Originally Posted by: chucklivesoninmyheartThe actual name for power chords are called 'double stops'...the only difference is that a double stop could be any two strings played together...

I'm so smart!!!

I can understand why you think that cause you probually play your powerchords this way:

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-5--9---7------ect---
-3--7---5------ect----

this is how I also play my PChords, but double stops are playes with a snap to them by muting how the strings immediatly after you strike them. Technically and by definition, power chords can be double stops, but they are not really them.

Kinda like the analogy of humans being animals.