Chordplay - The Chords of Queen

Here's the next episode of Chordplay with The Chords of Queen.
Brian May from Queen is a very talented and respected guitar legend, whose influence filtered into the ears and playing styles of other notable guitar heroes such as Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, Nuno Bettencourt, and countless others.

This lesson focuses on a number of famous and lesser-known chord-based moments hiding in Queen's music and offers a solid sample of the powerhouse rhythm guitar style that Brian patented in the early 1970s. This includes famous rockers such as 'Stone Cold Crazy' and 'We Will Rock You' to more obscure selections such as 'Sweet Lady' and 'It's Late' (to name a few).

While there are plenty of things you can learn from Brian's lead work and tone/effect experimentations over the years, there really is something eye-opening and beneficial from tapping into his sonically powerful and rip-roaring rhythm guitar style. From sustained power chords that seem to tear through your speakers to various chord extensions and partial chord ideas, Brian has a wealth of knowledge to explore and plenty of musical ideas to learn from and emulate.

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