D|--2--|
A|--0--|
E|--x--|

Other positions

e|--x--|
B|--x--|
G|--x--|
D|--7--|
A|--7--|
E|--5--|

Often played with

The chords in its key, the ones you hear most often around A5.

e|--x--|
B|--3--|
G|--2--|
D|--0--|
A|--x--|
E|--x--|

D5IV

e|--x--|
B|--x--|
G|--x--|
D|--2--|
A|--2--|
E|--0--|

E5V

e|--x--|
B|--x--|
G|--x--|
D|--5--|
A|--5--|
E|--3--|

G5♭VII