Brian May teaches you “Bohemian Rhapsody” guitar solo - Instagram story
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- Hello, I screen recorded this video from Dr. Brian May’s Instagram stories so I could use his teachings and learn the “Bohemian Rhapsody” guitar solo myself. Since, a lot of people missed out on his story, I decided to publish screen - recording of his explanation on TH-cam so that everyone can learn the solo from the man himself. In this video he explains how to perform the solo on his iconic/ original “Red special” electric guitar that he constructed with his father. Dr. Brian Harold May is the lead guitarist of the legendary Classic rock band, QUEEN.
Brian Harold May CBE (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and astrophysicist. He is the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen.
May was a co-founder of Queen with lead singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, having previously performed with Taylor in the band Smile, which he had joined while he was at university. Within five years of their formation in 1970 and the recruitment of bass player John Deacon completing the lineup, Queen had become one of the biggest rock bands in the world with the success of the album A Night at the Opera and its single "Bohemian Rhapsody". From the mid-1970s until the early 1990s, Queen were an almost constant presence in the UK charts and played at some of the biggest venues in the world, including giving an acclaimed performance at Live Aid in 1985. As a member of Queen, May became regarded as a virtuoso musician and he was identified with a distinctive sound created through his layered guitar work, often using a home-built electric guitar called the Red Special.[3] May wrote numerous hits for Queen, including "We Will Rock You", "I Want It All", "Fat Bottomed Girls", "Flash", "Hammer to Fall", "Save Me", "Who Wants to Live Forever", "Too Much Love Will Kill You", and "The Show Must Go On".
The Red Special is the electric guitar designed and built by Queen's guitarist Brian May and his father, Harold, when Brian was a teenager in the early 1960s.
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1970. Their classic line-up was Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, vocals) and John Deacon (bass). Their earliest works were influenced by progressive rock, hard rock and heavy metal, but the band gradually ventured into more conventional and radio-friendly works by incorporating further styles, such as arena rock and pop rock.
They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.
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The fact he's chilling in his boxers. The fact he calls comments notes. This guy is my hero.
@@Adam_Barrett a moving sofa arm????
And 'Snap on, snap off'. Very sweet.
omg he is chilling in comfortable clothes.... :OOOOO No way man
Dad showing you the song he wrote vibes
And my Hero too ♥️
The legend himself taught us how to do that in Bohemian Rhapsody. It feels unreal
One of the many benefits of You Tube. I was around when there was no You Tube.
For those who remember the 70’s, it’s an other-worldly experience to have one of the greatest guitarists of all time pop up on your handheld device and give you a guitar lesson for one of the greatest songs of all time.
He fitted Queen perfectly and has his own unique sound, but one of the greatest of all time is a bit of a stretch isn`t it?
@@JamoZNL agree. We know Mr. Jimmy Page deserves that all on his own.
@@Linkmarine777
I disagree. He was very influential and important to the band with a huge deal in their succes, but a great guitarist? Meh, he wrote some incredible songs but technically he was mediocre and usually too wasted to even play normally just like Hendrix.
It`s hard to say who`s the greatest but i`d rank Shawn Lane and Buckethead easily in the top 5 for both song writing and technical skills. Maybe throw Van Halen in there together with Malmsteen and i`d still have one very hard to fill spot with so many great players out there....
CPolishing is right. I’m not a huge Queen fan but I recognize Brian May as a living legend. I would definitely rank him as “one of the greatest guitarists of all time”. Not top 5 and probably not top 10, but recognizably great none the less. Newer players like Buckethead, Petrucci and HermanLi are technically impressive but they aren’t inspiring new players to the level that May, Page, Clapton, Nugent, Hendrix, Blackmore, Gibbons or Slash have. We’re not claiming any of their ranking, rather simply that May is a guitarist worth recognizing out of the history of everyone that’s ever picked up a guitar.
@Leafs20XXChamps
"Oh man, someone doesn't share my opinion..let's insult him"
How generous to show it slowly ! The master himself, this is our youth's dream became reality.
