Originally Posted By: MarioD
Originally Posted By: jford
BIAB can't play octaves in the chord grid, because by definition, it's not a chord...it's a note (well the same note an octave apart).


I'm so old that I was taught that a chord consists of three or more different notes! Two notes was harmony. So how in heck can a so called "power chord" consist of only the tonic and fifth of the scale?

For those of us who have had formal music lessons, Mario is correct.

One note = a note
Two notes = and interval
Three notes = a chord

What some guitarists call a power chord is nothing but a root/fifth interval and IMHO should not be called a chord.

And what makes a fifth interval so powerful anyway? Are two notes more powerful than 3?

There is a precise language of music, which is learned when you take theory classes. When you erode the language you weaken the communication.

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