> Alot of the stuff on JAZZ (in my view...someone who plays Piano) is quite challenging. Not so much note-wise, but rhythm and speedwise.
I agree. Jazz album + tour were great piano moments for Freddie. And almost every song on the album has got some interesting rhythmic tricks.
> Death on 2 Legs isn't that bad, if you understand how the chords work at the beginning...I found out that the right-hand chords at the very beginning basically lie between two octave notes (d-flats?) that decend chromatically and the chord is filled in naturally as a result...
Not so much, but as Bohardy said, it's not that much the chord progression (which is very interesting however), but the unusual pattern Fred applied (in the studio version). Live he did an easier approach that allowed him not to screw up, and to play it even faster.
> how about the piano solo on living on my own
Outside Freddie's abilities. It was done by Mr Mandel.
> I think Lazing on a sunday afternoon sounds pretty hard, i also looked at the arrangement for it, and it looked tough
The hardest part is to play it so effortlessly and sing at the same time. As in most of Freddie's piano parts (Melancholy Blues is another) his merit is for "feeling" rather than the notes per se.
> Love Of My Life is pretty hard.
Indeed. That's one of those that I doubt he could have performed live.
> all this 20s-musical-related stuff is really tough if you're not used to it..
Agree. For instance, Brian May's piano technique was more than enough for playing those, but not his rhythm.
> Most of the songs you guys are naming, aren't hard at all.
Of course not if you compare them with Rick Wakeman or Keith Emerson. If you compare them to John Lennon or Axl Rose, they're like Rachmaninov :)
> D on 2L is like one chord for the whole piano introduction
No way.
> Seaside is written in C major.. and is mostly based on chord inversions.
It's not the notes that are difficult, but the whole feeling. You And I falls into that as well imo.
> I will say that Don't Stop me Now is freaking hard. The reason is this: Freddie improved most of it, and the sheet music isn't the same as what he played at all.
Agreed. The way he changes his mood and expresses it while at the same time keeping a perfect rhythm is rather nice.
> I think that My Melancholy Blues is challenging.
Not the notes but the loose feel. And the fact Fred did it with perfect tempo (inner metronome) and he sang at the same time.
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Posts in chronological order
-Intro to Death On Two Legs
-Love Of My Life
-Millionaire Waltz
Cheers
-Love Of My Life
-Millionaire Waltz
Cheers
> Most of the songs you guys are naming, aren't hard at all.
Of course not if you compare them with Rick Wakeman or Keith Emerson. If you compare them to John Lennon or Axl Rose, they're like Rachmaninov :)
Do u mean that axl Rose and lennon are shitty piano players?
Of course not if you compare them with Rick Wakeman or Keith Emerson. If you compare them to John Lennon or Axl Rose, they're like Rachmaninov :)
Do u mean that axl Rose and lennon are shitty piano players?
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]diffner wrote: [/QUOTENAME]> Most of the songs you guys are naming, aren't hard at all.
Of course not if you compare them with Rick Wakeman or Keith Emerson. If you compare them to John Lennon or Axl Rose, they're like Rachmaninov :)
Do u mean that axl Rose and lennon are shitty piano players?[/QUOTE]
John Lennon could play piano, but it's not like it was his main forte.
Wakeman is awesome; he also played on Bowie's "Hunky Dory" album. For exceptional playing, see the song "Kooks."
Cheers
Of course not if you compare them with Rick Wakeman or Keith Emerson. If you compare them to John Lennon or Axl Rose, they're like Rachmaninov :)
Do u mean that axl Rose and lennon are shitty piano players?[/QUOTE]
John Lennon could play piano, but it's not like it was his main forte.
Wakeman is awesome; he also played on Bowie's "Hunky Dory" album. For exceptional playing, see the song "Kooks."
Cheers
[QUOTE]D on 2L is like one chord for the whole piano introduction
No way.
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Way! I'm not talking about his crazy arpeggio thing. That's not in the sheet music. I'm talking about the (right hand's) inverted B minor chord: d, fsharp, b, respectivly. The left hand does it's thing, but right stays the same.
No way.
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Way! I'm not talking about his crazy arpeggio thing. That's not in the sheet music. I'm talking about the (right hand's) inverted B minor chord: d, fsharp, b, respectivly. The left hand does it's thing, but right stays the same.
About DOTL: all right, if you mean the second intro, then of course I agree.
I don't mean Lennon and Axl were shitty piano players, they were nice, just as nice as a VW Beetle. But Freddie would then be a Ferrari. And Fred Mandel would be an Airbus and Wakeman a spaceship. And Roger Taylor would be a bicycle :)
I don't mean Lennon and Axl were shitty piano players, they were nice, just as nice as a VW Beetle. But Freddie would then be a Ferrari. And Fred Mandel would be an Airbus and Wakeman a spaceship. And Roger Taylor would be a bicycle :)
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Sebastian wrote: [/QUOTENAME]About DOTL: all right, if you mean the second intro, then of course I agree.
I don't mean Lennon and Axl were shitty piano players, they were nice, just as nice as a VW Beetle. But Freddie would then be a Ferrari. And Fred Mandel would be an Airbus and Wakeman a spaceship. And Roger Taylor would be a bicycle :)[/QUOTE]
Heh heh.
Nice correlation.
Billy Joel is another great pianist.
Cheers
I don't mean Lennon and Axl were shitty piano players, they were nice, just as nice as a VW Beetle. But Freddie would then be a Ferrari. And Fred Mandel would be an Airbus and Wakeman a spaceship. And Roger Taylor would be a bicycle :)[/QUOTE]
Heh heh.
Nice correlation.
Billy Joel is another great pianist.
Cheers