@@thomasjones5537 Well, music is a very important part of my full and happy life, Thomas...
You can see many people agreeing with my comment... Internet changed everything - those of us who grew-up without it can fullly appreciate all the precious information that is now at our fingertips !
Yesss
Very cool 😎 the best
This teacher is great. He should do a Queen tribute band.
plz be joking
@@vinelegendz3125 🤦♂️
@@anthonyjohn3445 what do u mean then?
sorry I dont get it.
btw Brian May is queens guitarist if u didn't know
@@vinelegendz3125 yes, I'm aware that it's Brian May. It's a joke
@@vinelegendz3125 r/woooosh
For decades, I have been trying to unravel these notes in my head...THANK YOU
I like the way he says “plucking.” My 4-year-old grandson calls a guitar pick a “pluck.”
It’s a pluck-trum lol.
I love that he's explaining hammer-ons and pull-offs, just in case anyone that's not a guitarist wants to learn the solo. Just genuine
Massive dad vibes right here.
We are so blessed to still have him here with us doing such a simple thing that is beyond the word cool😎 Thank you so much for sharing that with us please give us some more. PLEASE
Wow Brian May himself teaching his solo!!! It's amazing man!!! God bless you!!!!
This might be my new favourite video on TH-cam.
amazing brian may is the greatest guitarist in the world.. LOVE YOU BRIAN!!!! hope u see this comment
He is not gonna see this comment btw if ur wondering
Also nah. While he is near the top, he isn't the greatest. That would probably be Jimi Hendrix or van halen or ray vaughan or even jimmy page
@@sidanic6684 or , or , or , or , or. Make up your mind,which one is it?
@@blastermaster2383 it's Hendrix for me
Very kind of you, thanks Dr May. You are a scholar and a gentleman.
Absolute legend, incredible guitarist, all round great guy and he loves his hogs too 🦔. You the man, Brian.
Such a wonderful human.
This is basically a video of a god that comes down to earth to show us humans how to do things.
FYI, his T-shirt says "感謝" meaning "gratitude" in Japanese.
lmao,he really looks like a god
Bapak ko
No it isnt
@@bp6837 Calm down mam
I was about 9 when I started hearing the early music. I always wanted to play like this and when I was about fourteen I picked up the guitar listening to this music. These lead solos we're in the background of my mind throughout the early 70s. Eventually I learned how to play and how to do pull-ons and pull-offs and all the fancy stuff. I really appreciate you coming onto TH-cam and sharing your talents far as I'm concerned you made the way for people like me to come and play the guitar. This was the sound that I was trying to emulate
Hello Mr May. Thank you for sharing. Cheers form Perth W.A.
You rock ,you’re the best, taking time to show all of us your geniuses. I am 65 and have not played since I was on n a cover band In then 80’s …and yes played some Queen then.getting back into and finding you here giving essentially lessons blows my mind.A million thanks you’re a legend.Also enjoy your videos on your take on what’s going on in the world. Brian you are a down to earth guy, if your ever in Jersey the drinks are on me. Best of health and good things for you man👍
never heart and seen any greater, superb and sympathic man in public- and a guitar hero playing his own built instrument and by the way nebst musical carrier getting a academic title. much respect dr. may
It would be so cool to hang out with Brian. Awesome guitar player and an awesome person!
Very electrifying! Thank you. I still recall in my memory January 1976. Bohemian Rhapsody was number one in the charts! I hit six years of age! I lived for music since I was four! Now I am happy as a 52 year old to enjoy music even more than ever!
It was #1 for such a long time, and they started clipping it short on TOTP, because it took up half the show (seemed like). Never got bored with it though, unlike some, Mull of Kintyre anyone? Or, I am Sailing?
That's DOCTOR BRIAN MAY. This brilliant man deserves all the accolades, scientific and musical, that he has achieved.
