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Sheet music - indicating power chords in staff

Hi music people

How do I indicate power chords in a regular score? I see some score with chord letters in capitals, but I can play a power chord A on the 5th fret and regular open chord A

Do I just do the 1,5,8 in the bass cleft with the tab square above it, or is there a conventional way? is putting the chord letter in capitals in that beat's spot indicative, understood?

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James Hancock

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Thanks,

so A5 is A major played on the 5th fret, bar chord, not open,
and so D5 would be its 4th, D Major?

F#2 would be F# bar chord on 2nd fret,
B2 would be its 4th, B major played there also?

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James Hancock

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Thanks everyone.
Like you say, and as I thought. That wikipedia link says it.

An A power chord on the 5th fret is A5, and its 4th, D, there, too, is D5

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