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The A♯ power chord (A sharp fifth) strips harmony down to its most powerful elements—the root note A♯ and perfect fifth E♯ (typically fingered as F)—with no third to define major or minor tonality. This two-note construction produces the characteristically neutral, bold sound that has made power chords essential in every form of guitar-driven heavy music from hard rock to extreme metal. A♯5's ambiguous harmonic quality allows it to adapt to both major and minor musical contexts, giving guitarists maximum flexibility in their progressions and riffs. Through distorted amplification, the A♯ power chord delivers the thick, cutting tone that defines modern rock guitar while maintaining the clarity that fuller chord voicings lose under high gain. Enharmonically identical to B♭5—the latter spelling being vastly more common in rock music due to the prevalence of flat key signatures in guitar-friendly keys. When A♯5 does appear, it's typically in pieces centered around F♯ major or D♯ minor, theoretical contexts more common in classical-influenced progressive metal or neoclassical shred guitar exemplified by Yngwie Malmsteen. Guitarists finger this chord at the 6th fret (E string) or 1st fret (A string in drop D tuning), and its position makes it a frequent passing chord in chromatic riff construction—the technique of moving power chords in half-step or whole-step intervals that defines much of Tony Iommi's (Black Sabbath) signature style, often transitioning to C♯5 or G♯5.
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