What is Brian's most difficult song to play

Put out the Fire is another tricky one, largely because it's outside of his usual style. To be honest I've never really made a go of it.

Keep 'em coming, I dig this thread.

I found this online sheet music site that has Queen selections. Has anyone tried it?

http://www.sheetmusicsearch.info/SheetMusicSearch.php?search=Queen

Arrow down a bit and there you are.

Its "Guitar Guru" section looks comprehensive with a guitar finger chart and digital choices if you just want to work on a particular area of a song, plus you can repeat the area and even slow it down.

Gosh, it makes me wish I played guitar. I once tried piano, but the teacher suggested I take up a different hobby.

Put out the fire solo tricky one? I don`t understand...

Well I dunno. It (Put out the Fire solo) isn't any trickier than the others when you come down to it, but it's a little different (probably because he's drunk while doing it) and whenever I try it I usually slide into something more familiar. Heck thats just me.

I really like to play the solo from Heaven for everyone, 'cos it's very simple but sounds really sweet. I also like the solo in Was it all worth it because it sounds really dark and yet very melodic.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Zebonka12 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I can play just about any solo or riff he put to magnetic tape - Princes of the Universe, Invisible Man... but the ONE thing that still eludes me after all these years is about five seconds in Brighton Rock. I don't get it, I *know* how to play it but for the life of me I can't![/QUOTE]

Would that be the screaming lick played twice just after the vocals? Even with the Starlicks video right in front of me I can't seem to get that one down.

Yeah, he plays it (TWICE...) at around 1:53 into the song...

I can recall when I was just learning the song, I did it faultlessly! Since then I dunno... it's left me :(

White Queen

Are you talking about the bit in 12th position that occurs in the 15th and 17th lines of tab here? http://queen.musichall.cz/index_en.php?s=ak&t=brighton&k=tab

To me that's not that difficult. The fingering and the patterns are nice and familiar. The only difficulty is getting the speed, which comes quite easily after a brief bit of sustained practice.

It's nothing too difficult. Seems like you've just got some weird mental-block with that one Zebonka.

Yeah, mental block would have to be it. My fingers just sort of trip over at that bit.

Agreed, The Miracle has some amazing guitar work on it. Brian showed the world that he could do sweep picking (Was It All Worth It) and lightning-fast chromatics (The Invisible Man). Sure, of course he probably practiced these parts for hours, or even days. But had he practiced more, he could have hit the point where these kinds of things would have been one-take, every time. But that's not the kind of guitarist Brian is. He's not a technical player. He's a feel player... an emotive player. But if he really wants to do some technical stuff, he can.

He has done a lot of tapping in his day as well... It's Late, Resurrection, and Cyborg are the first three that come to mind. I recall reading an interview with Brian, regarding when he met up with Eddie Van Halen in 1983. He said they tried to show each other their respective tapping styles (Eddie's speed vs. Brian's bending), and they both couldn't play the other's way!

Can someone tell me exactly what bending strings are? Kind of break it down for me?

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You play a note, and you literally bend the string with your finger, which makes the note sound higher, as you're tightening the string.

Make sense? Kind of?!?

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Lisser wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Can someone tell me exactly what bending strings are? Kind of break it down for me?

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http://www.gregsguitar.com/bend_string1.html

I agree with Dead on Time. Very cool.