Is Acoustic More Rhythm or Lead Guitar, or Can It Even Be Classified That Way?
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Question: Okay, well I’m learning I’d Hate To Be You When People Find Out What This Song Is About by Mayday Parade on guitar. I’m a beginner and this is my first song. Anyways the tabs I printed out are correct from what others have said, but I was looking at them and the frets listed for lead parts go up to 10-15 when the videos I’ve watched stayed within the first few, but the rhythm parts look more correct. Would I be right to assume for acoustic you play more of rhythm guitar than lead?
Please don’t give me a link to tabs or anything, I have correct tabs so really don’t give me more.
Anyways. Thanks for those of you who help. =]
Please don’t give me a link to tabs or anything, I have correct tabs so really don’t give me more.
Anyways. Thanks for those of you who help. =]
Answer: ok. so guitar for pop punk like mayday parade is really easy. rhythm guitar is chords and lead guitar is notes and octaves. there are two guitars being played at the same time in that song. one guitar plays the rhythm(chords) and the other plays lead(notes). theres a solo in that song and thats why the lead guitar goes up to the 15th fret. when people play acoustic guitar they usually skip the solos because they dont sound good on acoustic. also when your playing a song that requires two guitars and your alone you should just play the rhythm. the videos you’ve seen im gonna guess are covers on youtube. they are playing basic chords thats why its only in the first couple frets. you can send me a link to one of the videos that you watched and i can send you a tab and explain how they play it or if you have any more questions message me dude. mayday parade fucking rocks
An acoustic is a guitar. Playing lead or playing rhythm is a section. You can play either lead parts or rhythm parts on an acoustic. Not playing a solo does not mean that you are not playing lead. There are plenty of acoustic bands out there that have lead and rhythm parts on acoustics. Days Of The New, Rusted Root, Dave Matthews, and any band that has done Unplugged on MTV.
So what does it mean that its a section? Well, look at a 1 guitar band… Ozzy, Pantera, Alice In Chains, etc. Take Ozzy for example… most people have heard Crazy Train with Randy Rhoads on guitar. Randy plays rhythm for 75% of the song. He adds fills, and plays a solo along with runs. But the bulk of what he is playing in the song is rhythm. When he plays lead parts, the bassist makes up the rhythm of the band and sometimes on albums he overdubs and plays a rhythm guitar behind the lead parts.
Solo’s sound fine on acoustics, thats why they make acoustic guitars with cutaways.
Playing lead or solo’s does not mean you have to go an octave up or play a chord rhythm pattern. Sometimes the solo goes lower than the rhythm (AIC – Got Me Wrong – 3rd solo). Sometimes the solo is over a lead pattern (Def Leppard – Love Bites – main solo).