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   The only thing more powerful than power chords are ones that are inverted, An inverted chord is one that does not start out with its root, The power chord is the most popular 'two tone' chord so there's only one inversion...

   When playing the inverted power chord you will be playing the primary(root) tone second, The inverted power chords on the first (big E) string would put the chords root on the second string...

A e A - A5 (power chord)... (1-5-1)

e A e A - A5 (power chord) inverted... (5-1-5-1)

   What makes the power chord inverted is simply that the root(1) is not the first tone played, If you strummed the chords up instead of down then technically they would not be inverted, When you are playing the inverted A5 shown above then theres a strong sense that its an E because the lower tone somewhat masks' the higher pitched root...

   With power chords (1 5) you have one shape that falls on the major or minor position and then the 'theoretically powered' shape that falls on the diminished position, When you power all seven chords of a key then you will have six chords use one shape and one chord using another...

Inverted power chord shapes (I. II. III. IV. V. VI.)

Inverted power chord shape (VII. position only)

   Inverting the power chords makes them sound a little darker and are great sounding chords, The power chord itself sounds big because it only uses two tones, The power chord takes a triad and strips the middle tone so another two-tone chord is to take a triad and strip the end...

   These are normally referred to as intervals because there are only two tones, They are known as major and minor thirds...