DonFirth Thankyou . How do you describe the chord, that is often described as a modal, eaeaae What do you call it, and likewise e modal Ebebbe.
as I understand, power chords are generally two note chords,but not doubled. my musical acquaintances, in the traditional music word do nto generally refer to EBEBBE as E power chord but E modal chord .
language is a living form,and is in a constant form of flux, if sufficient people use a word for instance, E MODAL Chord it can become correct and accepted through usage, as everyone in the said community understands and communicates using this word, the previous dictionary definition ifs forced to change,.
   this is what appears to be happening in this case, in fact the pengiun american book of american folk songs in its revised edition of 1974[32 years ago] also refers to modal chords, so this is not a recent phenomenon.