Charting Lead/Rhythm Guitar

[matrix_loaded02]

The song I'm charting right now is almost entirely rhythm guitar outside of the solo, with the lead occasionally throwing some sustain notes every now and then. I was wondering if I should chart the lead every time they play a note, or only when it's something interesting. So far I'm being pretty inconsistent, but I don't mind tweaking it later. I'm really just asking so I can start mixing the playable guitar part. Thanks.

[TheOzone]

I would suggest charting the lead every time it comes in. It keep things varied if rhythm is repetitive and will let the player recognize sooner that the lead is being charted so the solo isn't too surprising when the lead hadn't be charted during previous times it was present in the song.

That's just my opinion though.

[trg007]

I agree, it's probably best to chart the lead wherever you can for variety's sake, even if it is just a few sustains. For an example, look at what HMX did with Pinball Wizard.

You probably already know this, but just in case, make sure you move over the lead part to the GTR stem and the rhythm to the TRKS stem during the parts where you switch up the charting, so the wrong part doesn't cut out if the player misses a note. Unless of course you're using masters that only have one combined guitar stem.

[MarsPhoenix]

Lazy Eye is a great example of what you're talking about.

[matrix_loaded02]

You probably already know this, but just in case, make sure you move over the lead part to the GTR stem and the rhythm to the TRKS stem during the parts where you switch up the charting, so the wrong part doesn't cut out if the player misses a note. Unless of course you're using masters that only have one combined guitar stem.

That's actually what I meant when I said 'mixing.' Thanks guys, I guess I'll chart all of the lead then.