A# Power (5) Chord on Lap Steel
How to play the A# Power (5) chord on Lap Steel: fretboard diagrams, finger positions, the notes that build it, and alternate voicings up the neck.
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#, F. This page shows how to play A# Power (5) on Lap Steel with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
There is no open-string version on Lap Steel: the lowest shape barres fret 1 and covers 3 frets. Both C strings stay silent, so 4 of 6 sound. A# falls on the G string. It sounds from F2 up to F3. 2 voicings are charted, the highest starting at fret 5.
It has a steel bar in place of fingers, sliding over the strings rather than pressing them down.
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.