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GH3 Helicopter Co-op

Cooperative Lead (left) and Rhythm (right) instruments in the song "Helicopter" in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.

In music performances, rhythm guitar is a guitar role that provides all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g. Drums and Bass) and to provide all or part of the harmony, i.e. the chords from a song's chord progression.

Songs featuring Lead and Rhythm tracks[]

In Cooperative Play or Practice mode, some songs in Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, Guitar Hero Arcade, and the Guitar Hero: On Tour series (a Bass/Rhythm Career mode also exists in the On Tour series) feature a playable Custom Rhythm guitar iconRhythm track and may feature a separate playable Custom Lead guitar iconLead track (and a different audio tracks) instead of the normal, playable main Guitar's icon. The Rhythm guitar track in GHMix 2.0 uses a guitar symbol similar to the Guitar icon but to differentiate between Guitar and Rhythm playable tracks on the WikiHero, the WikiHero will instead use a guitar headstock icon with an "R" embedded on it.Guitar track (mixed with Lead and Rhythm). Songs with a playable Rhythm track lack a playable GH Bass iconBass track as Rhythm replaces Bass.

Some songs with multiple lead guitars in the audio that features an playable Lead track and a playable Rhythm track will use the Rhythm track as a second lead guitar such as guitar duets in "Free Bird" and "Trogdor" from Guitar Hero II and DragonForce songs from Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.

The following songs have a playable Rhythm track instead of a playable Bass track.

Guitar Hero II[]

Year Song title Artist Master recording? Lead Guitar chart
1971 "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" The Rolling Stones WaveGroup GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
2006 "Dead! My Chemical Romance WaveGroup GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
1973 "Free Bird" Lynyrd Skynyrd WaveGroup GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
1983 "Institutionalized" Suicidal Tendancies WaveGroup GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
1973 "Jessica" The Allman Brothers Band WaveGroup GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
2004 "Laid to Rest" Lamb of God WaveGroup GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
1976 "Last Child" Aerosmith WaveGroup GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
1988 "Mother" Danzig WaveGroup GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
1974 "Strutter" Kiss WaveGroup GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
1984 "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight" Spinal Tap WaveGroup GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
1993 "Who Was in My Room Last Night" The Butthole Surfers WaveGroup GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead

Year Song title Artist Master recording? Lead Guitar chart
2006 "Arterial Black" Drist Yes GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
2004 "Gemini" Brian Kahanek Yes GH Guitar iconMain Guitar
2006 "Laughtrack" The Acro-Bats Yes GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
2006 "Less Talk More Rokk" Freezepop Yes GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
2006 "Soy Bomb" Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives Yes GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
2003 "Trogdor" Strong Bad Yes GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock[]

Year Song title Artist Master recording? Lead Guitar chart
2007 "Guitar Battle vs. Lou" Steve Ouimette
("Inspired by The Charlie Daniels Band")
Yes GH Lead alt iconGuitar Battle
2007 "Guitar Battle vs. Slash" Slash Yes GH Coop-Rhythm alt iconGuitar Battle
2007 "Guitar Battle vs. Tom Morello" Tom Morello Yes GH Coop-Rhythm alt iconGuitar Battle
2005 "Helicopter"[a] Bloc Party Yes GH Guitar iconMain Guitar
1988 "One" Metallica Yes GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
1974 "Same Old Song and Dance"[a] Aerosmith Yes GH Guitar iconMain Guitar

Year Song title Artist Master recording? Lead Guitar chart
1995 "Avalancha"[a] Héroes del Silencio Yes GH Guitar iconMain Guitar
2006 "Go That Far" Bret Michaels Band Yes GH Guitar iconMain Guitar
2006 "Through the Fire and Flames" DragonForce Yes GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead

Year Song title Artist Master recording? Lead Guitar chart
2007 "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" Steve Ouimette
("As made famous by Charlie Daniels Band")
Yes GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
2005 "Halo Theme MJOLNIR Mix" O'Donnell/Salvatori/Vai Yes GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
2008 "Heroes of Our Time" DragonForce Yes GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
2006 "Operation Ground and Pound" DragonForce Yes GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
2006 "Revolution Deathsquad" DragonForce Yes GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
2007 "Slash Guitar Battle" Slash Yes GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
1996 "So Payaso" Extremoduro Yes GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
2007 "Tom Morello Guitar Battle" Tom Morello Yes GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
2007 "The Pretender" Foo Fighters Yes GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
2007 "We Three Kings" Steve Ouimette Yes GH Guitar iconMain Guitar

Notes:
  1. ^ 1 2 3 These songs also appeared in Guitar Hero Arcade, featuring the same Lead and Rhythm parts.


