D Power (5) Chord on C6 Pedal Steel
D Power (5) on C6 Pedal Steel as a steel plays it: every straight-bar and short slant position with no pedal or lever down, with the strings to pick.
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 C6 Pedal Steel with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
There is no open-string version on C6 Pedal Steel: the lowest shape barres fret 2 and covers 1 fret. The F, A and E strings stay silent, so 5 of 10 sound. D falls on the C string. It sounds from D2 up to A4. 3 voicings are charted, the highest starting at fret 9.
C6 Pedal Steel is tuned C–F–A–C–E–G–A–C–E–G, with 15 frets to work with.
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.