[Beerts]

Originally Posted by still_fiddlin

I'm a little confused about the term, "lead," here. Do you mean leader, or soloist?

We play pretty contemporary stuff, but leads/solos are not that common, *maybe* 1 out of 6 songs, 3 out of 4 Sundays, and we're not talking endless noodling here, but pretty much arranged 8-12-16 bar breaks.

Anyway, if it's leads/solos the kids want, I would encourage you to teach these kids some exact chops to use in short breaks, and let them work on those, and work that kind of playing in to the service. The rest of the time they can play rhythm/backup and learn what it means to be a member of a team.

to me the lead guitar is the one you hear the most and the rythmn guitar is the one you miss the most when it's not there.