Friday 6 February 2015

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody Ending - played by James Rundle Rock Licks Guitar Tuition South Shields



Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody Ending - with backing track Freddie Mercury vocals

played by James Rundle of Rock Licks Guitar Tuition from South Shields

Link to backing track http://www.guitarbackingtrack.com/play/queen/bohemian_rhapsody_(2).htm

In this video I play the ending of Bohemian Rhapsody with back track from the original recording of the song from the 1975 album A Night At The Opera

I use guitar rig 5 to get the guitar sound as well as the Brian May signature guitar

"Bohemian Rhapsody" is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was written by Freddie Mercury for the band's 1975 album A Night at the Opera. The song consists of several sections: a ballad segment ending with a guitar solo, an operatic passage, and a hard rock section. At the time, it was the most expensive single ever made.

When it was released as a single, "Bohemian Rhapsody" became a commercial success, staying at the top of the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks and selling more than a million copies by the end of January 1976. It reached number one again in 1991 for five weeks following Mercury's death, eventually becoming the UK's third best-selling single of all time. It topped the charts in several other markets as well, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and The Netherlands, later becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time. In the United States the song originally peaked at number nine in 1976. It returned to the chart at number two in 1992 following its appearance in the film Wayne's World, which revived its American popularity.

Although critical reaction was initially mixed, "Bohemian Rhapsody" remains one of Queen's most popular songs and is frequently placed on modern lists of the greatest songs of all time. The single was accompanied by a promotional video, which many scholars consider ground-breaking.In 2004, "Bohemian Rhapsody" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.In 2012, the song topped the list on an ITV nationwide poll in the UK to find "The Nation's Favourite Number One" over 60 years of music.

After May plays ascending octaves of notes from the B♭ mixolydian mode (composed of the notes from the E♭ scale), the song then returns to the tempo and form of the introduction, initially in E♭ Major, before quickly modulating to C minor, only to soon go through an abrupt short series of modulations, bringing it back to C minor again in time for the final "nothing really matters" section. A guitar accompanies the chorus "ooh, ooh yeah, ooh yeah." A double-tracked twin guitar melody is played through an amplifier designed by John Deacon, affectionately nicknamed the "Deacy Amp". Mercury's line "Nothing really matters..." appears again, "cradled by light piano arpeggios suggesting both resignation (minor tonalities) and a new sense of freedom in the wide vocal span."After the line "nothing really matters" is repeated multiple times, the song finally concludes in the key of E♭ major, but then changes again to F major just before it ends. According to music scholar Judith Peraino, this final section adds "a level of complex resistance to the song's already charming subversion of macho rock and roll." This resistance is achieved through the "bohemian stance toward identity, which involves a necessarily changeable self-definition ('Any way the wind blows')."The final line, "Any way the wind blows", is followed by the quiet sound of a large tam-tam that finally expels the tension built up throughout the song.

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Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody Guitar Solo - Played by James Rundle of Rock Licks Guitar Tuition South SHields



Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody - Guitar Solo Played with backing track Freddie Mercury vocals

played by James Rundle of Rock Licks Guitar Tuition from South Shields


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In this video I play the guitar solo Brian May plays on the claassic track from the 1975 album A Night At The Opera

The backing track is from the original recording of the song

As Mercury sings the rising line "I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all", the band builds in intensity, leading up to a guitar solo (in E♭ major) played and composed by May that serves as the bridge from ballad to opera. The intensity continues to build, but once the bass line completes its descent establishing modulation to the new key (A major), the entire band cuts out abruptly at 3:03 except for quiet, staccato A major quaver (eighth-note) chords on the piano, marking the start of the "Opera" section.

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Queen - Somebody To Love - guitar cover (James Rundle South Shields Guitar Tutor)



Queen - Somebody To Love guitar played with Queen backing track

Played by James Rundle from Rock Licks Guitar Tuition of South Shields

For tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqN3m...

Backing Track Link: http://www.guitarbackingtrack.com/pla...

The guitar solo from Somebody To Love is classic Brian May. He nails a definite melody for a very distinct solo.

