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Originally Posted by Shredmeister
Just my 2 cents worth.
It's just tough to see Gilmour winning a prog guitarist poll. Anyone who wants to know what prog guitar is all about should listen to early Yes, Genesis, or Gentle Giant. These bands' styles required the guitarist to play everything from jazz to classical and even folk/ragtime acoustic. The genre was about guys whose playing styles would lean toward as many influences as possible.
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Prog is about more than what scales the band uses. The 15-minute songs, the double LP albums, the concept albums, long instrumentals, the distancing from verse/chorus/verse structures, that is the essence of Prog. So Pink Floydd are indeed prog, albeit with some mainstream rock thrown in.