Showing posts with label brian may. Show all posts
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Saturday, 18 February 2017



Queen - Rain Must Fall - Guitar Solo Tutorial (Guitar Tab)

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C-Lebrity - Queen + Paul Rodgers - Guitar Tutorial (Guitar Tab)



C-Lebrity - Queen + Paul Rodgers - Guitar Tutorial (Guitar Tab)

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Tuesday, 6 December 2016

A Collection Of Queen Guitar Solo's






A COLLECTION OF QUEEN GUITAR SOLOS

This a collection of a few Brian May guitar solos used in Rock Licks Guitar Tuition YouTube guitar tutorials over the past few year

PLAYING OUTSIDE OF FREDDIE'S HOUSE WAS OVERDUBBED SO AS NOT TO CAUSE DISTURBANCE  

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Video includes: We Will Rock You, Somebody To Love, Killer Queen, Good Old fashioned Lover Boy, You're My Best Friend, These Are The Days Of Our, I Want To Break Free, Bohemian Rhapsody and more

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Monday, 21 November 2016

Charlie Rundle On Brian May of Queen Guitar Website - South Shields Guitar Lessons


Its been a big for young Charlie Rundle of Rock Licks Guitar Tuition in South Shields http://www.rock-licks.com

After having been making a series of guitar videos 'Charlie Learns Guitar' on YouTube using his Brian May Mini Guitar he was asked to be added to the Brian May Guitars Artist List 



Charlies YouTube Review video was also featured on BrianMay.com the official website of Queen guitarist

Charlies full story was featured in the Shields Gazette http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/




Friday, 28 October 2016

Freddie Mercury & Brian May Crochet Dolls by Peteri Nikolett


This week Peteri Nikolett kindly sent me a beautiful hand made Brian May doll complete with Red Special Guitar 



Brian May with his dolls https://www.instagram.com/brianmayforreal/














Saturday, 1 October 2016

Visiting Freddie Mercury's House At Garden Lodge





September 2016 trip to London we took the tube to Earls Court to visit Freddie Mercury's house at Garden Lodge
There's not much to see but here but the back gate of the outside wall protecting the property. But it makes a nice place to have you photo taken.
Anti graffiti coats the walls and many people have written on the plastic sheets fitted to part of the wall.
Personally I didn't want to write on the wall  but quietly play my guitar and overdub full guitar sound when I got back home. A salute to the greatest rock singer of all time and the music that is a soundtrack to so many of our lives.
My young son had his photo taken holding his Brian May Mini Guitar which will make a very fond family memory.










Wednesday, 21 September 2016

Brian May Guitars Review of BM Guitar and brianmayguitars.co.uk Website


Check out BrianMayGuitars.co.uk review of website and Red Special Replica Guitar by James Rundle of Rock Licks Guitar Tuition as advertised on Brian May Guitars Website

This video looks at the difference between the BM replica guitar and the BM special as well as a look at the other guitars available on the Queen guitarist website  




In this video Charlie trys out the Mini May guitar

Sunday, 20 March 2016

Brian May 'Mini May' Guitar Review by Charlie Rundle


This week Charlie bought the new updated Brian May 'Mini May' electric guitar. A small version of famous Queen guitarist Brian May's famous Red Special guitar.

Advertised as a travel guitar but ideal for young guitarists the guitar has a 18 fret neck and a Brian May trisonic single coil pickup.


Check out Charlie's full review 






Thursday, 17 December 2015

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen Guitar 4 Kids - Rock Licks Guitar Tuition South Shields


BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - QUEEN GUITAR FOR KIDS - LESSON TUTORIAL

Our young guitar student Sam demonstrates on guitar it being played.

In this video we look at a small segment of the hit Queen song Bohemian Rhapsody set out for a childs guitar lesson.

The fingering is set out for a young guitarist as opposed to how an experienced played would play it.

This video has on screen guitar tab on screen

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Wednesday, 16 December 2015

BIG THANK YOU TO BRIAN MAY from ROCK LICKS GUITAR TUITION South Shields


BIG THANK YOU TO BRIAN MAY from ROCK LICKS GUITAR TUITION

A big thank you goes to the legend that Brian May guitarist of Queen. 
The main man himself judged our Brian May Wannabe's Guitar Video Competition



Big thanks to Jen of brianmay.com for organizing the whole thing

Full Story on brianmay.com: http://www.brianmay.com/brian/brianssb/brianssbdec15b.html#15

South Shields Gazette Story: http://www.shieldsgazette.com/what-s-on/gigs-music/queen-star-brian-may-judges-competition-for-south-shields-guitarist-1-7610401

Daily Mirror Story: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/teachers-quest-best-queen-tribute-6970058

Art work by Jacob M Adiv

Thanks goes to Marc S Knight of Killer Queen Chat Show for his continued support : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcycAFwZTnB5wCGa9UdvcaA

Steven James Queen Complete Chords Book: http://www.lulu.com/shop/steven-ja

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Wednesday, 9 December 2015

Rock Licks Guitar Tuition - Queen Guitar 4 Kids - South Shields Guitar Lessons

Rock Licks Guitar Tuition has started doing a series of Queen Guitar Lessons For Kids.
Easy to follow even for adults videos with on screen guitar tablature to make following easy. 
Our young guitar students demonstrate the bite size section. Then we take a close up look at how to play,








Rock Licks Guitar Tuition in Daily Mirror - Brian May Wannabe Guitar Competition


Here at Rock Licks Guitar Tuition the week just keeps getting better. After Rock legend Queen guitarist Brian May agreed to judge our guitar competition the story wasnt just in the Shields Gazette but actually reached the national press and made an appearance in the Daily Mirror