"Somebody to Love" is a song by the British rock band Queen, written by the lead singer/pianist Freddie Mercury. It debuted on the band's 1976 album A Day at the Races and was also featured on their compilation album Greatest Hits.

The song offers listeners something similar to that of Queen's earlier hit "Bohemian Rhapsody" with its complex harmonies and guitar solos; however instead of mimicking an English choir, the band turned to a gospel choir. It reached #2 in the UK and #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. This song made it clear to fans that "Queen could swing as hard as it could rock, by channeling the spirit of gospel music."

Written by Mercury at the piano, "Somebody to Love" is a soul-searching piece that questions God's role in a life without love. Through voice layering techniques, Queen was able to create the soulful sound of a 100 voice choir, with that of only three voices: Mercury, Brian May and Roger Taylor. John Deacon did not sing on the album's track. Mercury's fascination and admiration for Aretha Franklin was a major influence for the creation of this song.

Queen played "Somebody to Love" live between 1977–85, and a live performance of the song is recorded on the album Queen Rock Montreal. In addition to these live performances, there has been collaboration on tributes to "Somebody to Love" after Mercury's death in 1991. The song was played live on 20 April 1992, during The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, with George Michael on lead vocals.

Since its release in 1976, the song has appeared in a number of television shows, such as American Idol, The X Factor, Glee and Gossip Girl, as well as movies, including Happy Feet and Ella Enchanted. Additionally, it has been covered by many artists.



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Queen - Don't Stop Me Now - guitar cover (Queen Backing Track Download)



Queen - Don't Stop Me Now - Guitar Cover with backing track download

Played by James Rundle from Rock Licks Guitar Tuition of South Shields

Backing Track Link : http://www.guitarbackingtrack.com/pla...

In this video playing Brian May Signature Guitar through Guitar Rig 5 along with Queen back track the hit song written by Freddie Mercury and from the 1978 Queen album Jazz

Classic Brian May guitar solo with the little fills that are a little difficult to hear on the record

"Don't Stop Me Now" is a 1979 song by the English rock band Queen, featured on their 1978 album Jazz. Written by vocalist Freddie Mercury, it was recorded in August 1978 at Super Bear Studios in Berre-les-Alpes (Alpes-Maritimes), France, and is the twelfth track on the album.

Musically, the song is based around Mercury's piano playing, with Roger Taylor and John Deacon providing a bass guitar and drums backing track. The song also provides an example of Queen's trademark style of multitrack harmony vocals for the chorus lines.

On the studio version, Brian May's only guitar playing is in his guitar solo, but on live versions performed on the band's 1979 Jazz and Crazy tours, May would also play rhythm guitar throughout the rest of the song to give more of a rock feeling to it. A live version of the song features in the band's 1979 album Live Killers.[3] The song also appears in the band's 1981 compilation album Greatest Hits, and in June 2011, as part of Queen's 40th anniversary celebrations, an old take of the song containing more guitar parts was included on the bonus EP of the re-released and remastered Jazz album.

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Queen - We Will Rock You - guitar cover (with backing track download)



Queen We Will Rock You guitar cover played with Queen backing track

Played by James Rundle of Rock Licks Guitar Tuition from South Shields http://www,rock-licks.com

Backing track link: http://www.guitarbackingtrack.com/play/queen/we_will_rock_you_(3).htm

Played on Brian May Signature Guitar through Guitar Rig 5 computer software.

Hit song written by Brian May and found on the 1977 album News of the World as well as being a double A Side to the Freddie Mercury song We Are the Champions.

"We Will Rock You" is a song written by Brian May and recorded and performed by Queen for their 1977 album News of the World.Rolling Stone ranked it number 330 of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004,and the RIAA placed it at number 146 on its list of Songs of the Century. In 2009, "We Will Rock You" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Other than the last 30 seconds containing a guitar solo by May, the song is generally set in a cappella form, using only stomping and clapping as a rhythmic beat. In 1977, "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions" were issued together as a worldwide top ten single. Soon after the album was released, many radio stations began playing the songs back to back without interruption



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