Thread by @pnamblat

GUITAR IN BOLLYWOOD (1/7)
In this thread I have looked at the past 6-7 decades to classify guitar songs using genres. Please comment if I have missed any obvious songs
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ROCKNROLL – Original rock n roll had “brass and piano” sound to a dance beat ,guitar got introduced later evolving to “classic rock”. Hindi rock n roll songs mostly used brass, piano and snare drums; some of the epic songs where guitar are used are presented here .

GUITAR ARPEGGIOS are sequential notes played on different strings of a guitar like a harp . they provide rhythm / melody for the rest of the song although they don’t get enough credit for it ! The first time a bass guitar was used in one of the RDB songs in this medley.

Guitar Blues/Jazz Style: 1950s and 60s saw usage of mandolin Jazz/Blues type songs ( mera naam chin chin,eena meena ,etc), This style was “non existent” in 1980s and 1990s but picked up when Vishal B started to compose for Satya.

Indian Classical : While there are many songs in South ( Prasanna /ARR) I havent heard hindi songs using guitar to do Indian classical slides/gamakas/; there is niladri kumar using zitar ( guitar + Sitar) for Pritam , Sanjoy das with Amit Trivedi and Ram Sampath recently ..

Pop(ular) Guitar Based Songs : There are many guitar leads that we all remember and here is an excerpt of them from 1950s till now.. They are across various styles and pop here means popular :)

Rock : Ehsaan/Vishal B/Vishal D brought Guitar riffs/Powerchords to Bollywood.. The last 3 songs are a stunner in what i call "mad to crazy"

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