F5 (F5)

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 as a movable shape, starting at the 1st fret. With no third, F5 can stand in for F major or F minor, especially in rock.

Notes:: F, C.
Formula:: 1, 5.
Difficulty:: Intermediate.
Strings played:: 3 (low E, A, D).

Chord diagram

e|--x--|
B|--x--|
G|--x--|
D|--3--|
A|--3--|
E|--1--|

Other positions

e|--x---|
B|--x---|
G|--10--|
D|--10--|
A|--8---|
E|--x---|

Capo tip: put the capo at the 1st fret and play the E5 shape: you hear F5, with no barre.The capo

Often played with

The chords in its key, the ones you hear most often around F5.

e|--x--|
B|--x--|
G|--3--|
D|--3--|
A|--1--|
E|--x--|

B♭5IV

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

C5V

e|--x--|
B|--x--|
G|--8--|
D|--8--|
A|--6--|
E|--x--|

E♭5♭VII