Summary: Crazy Little Thing Called Love
What a solo this is! Brian May has beautifully combined his melodic soloing skills with a more rock&roll style to create something very special. Ollie will take you through every single lick and the technique and scale behind it.
The intro lick: D minor lick
First of all we will tackle the cool lick that we play just before the main solo. This is based around the D minor pentatonic shape 1, but we use some really cool chromatic notes to make the lick really stand out. The pentatonic scale and the chromatic notes are shown below:
Following The chords: The Scales
When we get to the main solo we need to start thinking about what the chords are doing underneath the solo, to work out what Brian May is playing underneath. So the first set of chords are Bb /// //// D /// //// Bb /// //// E / A / F ///. So when we are on the Bb we are using the Bb major shape 4 for the lick and the rest we move with the chord. See the scale shapes below!