Originally Posted by: kennyp46I read somewhere, either on here, or some other forum, that powerchords aren't exactly chords. Something about a note missing to make it a triad. My question is do all powerchords have their root on the E, A and D string or can a powerchord be formed on G, B and e strings as well.

technically speaking, a chord is three or more notes. a power chord only uses two notes (a root and a 5th). Power chords are mainly used when you're playing with plenty of distortion due to the fact that with alot of distortion, playing three or more notes can be kinda jumbled sounding, so power chords only play two and it sounds good. most modern rock uses powerchords almost exclusively in their music. And yes, you can technically play a power chord on any string(s) you want to, but I don't think most would call it a powerchord if it were on, say, the e and B strings. At that point it'd just be two notes that sound good together :cool: maybe jolly can give a better description.