Guitar Hero: On Tour[]

Year Song title Artist Master recording? Lead Guitar chart
1995 "Avalancha" Héroes del Silencio Yes GH Guitar iconMain Guitar
2006 "Ça Me Vexe Mademoiselle K Yes GH Guitar iconMain Guitar
2005 "Helicopter" Bloc Party Yes GH Guitar iconMain Guitar
1977 "I Know a Little" Lynyrd Skynyrd WaveGroup GH Guitar iconMain Guitar
2005 "Monsoon"[a] Tokio Hotel Yes GH Guitar iconMain Guitar
2004 "Monster" Beatsteaks Yes GH Guitar iconMain Guitar
Notes:
  1. ^ While labeled as "Rhythm," the song has a rhythm guitar track in the first half of the song and switches to a bass guitar track in the second half starting on Chorus 2.

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith[]

Year Song title Artist Master recording? Lead Guitar chart
2001 "Beyond Beautiful" Aerosmith Yes GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
2008 "Guitar Battle vs. Joe Perry" Joe Perry Yes GH Coop-Rhythm alt iconGuitar Battle
1989 "Love in an Elevator" Aerosmith Yes GH Guitar iconMain Guitar
1979 "No Surprize" Aerosmith Yes GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
1988 "Rag Doll" Aerosmith Yes GH Guitar iconMain Guitar

Year Song title Artist Master recording? Lead Guitar chart
2008 "Joe Perry Guitar Battle" Joe Perry Yes GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
1985 "Let the Music Do the Talking" Aerosmith Yes GH Guitar iconMain Guitar
1996 "Rats in the Cellar" Aerosmith Yes GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead
2005 "Talk Talkin" Aerosmith Yes GH Lead alt iconCo-op Lead

Guitar Hero World Tour[]

Guitar Hero World Tour—as well other console Guitar Hero games since then—do not support playable cooperative lead guitar and rhythm guitar tracks but the Guitar Battles in Guitar's Career could be treated as such, though, logically, the dueling lead guitars would be charted under Part Guitar for the player and Part Bass for the A.I. However, their downloadable content counterparts only feature Guitar (both dueling guitars charted into in one), Bass, and Drums tracks.

Year Song title Artist Master recording? Lead Guitar chart
2008 "Ted Nugent Guitar Duel" (Career) Ted Nugent Yes GH Coop-Rhythm alt iconGuitar Duel
1985 "Zakk Wylde Guitar Duel" (Career) Zakk Wylde Yes GH Coop-Rhythm alt iconGuitar Duel

While the player can chart GH Lead iconLead Guitar and GH Guitar iconRhythm Guitar tracks in Guitar Hero games featuring the Music Studio or GHStudio game mode, the only can only select one of the two Guitar parts (GH Keyboard iconKeyboard also selectable in Music Studio games) as the custom song's playable Guitar track, while only the charted Bass part or the charted Keyboard part (if not selected for Guitar) can be set as the custom's playable Bass track.

Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades[]

Year Song title Artist Master recording? Lead Guitar chart
1970 "All Night Now"[a] Free Yes GH Guitar iconMain Guitar
1984 "I Can't Drive 55" Sammy Hagar Yes GH Guitar iconMain Guitar
2007 "The Pretender" Foo Fighters Yes GH Guitar iconMain Guitar
1976 "Sweet Home Alabama (Live)" Lynyrd Skynyrd Yes GH Guitar iconMain Guitar
2007 "Tarantula" Smashing Pumpkins Yes GH Guitar iconMain Guitar
Notes:
  1. ^ While labeled as "Rhythm," the song has a rhythm guitar track in the first half of the song and switches to a bass guitar track halfway in during the Bass Break before switching back to rhythm guitar in the final quarter.

Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits[]

Year Song title Artist Master recording? Lead Guitar chart
2007 "I Wanna Be Your Man" Endeverafter Yes GH Guitar iconMain Guitar
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