D# Power (5) Chord on 12-String Guitar
Play D# Power (5) on 12-String Guitar: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The D# 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 D#, A#. This page shows how to play D# Power (5) on 12-String Guitar with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The lowest shape sits at fret 6 and spans 3 frets, with no open strings in it. The E and B strings stay silent, so 3 of 6 sound. D# falls on the A string. It sounds from D#3 up to D#4. 2 voicings are charted, the highest starting at fret 11.
12-String Guitar is strung in six courses of two, the lower four paired an octave apart, so each stopped note here sounds as two — which is why the shape rings thicker than the same grip on a single-strung instrument.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on D# 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.