A Power (5) Chord on Guitalele

Play A Power (5) on Guitalele: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.

The A 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 A, E. This page shows how to play A Power (5) on Guitalele with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

The A string rings open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 2. The C, E and A strings stay silent, so 3 of 6 sound. The root is the A string itself. It sounds from A2 up to A3.

Guitalele is tuned A–D–G–C–E–A, with 15 frets to work with. Guitar shapes work unchanged on guitalele — finger them exactly as charted; every shape sounds a perfect fourth higher than on guitar.

Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on A 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.