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> Calling them "power chords" in a non-rock context sounds off to me, though.

Lots of powerchords in pop too. "powerchord", to me at least, implies that there is a distortion effect somewhere in the signal chain. Powerchords on their own sounds really weak.



When playing mandolin I rarely play thirds (https://www.jefftk.com/p/mandolin-teaching-videos), but I'm also playing traditional music, acoustic, where "power chords" sounds strange?


Outside of rock or guitar world, it is very unusual to hear them be called "power chords". That lingo is best avoided.


Co-incidentally the first graph looks like a pair of 'hand-horns'.




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