You've always been my favorite guitarist forever. Just now learning to solo and I'm thrilled to have you as my teacher! God bless you Brian. Sincerely, Johnny Rocket and Chrissy Stardust of Blonde Bombshell band.
Amazing band queen fredy brian roger john
YOUR’E AWESOME BRIAN MAY!!!!!!!
Guitar players always have such beautiful hands.
As great a guitar solo ever created!
What a cool guy!
What a legend, thank you!
It's like my grandfather teaching me how to play his own song composed of 3 chords i missed him :(
Hammer-ons and Pull-offs are now called Snapping-ons and Snapping-offs.
Thanks for that Brian,i will be impressing the neighbours in the morning 👍
Thank you so very much for all my teacher ,!!!
Wonderful. I had no idea 🤷🏾♂️ the notes on the higer octave were bent to tune (perfectly) instead of fretted. Thank you 😊👍🏿
Thank you Dr May for showing me how to play this
It’s A Kind Of Magic! Thank you Prof. Brian May!
Ooohh my Brian ♥️♥️♥️ kisses from Spain Brian. QUEEN FOR EVER
Impresive Brian, thx for your time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love playinh ur solo! Great work sir.
He's great he should join a band
Bruh he is the Queen guitarist
It's a joke@@RealSekiroGamerz
@@br14h yea but he's the Queen 👑 guitarist
God bless you also!
the fact that he showed us how wrong he was and didn't rewrite the record touches me. that's why I fell in love with him, for humanity
Hammer on. pull offs and trills are the words he meant to use.
Brian May playing in his underwear should be a channel
Amazing. Thank you pops!
Thank you Brian! you brought inspiration, I'm gonna go dust off my guitar and play.
Imagine being told in the 80s that one day you will have Brian May in the palm of your hands on a miniature TV like device giving you a personal lesson on how to play the Bohemian Rahpsody guitar solo 🤯
yeah....... i would have replied with "yeah.... get fucked.......... as if "
LOL
back in the 80s they were untouchable gods in the heaven's
There was no you tube
there was no V.I.P. Package
There was no Meet and Greet
I mean unless you were a cancer patient and your dying wish was to meet Brian May, and even then...... LOL
No.... Meeting them was unheard of , Let alone having a personal guitar lesson
No.... No way in the world
Now, i ironically have personally had an amazing experience (just quickly)
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant
Long story short I used to work at a pizza shop in western sydney maybe around , ohh i don't know , perhaps 30 years ago, give or take
we used to go down to a local bowling club where this bar maid used to work, she's a friend of mine
WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW LOL for a very long time was She was the cousin of Robert plant.
one (i think ) new years, it could have been Xmas though, can't remember i'm pretty sure New years eve or maybe a few days after new years, i asked her what she did for the holidays , she said , time with the family , she pulls out some polaroids ( which meant... she had pictures taken from a polaroid camera.... GOOGLE IT )
and in one of them is robert plant, my drink almost went up my nose when i saw it
i remember thinking it was a carboard cut out LOL (Because we had that shit in the 80s, My sister got a photo once taken with Madonna (cardboard cut out) so i figured that was that.
but no... She was roberts cousin
so anyone , i eventually go to meet robert AT HIS HOUSE (Amazing huh )
anyone, the price i paid was this .....
- No photos'
- No Autographs
- no talk of stairway to heaven
of course i agreed to behave
anyway it was supposed to happen the following year when they came back from touring and had their family time and she was going to get the ok from Robert that she was "Bringing a friend" to the family get together
so between Led Zep not coming home for 5 years and her stringing me along
I WAITED 6 YEARS (i had almost given up hope that it was going to happen, to be honest)
then she said, ok you came come this year, it was like 2 months off , i was over the fucking moon (as you can imagine)
anyway , the deal was , i was to come to the house and basically just say hi to robert and i didn't expect anything further because it was his family time, i was respectful i said hi this and that, and was ready to leave.
