Brian May
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Welcome to our very exciting and very thorough Brian May player study! In this study we will be mainly focusing on Brian May's lead skills, tackling the style, tone, scales and arpeggios he uses to create his very unique sound. To ensure that you are able to take all of your new knowledge and apply it to you playing, after completing the player study, we make sure that you understand every aspect of each solo we look at, breaking down the theory of it as well as the technique.
We kick off our first unit with an awesome Brian May style solo, based around some of his more theatrical Queen solos. We focus in on his vibrato style, flowing lead, behind the beat playing as well as his tone.
Let's get down to some nitty-gritty by looking at a fantastic way to start grouping scales and chords into "lead clusters" that will help you quickly navigate chord changes whilst playing some very cool lead licks.
n our third unit, we will be working on some more application of our "cluster" concept by learning another Brian May style solo. As well as that, we'll be continuing to narrow down on Brian's lead guitar techniques.
When we think of Brian May and Queen, one of the first things that comes to mind is harmony guitar parts! It's such a huge part of his sound, now it's time for you to learn how to do these harmony parts.
In our final unit, we will be tapping into Brian May's more advanced playing. Pun intended! We'll be taking an early Queen style track to teach you some bluesy, arrogant playing, with some advanced tapping techniques.