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21st December 2006
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Thread Starter | Whats the difference between rhythmn and lead guitar in rock I know rhythmn plays second to lead but I don't see what the initial difference is ? I mjust wanna clairfy for a rock session I have coming up. |
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21st December 2006
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| You have the drums, bass guitar, and rhythm guitar playing through mostly the whole song, something the vocals can sing along to. It's called the rhythm section so to speak. The lead guitar fills in here and there. Unless of course it's an instrumental. Listen to some rock records fcs. You'll get the idea 
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21st December 2006
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| A lead guitarist plays solos in addition to the rhythm.... |
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21st December 2006
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| Thats an interesting question to bring up. What have you recorded before? Thats a pretty primary thing to understand. |
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| lead can be panned center, have more reverb, more distortion, and be brighter... |
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But to answer your question - in general, the rhythm guitar plays the basic rhythm chords and is part of the rhythm section along with the bass and the drums. The lead guitar part is generally a monophonic (one-note-at-a-time) melodic part that takes the place of the lead vocals for the duration of a verse, chorus, or both. It can also appear throughout the song many times, but is generally a monophonic melodic part and not rhythmic chords. DP | |
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Questions like this make me feel like a MBA graduate in a kindergarten class. | |
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21st December 2006
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| Everybody is being way to hard on the OP! Some say the difference is "Lead Guitar Plays the Solo's + Melody, while Rhythm Guitar plays the Foundation or Rhythm." Problem is alot of bands somewhat blur that line when one member calls himself "lead" and another "rhythm" but niether play solo's or really 'take the lead' for that matter. Its not that dumb of a question...  |
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21st December 2006
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| The difference is the size of the player's head. The singer and rhythm player are there to provide background music during the applause or, in the case of a CD, silent worship session.
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21st December 2006
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| The rhythm guitarist is slightly less extrovert than the lead guitarist but he knows there will be the day when he gets to be the one! Yeah one day the singer and the lead guitaists will have a fight and the singer will throw the lead guitarist out of the band, and then, then I the rhythm guitaist will get the nice seat on the tour bus! And be allowed to turn my amp up over half way!!!! Peace, cortisol |
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| gross motor skills vs. hair-head wankers... |
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