Chordplay - The Chords of Queen
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Here's the next episode of Chordplay with The Chords of Queen.
Brian May from Queen is a very talented and respected guitar legend, whose influence filtered into the ears and playing styles of other notable guitar heroes such as Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, Nuno Bettencourt, and countless others.
This lesson focuses on a number of famous and lesser-known chord-based moments hiding in Queen's music and offers a solid sample of the powerhouse rhythm guitar style that Brian patented in the early 1970s. This includes famous rockers such as 'Stone Cold Crazy' and 'We Will Rock You' to more obscure selections such as 'Sweet Lady' and 'It's Late' (to name a few).
While there are plenty of things you can learn from Brian's lead work and tone/effect experimentations over the years, there really is something eye-opening and beneficial from tapping into his sonically powerful and rip-roaring rhythm guitar style. From sustained power chords that seem to tear through your speakers to various chord extensions and partial chord ideas, Brian has a wealth of knowledge to explore and plenty of musical ideas to learn from and emulate.
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I'm in Montreal, and I was lucky enough to have seen Queen live all 6 times that they played here with Freddie Mercury. They were the first concert that I ever attended, and I have been a huge fan ever since. On a side note, the opening act was Thin Lizzy, and Gary Moore was the guitarist at the time, so it was a great night for guitar (and this was what inspired me to pick up a guitar). A great video and selection of songs! Thank you for all the work that you put into them.
Awesome 👍
Brian said he was really influenced by Rory Gallagher's sound. He was blown away by it and asked Rory how to get that sound. Afaik it was about the treble booster Rory used.
I always loved Brian May's sound, with a guitar he made by hand with his dad because he couldn't afford a Fender or a Gibson, incredible !
Thanks for this. Brian May was my first guitar hero back in 1975.
The Starfleet Project was really interesting. Very cool to hear Brian and Eddie playing off each other.
Barry Hammock I’ve still got my cassette of that E.P.
So groovy
I love 38 SPecial chords. I picked them out from their records long before I saw the TAB. Fun stuff to play.
Sheer Heart Attack is an amazing guitar album - Now I'm Here is great to play. It rocks so hard.
Great lesson. One song of Queen’s I think is fun as hell is “I Want it All”. Big arena chord tones, then the double time near-metal section. Geniuses.
Mudder1310 love I Want It All
I still remember when it first came out
Dave you are hands down the most important instruction channel to date! I applaud your effort and the amazing content you bring forth. Love your stuff!!!
"One Vision" was on the 'Iron Eagle' soundtrack. I love that tune!
When I first heard Dragon Attack.. I was hooked.. Great Band!!!
•Lynch Mob does a great rendition of "Tie your Mother Down".
•The guitarist I remember the most using sus 4 chords was Randy Rhodes.
•I remember Brian May saying in a interview that he uses a coin as a pick, probably, partly where he gets that unusual tone.
WOW Thanks for reminding me of the greatness of "One Vision". What a gut punch wall of sound that song has...structurally epic.
Very unique player Brian May & instantly recognized when heard like Beck! Great job again 🍺’ski!🤘
Ya GOTTA do “Innuendo”!
O yeah
I borrowed the structure of It’s late and mixed it with ACDC’s rock and roll damnation
Hats off to the masters
I read an interview in a guitar magazine years ago where he likes to use ‘spread triad’ chords to get different voicing’s of typical chords we usually hear. I also like how he changes it up so the power chords are more subtle, not so much in-your-face sounding. More for Freddie penned songs. Lovin’ your content!
Queen is awesome they wrote great songs
The best from the AOR era
Dave speaking of tone, your tone in this particular lesson is what i imagine Brian May would sound like if he played an LP as opposed to his beloved Red Special. You definitely have a gift for touch and you’re one of those whose tone is primarily a function of your touch. Thank you for illustrating the main parts from We Will Rock you in addition to those Queen deep cuts.
I always thought "killer Queen" was such a cool song with a great solo ...Queen 1 &2 are in my top 10 fav albums... waaaay ahead of their time....thanks for the awesome lesson David.
There is a great interview on the tube with May. I've always thought he double played a lot of his licks to get the sound but he actually plays through a stereo separator through 2 (or more) amps set up with different tones....that's why there are no mistakes with the harmonies. Very cool. Little surprised you didn't hit fat bottom girls and keep your love alive.....but there are so many great tunes from Queen....the movie ROCKED! Probably the best rock movie ever. Thanks for all your efforts....I watch em....and learn!
Just great and the way you explain. Great insight👍
Alot of my song writing came from Queens sounds thx David!
Informative and entertaining. Well done 👍🏻
My two favorites- Tie You r Mother Down and Dragon Attack. Always liked Queen.
I was so hoping to hear Sweet Lady.
Thank you! Great job with this lesson as usual.
Just when you think you've heard it all, along comes Queen.
