How do you play A5 on guitar?

6th String Root Power Chord: 5 7 7 x x x; 5th String Root Power Chord: x 0 2 2 x x (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

Guitar chord · Power Chord

A5 chord (A Power Chord)

Powerful rock/metal staple consisting of root and fifth without a third.

Notes AE

Formula 1 5

Shapes 2 on this page

A5 chord shapes

Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, A.

6th String Root Power Chord 5 7 7 x x x

5th String Root Power Chord x 0 2 2 x x

Interactive chord diagram

A5 on the fretboard

STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕

Tap any note to hear it.

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Questions

What notes are in a A5 chord?: A5 is A, E: the 1, 5 of A.
How do you play A5 on guitar?: 6th String Root Power Chord: 5 7 7 x x x; 5th String Root Power Chord: x 0 2 2 x x (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

Power Chord chords in every key

C5 C#5 D5 Eb5 E5 F5 F#5 G5 Ab5 A5 Bb5 B5

More A chords

A Am Adim A7 Amaj7 Am7 Am(maj7) Amaj9 A9 Am9 Am11 A6 Am6 Aadd9 Asus4 Asus2 A7sus4 A7#9 Aaug Amaj7#5 Adim7 Am7b5