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So, when playing distorted rhythm guitar, it's often best to play power chords, and let the harmonic series fill in the M3 tonality to the chord. Playing the M3 is sure to create beating. Playing a minor triad can be particularly nasty, as the m3 fundamental will clash with the M3 overtone of the root note. On the other hand, sus2 and sus4 chords tend to sound quite nice. For "bigger" sounding chords when using distortion, try to use as many octaves as possible. 2 notes is the lazy approach. 3 is almost just as easy. 4 is a bit more difficult but really starts to get that big tone and has a balance between the root and 5th. 5 and 6 note power chords are usually more difficult and for specialized positions (although alternate tunings like Drop D make it much easier) but really flesh out the guitar sound.
== Other Tuning Systems ===== Pythagorean Tuning ===
'''''Pythagorean Tuning''''' was a common tuning system in Western civilization from the time of the ancient Greeks to not long after the Renaissance began. It is based upon using the 3:2 ratio for a perfect fifth and traversing the circle of fiths in both directions from a tonic pitch to derive all other notes. As pitches move upwards in 5ths, they quickly leave the octave of the starting pitch - these pitches are divided by 2 (lowered by an octave) until they fit back into the tonic's octave.
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== Meantone Temperament ==
Meantone Temperament is a tuning system that follows a similar logic as [[#Pythagorean Tuning|Pythagorean Tuning]]; however, rather than use a 3:2 ratio for the perfect 5th to derive the other notes, it uses a perfect 5th slightly flat of that ratio, such that a specific M3 interval is reached. This avoids the somewhat dissonant 3rds that Pythagorean tuning produces, while following the same logic, rather than resorting to an equal temperament.