C# Power (5) Chord on Mountain Dulcimer

The C# Power (5) chord is a power chord (root and fifth, no third), neutral between major and minor and a staple of rock and metal. It is built from the notes C#, G#. This page shows how to play C# Power (5) on Mountain Dulcimer with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

There is no open-string version on Mountain Dulcimer: the lowest shape barres fret 6+ and covers 1 fret. C# falls on the D string. It sounds from C#4 up to C#5.

Mountain Dulcimer is tuned D–A–D, with frets 1 to 17 laid out diatonically plus the 6+ and 13+ frets — D#, F and A# sound nowhere on it. Only the chords and notes its diatonic frets reach are charted, and the 6+ fret (between 6 and 7) counts as a fret of its own.

Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on C# or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.