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Friday, 4 December 2015

Brian May WannaBes Guitar Competition - Rock Licks Guitar Tuition - South Shields



Here at Rock Licks Guitar Tuition we decided to run a competition. Those who use the Rock Licks YouTube Channel were asked to send their videos in of themselves playing Queen on guitar,

The lovely people at brianmay.com said they'd pick the winner who'd win a bagful of sixpences (Brian May uses old sixpence as a plectrum)

To our surprise Brian May himself agreed to pick the winner (still to be announced)

Runner up was announced yesterday on Brian's Soapbox  which was young Mia Blixt from Chicago






Brian said: Mia is evidently pretty young, but has technique and flair and some courage, I’d say. The Brighton Rock thing is great fun to do - with the double delay … but it’s not quite as easy as it looks. Most people find it gets out of hand quite easily.

What I like about Mia here is she’s not copying any of my performances at all … she’s got used to the technique and is doing her own thing. She’s feeling it out as she goes … and she never falters to wait for the catch-up. She also has given this some shape - even in this short clip you can feel the intensity building and ebbing according to how she’s feeling it. Love it.

Had to give this honorable mention. WELL DONE.


Thursday, 19 November 2015

Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls - Guitar Tab - Lesson Tutorial by Rock Licks Guitar Tuition




How To Play On Guitar : Fat Bottomed Girls by Queen from the 1981 album Queen Greatest Hits.

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Queen Fat Bottomed Girls Guitar Play Along with on screen guitar tablature. This is the single verson found on Queen Greatest Hits which differs from the 1978 album Jazz version

Guitar is drop D Tuning (Bottom E String Tuned Down To D)

"Fat Bottomed Girls" is a song by the British rock band Queen. Written by guitarist Brian May, the track featured on their 1978 album Jazz, and later on their compilation album, Greatest Hits.When released as a single with "Bicycle Race", the song reached number 11 in the UK Singles Chart, and number 24 in the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.

The song is formed around an open bluesy, metallic guitar tuning, with the tune opening with its chorus.It was one of the few Queen songs played in an alternative guitar tuning, being played in drop D tuning.The song's music video was filmed at the Dallas Convention Center in Texas in October 1978

The song featured a different vocal arrangement from the studio recording when performed live. In live performances, the lead vocals during the chorus were sung by Freddie Mercury and harmonised with an upper voice (Roger Taylor) and a lower voice (Brian May). In the studio version, there is no higher harmony. The lead vocals on the verses are sung by Freddie Mercury, while Brian May sings lead vocals on the chorus.

The single version (which can be found on Greatest Hits) omits the extended guitar interludes between the verses as well as fading out before the ending.

In the US, the 1991 Hollywood Records reissue of Jazz included a bonus remix by Matt Wallace.

In 1992, Organized Konfusion remixed the track for inclusion on the later-cancelled BASIC Queen Bootlegs compilation. This version included an alternate vocal track by Mercury, as well as hip-hop production and added rap verses.

"Fat Bottomed Girls" was released as a double A-side with the song "Bicycle Race", and includes the line "Get on your bikes and ride 'em". "Bicycle Race" contains the lyrics "Fat bottomed girls, they'll be riding today/So look out for those beauties, oh yeah",completing a double cross-reference between the two songs.

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Brian May Wannabes Play Queen



Brian May guitar lovers sent video clips of themselves playing Queen on guitar into Rock Licks Guitar Tuition for a compilation video that the lovely people at brianmay.com said they'd pick a winner from the compilation

The winner will win a bag full of sixpences

The Rock Licks Guitar Tuition YouTube Channel is dedicated to Queen guitar tutorials.
Each week we have a featured guitarist video playing Queen. If you want to featured on this channel simply send link to your video to jamesrundle72@hotmail.co.uk

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Wednesday, 27 May 2015

Brian May Star Licks Guitar Video - with on screen guitar tab





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The original video came with a guitar tab booklet. As a teenager I found the way the tab was written difficult to follow. So Ive written the tab out as standard and added it to the screen. With the exception of Love Of My Life which the booklet has in normal guitar tab.

Plus I didnt want to blank out Brian's right picking hand

 The video has explanation of Brian May's gear as well as how to play solo's Bohemian Rhapsody Somebody To Love Crazy Little Thing Called Love March Of The Black Queen and many more 


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Wednesday, 1 April 2015

Queen - We Will Rock You - Guitar Tutorial with guitar tab



How To Play Queen - We Will Rock You from the 1977 album News of the World

In this video we look at the Brian May guitar solo that comes in at the end of the song

Video features guitar tab and close up of the riff being played

"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.[4]

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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Queen - Was It All Worth It - Guitar Tutorial Lesson (with guitar tab)


How to play Queen - Was It All Worth It Guitar Tutorial Lesson

From the 1989 Queen Album The Miracle with classic Brian May guitar solos played on the Red Special Guitar

This takes a look at the whole song and includes guitar tablature

Freddie Mercury wrote this with lyrical ideas by the other 3 band members. The song is semi-autobiographical.
Freddie Mercury did the orchestral interludes note-by-note done on a Korg M1 keyboard. 
"Was It All Worth It" was composed by Mercury. The song harks back to the band's intricately produced sound in the 1970s. Though the bulk of the song was masterminded by Mercury, all members contributed ideas and lyrics (for example – Taylor contributed the line "we love you madly!"). Deacon later cited the song as his favourite on the album. Taylor uses a gong and timpani.

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