A Power (5) Chord on Octave Mandolin
Play A Power (5) on Octave Mandolin: 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 Octave Mandolin with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The shape nearest the nut leaves the A course open and takes the rest at fret 2, reaching across 4 frets. A falls on the G course. It sounds from A2 up to A4.
Octave Mandolin is strung in four courses of two, 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 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.