Lead guitar refers to the use of a guitar to perform melody lines, instrumental fill passages, and guitar solos within a song structure. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles In Music, a melody (from Greek μελῳδία - melōidía, "singing chanting" also tune, voice, or In Popular music, a fill is a shortened musical passage Riff, or rhythmic sound which helps to sustain the listener's attention during a break between the phrases Guitar solos are a melodic passage section or entire piece of music written for an Electric guitar or an Acoustic guitar.

In rock and metal bands, the lead guitar lines are usually supported by a second guitarist who plays rhythm guitar, which consists of accompaniment chords and riffs played with a distortion effect. Rhythm guitar is the use of a Guitar to provide Rhythmic chordal Accompaniment for a singer or other instruments in a Musical ensemble In Music, a riff is an Ostinato figure a repeated Chord progression, pattern refrain or melodic figure, often played by the Rhythm A distortion is the alteration of the original shape (or other characteristic of an object image sound waveform or other form of information or representation In some rock or metal bands with two guitarists, the two performers may perform as a guitar tandem, and trade off the lead guitar and rhythm guitar roles. In rock and other related genres bands often have multiple electric and/or Acoustic guitar players to perform the different musical parts such as instrumental

To create lead guitar lines, guitarist use scales, musical modes, arpeggios, licks, and riffs that are performed using a variety of techniques. In Music, a scale is a group of musical notes collected in ascending and descending order that provides material for or is used to conveniently represent part or all In Music, a scale is an ordered series of Musical intervals which along with the key or tonic, define the pitches However mode In Music, an arpeggio is a broken chord where the Notes are played or sung in Sequence, one after the other rather than Ringing out simultaneously In Popular music genres such as rock music a lick is "a stock pattern or phrase" consisting of a short phrase, or series of notes In Music, a riff is an Ostinato figure a repeated Chord progression, pattern refrain or melodic figure, often played by the Rhythm Metal lead guitar lines often employ alternate picking, sweep picking, economy picking and left-handed techniques (e. Alternate picking is a Guitar playing technique used only by pick users that employs strictly alternating downward and upward picking strokes in a continuous run Sweep picking is a technique used on the Guitar in which a 'sweeping' motion of the pick is combined with a matching fret hand technique in order to produce a specific Economy picking is a Guitar -playing technique for a Guitarist who uses a pick. g. , hammer ons, pull offs, and tapping) are used to maximize the speed of their solos or riffs. Hammer-on is a Stringed instrument playing technique performed (especially on Guitar) by sharply bringing a fretting-hand finger down on the Fingerboard A pull-off is a stringed instrument technique performed by plucking a string by "pulling" the string off the Fingerboard with one of the fingers being used Tapping is a playing technique generally associated with the Electric guitar, although the technique may be performed on almost any String instrument. In a blues context, lead guitar lines are created using call and response-style riffs that are embellished with string bending, vibrato and slides. The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression In Music, a call and response is a succession of two distinct phrases usually played by different Musicians where the second phrase is heard as a direct Vibrato is a musical effect produced in singing and on musical instruments by a regular pulsating change of pitch, and is used to add expression and vocal-like qualities to

In rock and metal contexts, the lead guitar line often involves melodies with a sustained, singing tone. To create this tone on the electric guitar, guitarists often select certain pickups and use effects pedals such as distortion pedals, for a more sustained tone, and delay effects for a reverberant sound. An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder A pickup device acts as a Transducer that captures mechanical vibrations (usually from suitably equipped Stringed instruments such as the Electric guitar An effects pedal (or a " Stomp Box " is an electronic Effects unit housed in a small metal or plastic chassis used by musicians usually Electric Delay is an Audio effect which records an input signal to an audio storage medium, and then plays it back after a period of time Other effects used to embellish lead guitar tone include the wah-wah pedal and univibe effects. A wah-wah pedal (or just wah pedal) is a type of Guitar Effects pedal that alters the tone of the signal to create a distinctive effect intended to mimic The Univibe (or UniVibe, or Uni-Vibe) is a footpedal -operated phaser or Phase shifter for the Guitar.

See also

• Rhythm guitar
• Multiple guitar players
• List of lead guitarists
• Blues
• Jazz

Rhythm guitar is the use of a Guitar to provide Rhythmic chordal Accompaniment for a singer or other instruments in a Musical ensemble In rock and other related genres bands often have multiple electric and/or Acoustic guitar players to perform the different musical parts such as instrumental The following is a list of significant Lead guitarists arranged in ascending alphabetical order of their last name The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States

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