Queen crest Queenzone

On the piano what scale is Bohemian Rhapsody in?

23 posts Page 2 of 2
Thread

Posts in chronological order

Search forum
Bb majoy
Eb major
A major

and some little modulations to other keys
...End of the Beginning... My Mystical Flog ---> http://www.fotolog.com/woodywoodbecker A Clockwork World, my blog ---> http://aclockworkworld.blogspot.com
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]MatiasMay wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Bb majoy
Eb major
A major

and some little modulations to other keys[/QUOTE]

Er... what? Sorry, I don't get it?
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Jake? wrote: I want him to shove it down my throat and shoot. Shoot! Shoot! C'mon! SHOOT! SHOOT! [/QUOTENAME] [/QUOTE]
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<b><font color = "crimson">Thomas Quinn wrote: [/QUOTENAME]It isn't Bb Major, it's B Major (or G minor)

The first piano part that is.[/QUOTE]

Sack your music teacher dude. It is NOT B Major. The B major scale is B, Bb, G#, F#, E, Eb, C#. I have never really tried to learn Bohemian Rhapsody, but I know the chords contained in the start are something like F, Bb, Cm, Gm, Eb, as many of Freddie's piano oriented compositions are composed of. No relation whatsoever to B major. Try and improv to the song with that scale and if it sounds OK to you then you need to stop playing.

Gm would be more accurate, but again, that in turn has no relationship whatever to B major. Gm's major equivalent is Bb major.
He's right, Thomas Quinn. The piece isn't B major because it's key signature is a half step down from B (which is a relative minor to A flat); therefore, the key signature is a half step up from B and it's B flat major, which is a relative minor to G (according to Justice).
Sorry, I'm confused.... can't you just say Bb, instead of B flat major, or whatever you'd call it? The first seems more international.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Jake? wrote: I want him to shove it down my throat and shoot. Shoot! Shoot! C'mon! SHOOT! SHOOT! [/QUOTENAME] [/QUOTE]
To be fair to Thomas Quinn, he may be using the German standard for naming notes, where Bb is known as B, and B is known as H.

I know some Scandinavian countries use this system too, so it's probably also used in Holland.

And Justice: you should sack your music teacher too. The scale of B Major contains no flats, being as it is a sharp key. The notes are B, C#, D#, E, F#, G# and A#.
Gullibility and credulity are considered undesirable qualities in every department of human life -- except religion.
It's in the scale of I suck at piano and Freddie doesn't. Should have kept taking those lessons all those years ago...
Oh, I guess I misunderstood you, Thomas Quinn, sorry, buddy, and to Millionaire Waltz, sorry for the confusion. Oh by the way, Bohardy, you have a point about the B major scale.