There are several ways that multiple guitar players are used. In the standard configuration used in many rock, hard rock, and metal bands, a lead guitar player performs melody lines and guitar solos and one (or sometimes more) rhythm guitar player(s) plays chords or riffs as an accompaniment. The rhythm guitar part outlines the chord progression of a song and provides a rhythmic pulse.

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  • There are several ways that multiple guitar players are used. In the standard configuration used in many rock, hard rock, and metal bands, a lead guitar player performs melody lines and guitar solos and one (or sometimes more) rhythm guitar player(s) plays chords or riffs as an accompaniment. The rhythm guitar part outlines the chord progression of a song and provides a rhythmic pulse. The Beatles-style quartet consisting of two electric guitars, an electric bass, and drums has become the standard formation for rock groups. "Since then, bands as varied as the Clash, Television, Thin Lizzy,the Replacements, Kiss, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, and modified quartets with singers like the Yardbirds, Aerosmith, the Rolling Stones, and AC/DC have explored and refined the interplay of dual guitars. The musical exchange between instruments has become so seamless that identifying tags such as lead guitar and rhythm guitar almost no longer applies."
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  • March 2008
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  • There are several ways that multiple guitar players are used. In the standard configuration used in many rock, hard rock, and metal bands, a lead guitar player performs melody lines and guitar solos and one (or sometimes more) rhythm guitar player(s) plays chords or riffs as an accompaniment. The rhythm guitar part outlines the chord progression of a song and provides a rhythmic pulse.
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  • Multiple guitar players
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