You should maybe cover Rory Callagher sometime, he is a very good irish guitarist, he massively influenced Brian's guitar sound.
38 Special chords...totally!!
Great lesson as usual..for future vids how about Chords of Ronnie Wood...Faces era..like Miss Judy..Had a real good time...Debris..etc.I think it would make a great lesson...keep up the great work..Thanks..Dave
One of my all time fav bands and guitarists. Brian May's tone is next level. Thanks for this.
Brian may is posting little concerts and lessons on his Instagram feed whilst in lockdown you might find interesting? Hope you enjoy them!
Chords of Damn the Machine!!
You are great.
Brian May's awesome. I think volume is the key lol. It's gotta be played at 11
There needs to be another 2 or 3 of these videos, just to cover the best May riffs
The Starfleet projekt May/Eddie VH! I remember that very well. It was in their heydays and I was totally into VH. I was surprised finding me more on Brian May´s side due to his melodic playing!
epic
Great video 👍 Queen has been one of my favorite bands for years. First song I remember was 'Fat bottom girls'! Great tune 👌 thanks David!
Btw- still waiting and hoping you do a chord play and licks on Ace Frehley.
Loved your Michael Lee Firkins lesson in the new Guitar Player.
Speaking of which, how about a chordplay with Eric Johnson?
A little "East Wes," etc.
He already done :)
Thank you for all you do on your channel, it’s awesome.
That picture of Fragile on the wall = do Steve Howe soon ;)
Another great one mate.. Any chance of doing Mick Ronson when he was in the spiders..?? 🎸🇬🇧👍Many thanks....
Sorry, but I have to speak out here...I'm almost certain I've seen the Fragile cover on another one of your videos. We come here, your fans, expecting to see a new cover in that frame every time...! Oh, and awesome lesson as always! 😎
Thanks for another great lesson. I appreciate you so much man. How about Kiko Loureiro? He's a fantastic well rounded player. You could do 20 lessons on his playing
not really,very unknown and not popular unless you like new megadeth which not many do.
granted he is a decent musician but i think his musicality could be summed up in a few minutes.
20 lessons would be 19 1/2 too many.
Queen are the best. Brian May probably has the best guitar tone, second to that of David Gilmour. It'd be cool if you explored the chords of Mahavishnu Orchestra- they've got TONS of strange chords.
not really a "best" in music....it isnt a competition or a fucking drag race ...
yess had great tone,rush had great tone,sabbath had great tone,zeppelin had great tone,Boston had great tone,white snake
had great tone,iron maiden had great tone....see what im saying?
👍👍👍 looks like i get to go to Disneyland ( nickname for Fractal Ax8) and pull AC30 off the shelf !!!
boo hiss,awesome over priced "digital" alternative.i would rather have a plexi and 2-3 decent pedals any fucking day of the week.
EVH embellished that chord on Runnin w/t devil I think
Do Robin Trower. Do it!
Awesome choice! My only regret is I wish you could of quickly broke down that whole verse of "It's Late" or least that next section that was coming up. It sounds like there is a lot going on there chordaly in that first verse. A lot of Jimi "isms" if you will. Sounds intimidating as it progresses, but so cool. How about" White Man" on Day At The Races, I believe. That one to has some very interesting chordal things going on during the verses again. Only to be pummeled on the choruses to great effect. This isn't your grandpas' astrophysicist is it?
there are mulitple layers and things that cant even be done live.
The "We will rock you" 70's chord idea, sounds like "Don't look back" by Boston.
I think Queen was '76, and the second Boston record was '78.
Ok this goes way back I had 2 8track tapes one was News of the world and the other was Live Killers I was in 10th grade I used to blast those 2 at school on a 8track boom box and yes this was 1977 he probably influenced most if not all rock/metal guitarists in some form Randy Rhodes used that open A and D string implying G all the time in his playing 🤘
Queen II is the best Queen Album in my opinion...killer art/prog/proto-trash metal!
Looks like maybe a Yes project in the works? Some Steve Howe and the ever amazing Trevor Rabin.
Great video! Queen are always blocking videos, I hope this stays on UA-cam 👍
Any chance of some Night Ranger some day? Cheers!
How about chords of FLASH please
Such a great channel to listen to while being trapped at home. Would a future episode on surf guitar be possible? A Dick Dale or Ventures thing?
the story that I read over 20 years ago is that brian and his physicist father built his guitar. no telling what they did to it
thanks for this, very instructive. any chance you can show how you think Brian plays Dreamer's Ball (from the Jazz album)?
Awesome video! I would love to see your opinions on the heavy side of Opeth. The mellow side is how I found your channel!
Chords of the Beatles coming soon?
Love the lesson! Queen is definitely one of the greatest rock bands to shake the world. I have a question- what gauge strings do you use on your Les Paul and why? Thanks!
