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How to Play A5 on Guitar
Every voicing of A5, with audio and finger positions.
Open Chord LibraryA5 (A power chord) is built from the intervals of a power chord chord with root A. Below are the most useful voicings on guitar, from beginner-friendly open position to barre and jazz voicings up the neck.
Notes in A5
A5 contains the notes that make up a power chord chord built on A. Every voicing uses these notes in different octaves and positions on the fretboard.
Common voicings
Open position (if available), barre chord forms, and compact triad voicings give you the A5 sound in every register. Tap any diagram in the tool to hear it.
Songs that use A5
A5 appears across every genre. The chord library shows commonly-paired chords and the progressions that feature A5 prominently.
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