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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2011 at 06:08
Originally posted by Ladislas Ladislas wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58jcwq6RoBA&feature=player_detailpage#t=16s     Is that an answer ? prog on ! bye
Ha ha, didn;t knoe about that, very funny.  And yet, still, I didn't notice a "power chord" (didn't have time to watch past the halfway mark though, gotta run).

Why must my spell-checker continually underline the word "prog"?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2011 at 19:46
From 2:09 onwards, Hackett plays a plethora of power chords!! Clap


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 29 2011 at 16:01
^ Such a gentlemanly guitar lesson.  I love all the offers of things to do if you get tired, if you're running out of steam. LOL

"Here endeth the lesson", and a slight bow. Hug

As for the power chords, OP better show his friend, 'cuz this is as close as yr likely to git.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 06 2011 at 13:04
Hercules Unchained kind of covers that area.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 14 2011 at 14:53
Does Vampire With a Healthy Appetite qualify as power chords?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 16 2011 at 07:22
Eureka!!!

We've been poking about, looking here and there for some power chords - but, to me, the real find was always going to be something from the classic era.

Minutes ago, iPod on shuffle, up came...

"The Return of the Giant Hogweed"  -  Genesis Live (1973)

Of course - how could I have missed it all this time (classic Genesis fan that I am)?!  At the end, after Gabriel cries "Revenge!", Mr. Hackett plays power chords one after the other.  At the very least they're "power fifths" on the lowest two or three strings of his guitar.  You can tell it's him because Rutherford can be heard on bass.  I don't have the time to check the original Nursery Cryme track right now.

IMO these chords, played in this way, are there to serve a purpose, rather successfully I might add.  The grandiose anger that carries the end of this song begs such guitar playing; along with what Banks is doing this is like a Mahler-or-Strauss-sized orchestra's brass section slamming long and full chords ff, perhaps with strings playing tremolo beneath.  The fact that this isn't used elsewhere (is it?) shows the imminent taste and poise of bona fide composers at work. 

Why must my spell-checker continually underline the word "prog"?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 16 2011 at 14:47
IIRC Hackett plays power chords a fair bit. Watcher of the Skies is almost all power chords, and I believe he does quite a fair bit on Musical Box and Fountain (in addition to the aforementioned Hogweed). Supper's Ready has quite a bit as well, and so does Get Em Out By Friday. He's also playing power chords for virtually all of Tony's solo in Cinema Show. LLDOB (the song) is also mostly power chords, and I believe a few other songs on that album are as well, though I'm having a tough time remembering offhand.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 29 2011 at 04:06
funny question LOL

definitely in GTR  he would play mostly electric guitar (while Howe would play preferentially acoustic). That kind of songs required the typical power chord accompaniment here and there just to give the rock flavor.
BTW, dubbing the 1st with the 5th does not add much harmonic information, so to play a power chord or just the root but very loud and distorted doesn't make much difference. 
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