D Power (5) Chord on E9 Pedal Steel
D Power (5) on E9 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 E9 Pedal Steel with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
There is no open-string version on E9 Pedal Steel: the lowest shape barres fret 3 and covers 1 fret. The D, E, G# and D# strings stay silent, so 4 of 10 sound. D falls on the B string. It sounds from D3 up to A4. 3 voicings are charted, the highest starting at fret 10.
E9 Pedal Steel is tuned B–D–E–F#–G#–B–E–G#–D#–F#, 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.