Great lesson again, Brian may is a wizard
Gotta get in and watch this quick
Rick beato always says queen are blockers
Any chance of a lesson on
AC/DC
INXS
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Bauhaus
Killing Joke (Eighties, Nighttime)
The Darkness (my favourite riff is Open Fire)
Gary Moore (Over The Hills & Far Away)
Dexter Holland of The Offspring has PhD in Molecular Biology (2017), fyi
Doesn't noodles from the offspring have a PhD?
Tabs for one vision please..
This reminds me of an old adage. Those who can.... do, those who can't.... teach. Sorry dude, you are not quite there yet. Close but no cigar!
I think he's great. A very unique approach. He's trying to get you to think outside of the box rather than show you stuff note for note.
It’s late is open d
Oh no! You didn't play Hammer to Fall. :)
There are many scientists and astrophysicists that play music.
What’s wrong with Detroit ?
EVH was good at throwing people off his trail. Billy Gibbons and Brian May were major influences but he didn’t acknowledge them publicly.
How about a study on ELO's Guitar work... Dreaming of 4000, Ma-Ma-Ma Belle, 10538 Overture, etc.
Lee McDaid - Donegal 60fps ELO lesson would be cool
Was thrilled when they played Don’t Bring Ne Down on an episode of Doctor Who
On the main riff of Tie Your Mother Down if you listen closely I think you'll see that on the A string C to A minor third pull-off, he's actually playing a C#, or Maj 3rd pull-off there. It's subtle. But that's Brian May for you.
Definitely C natural.
Minor 3rd, not major.
It’s Late, Spread Your Wings and Sleeping On The Sidewalk are great underrated tracks. I still have my 1989 fan club jacket (survived the move from UK to Australia) and can fit into it! Should have seen Queen+ in Brisbane this year but flooded in. Was at the Freddie tribute gig and seen Brian May live so there is that. Great series this.
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter must have a PHD in multiple fields? I'm your biggest fan, rock on man!! Remember 2 guitar lengths in the age of social distancing!
Dave, would you say that Randy Rhoads was indirectly influenced by him? Brian uses a lot of classical guitar licks.
Excellent, you picked the best riffs ever. THANKS
My favorite rock band of all time theres so many good songs especially some of those early album tracks. My favorite Queen song is Millionaire Waltz.
I've noticed your last few vids feature the Yes Fragile album above your speaker. You used to rotate based on the subject -- has someone raided your collection?
regarding brian's sound, as well as the phase options of the pick ups you had the deacy amp and treble booster fryerguitars.wordpress.com/deacy-amp/
Brian May is amazing! Thanks, David!
Great song choices! So good to hear classic deep cuts in the mix. Thank you
Here we go.. good choice
Brian ist a very intelligent guy and so his whole guitar playing and the whole Queen music is. His Soli are often a Song within the Song. Absolutely fabulous!
I'm so glad you played "It's Late". If you want a very obvious case of Eddie borrowing more from May than he'd ever like to admit, listen to "Drop Dead Legs" and then Listen to "It's Late". They're both based around the key of A with the same rollicking left hand rhythmic fills, they both even begin with a clean arpeggiated a major figure with lots of suspensions. I'm not saying it's plagiarism, it's clearly not. But the influence is undeniable.
One Vision: Yes, it's a huge tone but there's also doubled parts and overdubs in there. that's why it sounds so huge. They also obscure exactly what he's playing which is why some people make it more complicated than it is. The live versions from the Magic Tour are best to listen to for figuring it out. Great video! Thanks.
I hear a lot of Billy Gibbon in Eddie's playing, too. Van Halen used to play ZZ Top songs during their club days.
my new favorite channel?
I'm definitely a VOX fan!
Along with hearing 'Money for nothing' on an 'Out Now' compilation tape (I think it was the first of that series) watching or more accurately hearing the solo from we will rock you whilst watching Queen on the live aid concert when it was originally broadcast is the reason I wanted to play the guitar!
Great stuff.... subscribed
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What happened to killer Queen you are my best friend an bohemian rhapsody solves an who needs you those are the real solves pick them up.
Too obvious.
This dude is cool….
superb lesson!
Great choices David even though I was hoping you might touch on the song "now I'm here" which was the first Queen song to really grab my attention, there's some interesting things going on in that one.
It's Late is one of my favorite Queen songs. Can't believe you chose that one. Bravo!!
I remember hearing A Night at the Opera on my cousin's parents record player (one of those built into a piece of crap furniture) when I was 12. The Prophets Song damn near blew me away. From then on, every Christmas it was a new Queen album. I kind of grew out of them over time, but there's no doubting their immense contribution to rock music. Also had the great pleasure of seeing them live twice here in the UK - once during their Live Killers tour and I can honestly say that live and at volume there was/is no better form of (legal) entertainment. Thanks, Mr B
how do you "grow out of queen" did you have a lobotomy?