Queen’s legendary guitarist Brian May has shared a new video on his official Instagram account and showed the highly-anticipated riffs of an iconic song.
As you might remember, Brian May started to make ‘how to play’ sessions for Queen songs on social media over two weeks ago in the self-quarantine days to help and support his followers in these rough times.
This time, Brian shared one of the most legendary songs that Queen made, We Will Rock You. And he showed the unique style in the solo of this song and revealed how to play it.
Brian’s video watched over 125K times in six hours and rising quickly. Also, most of the fans headed to the comment section to share their reactions.
Here is what Brian May wrote:
“We Will Rock You! Again, given half a chance! 😉 Micro-Moment #11. This is the riff I get asked about most often. It gets that strange ‘clang’ to it.
Because I’m playing a high ‘A major’ chord as a ‘bar’ on strings 2, 3 and 4, way up at the octave position, but the A-string is not fretted – it’s left behind at the bottom sounding a low open ‘A’. So you get that ‘interference’ between the harmonics of the component notes.”
Brian May continued:
“Especially with the amp turned up into distortion, as here. I’m not hitting the bottom ‘E’ at all. When we first recorded this, I was determined to break all the rules. Including putting the solo at the end of the song instead of somewhere in the middle!
And having no drums! Funny, ironically it became a drum favourite, which makes me very happy! But the stamps and claps became a trade-mark. Here you can hear the guitar with nothing else! Cheers!”
A fan named Sherry added this comment:
“Well, I do believe I have heard that one before! 🤘🏼🎸🤘🏼 Awesome!”
Another fan named Luis said:
“Oh my god, I love that solo so much. 😍 See you next year in Munich Brian. ❤️ Stay safe and stay healthy, good night.”
You can check out the video below.