Robert then invites me to the BBQ, i can't even explain what i was thinking. one one side, i didn't want to impose and be rude, on the other side, hell yes i wanted to stay ,but only if i wasn't being rude
i ended up staying there around 4 or 5 hours , we had a cool time, Needless to say i cannot even fucking begin to explain the level of cool that this was on and (it wasn't discussed ) but Jimmy was at the party as well. my conflict was LOL, i wasn't allowed to talk about stairway or tell him how cool i thought the song was and all that so i tried really hard to shut up. i introduced myself, i started talking about how i'm a guitarist and this and that and how they influenced me greatly etc etc, Jimmy ends up giving me like a quick 10min lesson
I mean... fuck me...... I got to hold and play Jimmy's Les Paul
so yeah... GETTING BACK TO THE POINT OF GODS
i had to sell my fucking soul to make this happen and even then it wasn't really guaranteed and then it sort of sprung up out of the blue just as i thought it was never going to happen
and yeah..... it then did
but now... having brian may give us a personal tutorial in his shorts LOL
like you said...... WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IN A MILLION YEARS THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN
no fucking way
but .... it did
Anyway , i forever have a fucking cool story to tell the grandkids
and then i have a slew of people who will call bullshit on it .... LOL
who gives a shit
at the end of the day through a freak coincidence in life and as a result of meeting a bar maid that i thought was a regular person , this turns into that and this goes with that a suzanne (LOL... I HOPE YOU GET THE REFERENCE) AND THEN WHAM... and suddenly life takes me to the home of Robert plant
and in what universe did i ever think that would happen ? NOT A SINGLE ONE
Now, in my line of work, i've met many celebritites, but i'll be honest, Robert and Jimmy were one of the one's that i could truly say were fucking awesome
some that i met didn't mean much to me , others were not a big deal, others were just part of work and the normality of it
but this , this was beyond cool and i will forever be thankful to the gods of rock that aligned the planets to make this even possible
but back to brian
yeah , it's one thing for me to have had what i had and how hard that was to happen
BUT THIS..... WE DIDN'T EVEN ASK FOR THIS
SO YEAH.. THIS IS TRULY AMAZING and the fact that you can have any celebrity rock god doing this
James hetfield
Jon Bon Jovi
it's truly amazing
anyway, i'm gonna shut up now LOL
sorry, it was meant to be a quick comment, i got carried away
but hey , i generally do when i tell this story because you can't just say i met robert, People won't believe it, it sounds like bullshit
Just amazing.😊❤
Thank You - 🤘QUEEN! 👑
The ol red special sounds amazing as alwaya
Brian May, vc é o cara!
I don’t play guitar but he makes me want to, Legend Dr B
i always thought they were hammer-ons and pull-offs, but henceforth they shall be referred to as snapping-on and snapping-off!
Thank you Dr May !
This video shouldn’t be legal. He’s a god
thank you so much, my idol!
Never heard ”snap on” and ”snap off” before.
Essentially he means 'hammer on' and 'pull off'.
They are the correct terms.
@@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504 I know what he meant 🙂
@@Watfordwales
Only trying to help.
You sounded confused, like you thought snap on and snap off were different techniques to hammer on and pull off.
@@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504 I know you are. I just thought it sounded funny.
Have you heard of "jack off"? - that's what he used to do to Freddie to calm him down before shows.
Legend!!
Awesome! 👌
The off and on without pluking is fun was trying it strate after your video thank you
LEGEND
Power house! Just look at the date of there first album and listen to what's in there. Ground breaking🙏❤️
Came for the lesson, stayed for the leg
Amazing that Brian doesn't get talked about enough as one of the greatest rock guitarists. I hate to use him as an example but his melodic lines and ability to make the guitar sing like an operatic soprano, is far superior to George Harrison. And most consider him a brilliant guitarist. So glad genius Brian has come back strong from all his health issues. He is such a quality human being and humanist needed badly in these uncertain times.
