How does a rhythm guitar sounds like? Which one is better?? lead guitar or rhythm guitar...?

Question

Can anyone post me a photo of lead guitar and rhythm guitar..cuz i want to compare....which one is more easier to play...and which guitar is more important in a band???

You mean like they are the same but it is just the way you play it...and that's how you call that a rhythm guitar????

Answer 1

You're kidding, right?

A lead guitar-ist and a rhythim guitar-ist are positions in a musical group, not different types of guitars.

Answer 2

Well being that they are merely "styles" of playing the same instrument neither is better. They are merely different parts of what would make up music. Music generally has a beat that is kept in timeframe with some type of melodic arrangement. So generally in rock music the drummer is doing a beat like a Dum Tic Dum Crash, repeat and other instruments are arranging a melody to that time.

The Rhythm guitar is generally playing "chords". Chords are series of musical notes put together to form a combined melody. Generally you see a rhythm guitarist putting his hand down on the strings and strumming a sequence for a few beats, then changing, then doing another sequence for a few beats.

A lead guitarist generally places many notes in an order of constant changing arrangement using what is called a "scale". It's not used for weighing things though, it's just a series of frequencies people decided a long time ago sounded certain distances apart should fit together in different patterns. Without getting technical when you hear someone go Do-Ray-Me-Fah-So-Lah-Ti-Do(repeats sound but higher tone) they are singing the common 7 tone major scale. Lead guitarists generally will put many notes in the space that a rhythm guitarist or other instrument is doing a few musical movements.

A common rule of thumb is that many people enjoy music and there are many celebrated rhythm guitarists: Neil Young, Tom Petty, and Bob Dylan for Example. Just as there are celebrated Lead Guitarists: Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jimi Hendrix, David Gilmour. The one thing to remember though is generally a lead guitarist can generally play rhythm but a rhythm guitarist can't necesarrily play lead. Lead guitar takes more in depth study of music and what makes arrangements up, so generally someone that would know how to do that would understand the fundamentals enough to do rhythm as well.

Answer 3

While there is some truth to the suggestion that a rhythm guitar and a lead guitar are the same instrument, in practice it is not always true.

Rhythm guitarists tend to favour Fender Telecaster guitars, or the big hollow bodied Gibsons and Gretsch guitars (Malcolm Young from AC-DC favours such a beast.) Rhythm guitarists often put heavier strings on the instrument, to give it mids and lows, and general presence.

Lead guitarists favour guitars with either a rich sustain (like a Les Paul or a Gibson SG), or a guitar that can make many different sounds (like a Fender Stratocaster.) They will use thinner flexible strings usually.

Contrary to another posting, rhythm guitar is NOT easier to play than lead guitar. Too many guitarists spend too little time developing their rhythm playing skills, prefering to "shred" most of the time, instead. It irritates me to no end when I go see bands and watch the lead player go back to rhythm - sloppy and poorly formed chords, few hand-muting and strumming skills, and really, really bad at keeping time.

Some of these guys should be sentenced to five years of playing rhythm guitar to a metronome. They are that bad at rhythm guitar. it is a harder skill than people realize, and they invest too little time in developing it.

Answer 4

THE RHYTHM GUITAR IS EASIER TO PLAY. Both guitars could be physically identical. Rhythm guitar is a style or function based on playing chords rather than notes. A lead guitar generally plays some chords and at other points has to play a series of notes. Lead guitars have to "pick" notes in addition to playing chords. Most band feature one lead guitar but often have one or more rhythm guitars. There is not specific rule, it is each individualistic.

Answer 5

You dont need to play on diff guitar while playing lead or rhythm.
However to play lead u do require another guitarist to play either rhythm or bass.While rhythm guitars can be played anywhwere anytime with or without other instruments.
While for a rock /Metal band , lead and rhythm can be handled by one guitarist itself

Answer 6

A rhythm & lead guitar don't look different, it's just *how* they're played. When ever you hear a solo, it's someone playing "lead" or *taking the lead".

Answer 7

They're the same thing. Rythymn is played almost nearly all chords, and lead is almost all single-string. Lead is generally harder.