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21/04/2006 7:44 am
Hi all,
Have been thinking about this lately: We've found some 15 new song to do with the band (e.g. sunny afternoon, crazy, bring it on home, devil and the deep blue sea, dont think twice its allright, teach your children ...). When jamming / playin things for the first time(s) (i.e. 'prima vista') I find that I'm quite comfortable with playing rythm guitar. Think the important thing often is the strumming and I feel I can do an adequate job with thinking out OK strumming patterns "on the fly". However, when we are two guitar together I often find myself wanting to do more of the "lead" part while the other guitarist does the rhythm parts. I find this to be much harder and then I'm not reffering to solos, but simply to make something different from the rhythm guitar parts. I have to sit down alone and experiment with chord voicings, try to build some smal fills etc.
So - this one's for you: Are there some lead skills to be learned that will enable me to pull something out of the hat directly - or is lead guitar simply harder to play? (Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to say that I'm the perfect rhythm guitarist, I still prefer accoustic guitar and harmonica all by myself, but at least I find it easier). And how do you relate to the division of labour between two guitarists?
Comments appreciated!
Lars
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21/04/2006 12:43 pm
I think that your experience is typical.
Its fairly easy to learn the rythm/chord playing on a new song if the chord progression is not too complicated and you have the chord progression documented.
But to play the "lead" you need know how to play the relevant scale for each chord or a scale that fits on all chords. Then you need to have fills or note patterns on these scales ready in your brain/fingers to be pulled out on the fly.
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21/04/2006 12:45 pm
I'll mention scales. They helped me a ton. I assume you know the basic techniques, ie: hammer ons, pull offs, slides. You might want to look at some other techniques, such as rakling, tapping, and using a slide for slide parts.
Now all of this depends on your style. Backing tracks do wonders I find, if you can record yourself playing lead over some music, you can pick out what you don't like, and change it.
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