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The "lazy" way to play ordinary slash chords, is for something chordal in the mid-range (like a guitar, or right hand piano) to play the chord above the slash, and for something monophonic in the bass range (like a bass guitar, or left hand piano) to play the note below the slash. I wonder whether an adaptation of that would apply here. The mid-range ...

Possibly the chord marked is not just for guitarists. To get a good voicing, the notes need to be spread over maybe 3 octaves - not easy on a guitar.With clashes like G and Ab and D and Eb,the notes won't sound good next to each other, on any instrument. When they're nearly an octave apart, they often sound great.As there are 7 notes anyway, at least one ...

Unless you have a seven string guitar, this chord is impossible to play on guitar if you want all chord degrees represented. Since it is a G-minor chord over an Fm7, you can really think of the total composite chord as an Fm13, which is a pretty standard jazz chord for guitarists. . . or any jazz player for that matter. What notes you leave out in part ...

There's a box of questions here, without a strong theme. I'll pick off what I can. For most circumstances, the difference between a rhythm and lead guitarist is artificial, because most of the time, the lead guitarist is also playing behind a singer or other instrumental player. The number of musicians who only play lead and never have to support another ...

I'm addressing only your first paragraph. Assuming you want to stay pentatonic for now, and know the box in A based around the 5th to 8th frets, this should help. The box below that has basically two notes per string, as the box you know. Each higher note on each string is the SAME note as the lower one in your known box.So you already know HALF of it !! ...

I think a good instinctive understanding of harmony is important, and one good way to get there is to work out chord progressions yourself. Start with simple three-chord rock'n'roll standards. Assume that you're working with the root, the fourth and the fifth, and it's just a matter of working out which order to play them. Start in A, so you're working with ...

I think there's some possibility for confusion of terms because lead and rhythm means different things depending on what precise area you're talking about. In a rock band, there's usually a division between the rhythm guitar whose job is primarily harmony and chords (the left hand of the piano) and the lead guitar whose job is to play little melodies and ...

Your question covers several different topics but I think what you're interested in is Harmony. This is a very vast subject. As for the importance of what you lack as a rhythm guitarist, it largely depends on the style you play. Lots of artists just don't know what they're doing when writing stuff and just happen to know empirically what goes well with ...