power chord

A chord commonly used in rock music that combines a root (a low note that forms the foundation of a chord) and its fifth (a note that is five notes higher than the root on the scale). A: "When do you want me to come in?" B: "Why don't you hit that power chord, and we'll go into the chorus from there."

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
ÓRlaith	OR-la	Irish
Gyeong-Ja	gyung-jah	Korean
Stanislovas	-	Lithuanian
Dalal	-	Arabic
August	OW-guwst (German, Polish), AW-gəst (English)	German, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Catalan, English
Feliks	fye-LEEKS (Russian), fee-LEEKS (Russian), FE-leeks (Polish)	Russian, Slovene, Polish