Its mainly bc then hed be up there with the likes of hendrix, gilmour, jimmy paige etc who are all definitely a level above him in writing both riffs and solos
@@headphoneman10 Sorry but I don't consider Hendrix, Page, and especially Gilmore better at writing or playing riffs than Brian. Of course Hendrix was amazing. But while his solos are technically fantastic, he doesn't make the guitar sing like Brian. Everyone in Zep were brilliant players. An all star team of great musicians. But I would still rather listen to Brian do a solo than Page. But his riffs are out of this world. I don't see Gilmore as great as some others. Plus he is an ahole like everyone in that band. In prog, ELP, King Crimson, Yes, and Rush were so much better than Gilmores girls.
@@rman52 are u joking? Whatever u think about him as a person, david gilmours solos ar some of the greatest of all time. The solos on songs like comfortably numb, time, mother are incredible. Sure shine on u crazy diamond, probably the most iconic prog song of all time is mostly just a long gilmour solo. And also hendrix wrote a lot of great riffs, theres a reason many ppl still consider him the goat
@Zombie Frogg true, he is good but he is overrated
No way Harrison beats May
Horizontal video is a beautiful thing for horizontal things… yeah, yeah… instagram…
Interesting! I just found this after trying to play along with Bohemian Rhapsody for the first time. I was surprised to find it’s in Bb so I guess Mr May must have tuned up a semitone allowing him to play open A/D/E shapes.
This guy is pretty good. He should join a band.
God bless you thanks 😊
Hey Brian....thanks for being such a wonderful humanitarian. We all owe you a huge applause!
Well done Brian... you're super!
PS: You may want stop with fake smiles.
2:19 Brian's Busking cup
obviously it's been a bit of slow day today 😂😂😂😂😂
Awesome
Avrei pagato oro ai miei tempi poter sapere, soltanto immaginare cosa o come l'avrebbe suonata Brian May la sua canzone il suo assolo la canzone dei Queen.
Adesso che la tecnologia ce lo dimostra, LUI insegna a noi come fare.
Lunga vita a te grande chitarrista di tutti i tempi, che avete regalato l'immenso con la vostra musica.
Grazie infinitamente grazie e grati a voi.
Un piccolo fans nell'immenso popolo dei GRANDISSIMI QUEEN.
E immensamente grazie a chi lo ha condiviso.
🙏
Hammeron❌
Snapping✔️
Today I learned that hammer ons and pull offs are actually snapping on and off.
I have never learn the guitar. I could be a brilliant neurosurgeon or cure covid and still having not learnt the guitar would be my biggest regret after following Queen and Dr May for as long as I can remember.
This guy playing guitar reminds me of a well known astrophysicist.
This guy is really good, he should be a professional musician
Great indeed, thank you, so many wrong or different versions out there. Cheers.
The first bends sounds like "Cause we ended as a lovers"
THAT MADE ÓNLY BY THE GODS OF "QUEEN". IT'S NOT FOR NOTHING. ONE OF THE BEST SONGS MADE IN A LIVETIME.
5000👍🏻 Really people? This should have a million +👍🏻
I would love to see him give us a lesson on how to play *Brighton Rock* lol.
phantastic
Sometimes important feel beautiful it'sworth it.
Brian mayi çok severim❤
Thank you
The Grand Wizard of guitar
Never thought I’d see Brian mays bare leg
Wow...he even looks like Brian May.
Wish I knew you personally so u could teach me too sir. Your amazing I'm a fan of your skills .
Willing to help other people,you are wonderful artists sir thank you .
that mind created that song out of nowhere
やっぱりこの人頭良いからSNSも使いこなせるんだろうな。
さすがブライメン博士。We will rock you も作ったし、この人が一番天才だわ。
What about the last part ? Best Regards Paul 🎸
「感謝」＝thank you！
Your the best
If I’m driving and this song comes on I’m probably gonna be late to where I’m going.
Blasphemous to not let it play all the way to the last note
it's the equivalent of slash showing you the solo of sweet chill o mine