lead guitars
Band's featured strings
Lead guitars refers to the guitar parts in a band that carry melodies, solos, and prominent riffs, as opposed to rhythm guitar, which provides harmonic foundation.
The term usually appears in plural even when discussing a single instrument's role: She plays lead guitars on that track.
A guitarist known for this role may be called the lead guitarist.
- pickupSmall open-bed truck
- fretboardStringed instrument's neck face
- bendsCurves or yields
- soloPerformance by one
- riffRepeated musical phrase
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Chord-playing instruments supporting melody
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Timekeeping instrumentalists in ensemble
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