Originally Posted by: jarkko.eklund

Originally Posted by: DraconusJLM

Or even

3 X 0 0 0 3

3 X 0 0 3 3

3 X 0 0 3 3 is not G major, it is a G5 power chord. There's no 3rd interval.

G X D G D G

Well spotted. I just stick that voicing in whenever I think it "sounds" right, but hadn't really given any thought to what note I was actually dropping.

I blame an old friend who was into Jazz. He taught me about broken/partial chords (mainly because there aren't enough fingers or strings to play every note for some chords, so something has to go). I sometimes play a chord that is given a particular name but doesn't contain the root or 3rd, so could arguably be called something that doesn't even fit in that specific key.....

I love music theory........

One main point for beginners, though: learning theory is really useful, but don't let it bog you down to the point where you stop enjoying playing. The theory stuff makes sense but it does take a while, and there are some excellent lessons on here coving scales, how chords are structured from them, and so on.