Prompted by the isms that make you cringe thread. Apart from the perceived "difference" between "lead" and "rhythm" guitar parts ... there are roles in other musical ensemble eg "lead trumpet" probably similar to "section principals" in an orchestra, in which the person having the job is held to be more experienced/capable and can be relied upon as the one to "follow" if you're in the rank&file and not sure of what you're supposed to be doing. So is this automatically true of a "lead guitarist"? I don't think so. I've been the one who is called the "lead guitarist" but that's only because it was my job to play the solos and the fills around the comping-style of chord work that someone else did. I wasn't a leader, in fact the band's leader was in one case the "rhythm" guitarist, in another case the keyboard player, in yet another case one of the singers.
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A "Lead guitarist" is the one who plays most of the lead/solo lines.
A "rhythm guitarist" is the one who plays most of the chords/riffs
A "Band leader" is the one who is the main person who got the band up and running, and takes most of the decisions to do with the band.
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It doesn't mean the same as the lead you're describing, but you know that. Just as the lead guitarist isn't the one who brings all the leads with him, or carries lots of lead around.
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Surely you should follow the drummer for timing*, and the bass/rhythm guitar or keys for chords?
*provided the drummer can keep time...........
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Slash as opposed to Izzy.
George as opposed to John
Loved Def Leppard when I was a kid. Neither Collen nor Clarke was the leader. They just meshed wonderfully and played what was best for the song. They were great guitar weavers like Keith and Ronnie, two more who often blur the lines.
Lead is a chemical element in the carbon group with symbol Pb and atomic number 82. Lead is a soft and malleable metal, which is regarded as a heavy metal
Therefore you can only have lead guitar in metal or heavy metal bands .... QED.
I remember seeing a flatshare advert many years ago in Loot that read: 'flatshare in Archway with lead guitarist, sharing also with bass player and lesser mortal'.