| Mr.Mouth 19.02.2015 16:22 |
Ok guys first of all special hello. I noticed years and years ago that Freddie has his similar tehnique on playung pianno wich can be heard on this songs and if you carefully listen to pianno you can see the base. 1.Bohemian Rhapsody begining is a base than its almost same in You Take My Breath Away,than Its A Hard Life same pianno tehnique base. So my friends have you hear a resemblance.. ? Anyone has more to nention about similarities..there must be more on the Freddies songs but cant remember now...hehe just been smoking "magic tobbaco" Cheers my friends |
| master marathon runner 19.02.2015 18:28 |
That "magic tobacco" must be powerful stuff ! . Haha, you're a star. |
| Mr.Mouth 19.02.2015 18:37 |
master marathon runner wrote: That "magic tobacco" must be powerful stuff ! . Haha, you're a star.;) |
| musicland munich 19.02.2015 18:41 |
I don't know how serious this but...if you want to hear some of Freddies "roots" ( piano wise), then give Rachmaninow al listen. You will find bits and pieces there. And don't ride a vehicle for a couple of days my friend. |
| HighWideandHandsome 19.02.2015 20:12 |
Mr.Mouth wrote: 1.Bohemian Rhapsody begining is a base than its almost same in You Take My Breath Away,than Its A Hard Life same pianno tehnique base. So my friends have you hear a resemblance.. ? There are a LOT of similarities between "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "It's a Hard Life", if you listen to them closely; chords, piano techniques, etc. Freddie's style is pretty distinctive and easy to pick out after listening to his songs several times over (and if you're a pianist like I am, playing them), so I'm not at all surprised. |
| JP_Brazil 19.02.2015 21:16 |
The piano on seas of rhye on debut album is very similar to the piano on seven seas of rhye on Queen II. Poor tehnique! |
| BETA215 19.02.2015 22:07 |
^ It's almost the same song! FTSOYNM! |
| tomchristie22 20.02.2015 00:35 |
Seriously though, Freddie plays the intro piano part across two octaves on the Queen II version, it's much harder to do than on one octave, like on the instrumental. |
| Bohardy 20.02.2015 02:06 |
tomchristie22 wrote: Seriously though, Freddie plays the intro piano part across two octaves on the Queen II version, it's much harder to do than on one octave, like on the instrumental.I very much doubt he played that two-handed (on the QII version). I would assume that he doubled the part an octave higher on a second track, playing the arpeggios in both octaves just with his right hand. In the early days there are a fair few examples of this kind of doubling, and of having two piano tracks on the one song. |
| master marathon runner 20.02.2015 02:17 |
I often skip straight to SSOR on live at Wembley DVD purely to appreciate Fred playing the intro , with almost cartoon - style hands. Sublime. |
| Reid_Special_98 20.02.2015 04:32 |
Bohardy wrote:This is a very interesting point. To my ears, it sounded like Freddie indeed played with both hands for the SSOR intro. I would consider it to be quite challenging to have to sync up with one track to another especially trying to get the exact feeling for phrasing and temp - even for such a short fragment. That is why (to my mind) the two handed theory would win out.tomchristie22 wrote: Seriously though, Freddie plays the intro piano part across two octaves on the Queen II version, it's much harder to do than on one octave, like on the instrumental.I very much doubt he played that two-handed (on the QII version). I would assume that he doubled the part an octave higher on a second track, playing the arpeggios in both octaves just with his right hand. In the early days there are a fair few examples of this kind of doubling, and of having two piano tracks on the one song. But I don't know for sure and wouldn't be at all surprised to hear of the multitrack theory being fact. |
| miraclesteinway 20.02.2015 04:48 |
It's just two hands playing an octave apart, doesn't sound like double octaves to me, at all. It's not so difficult. |
| pestgrid 20.02.2015 06:35 |
Well I can tell you there's about 5 songs composed by Freddie that are completely different from each other yet use the same chords, in the same sequence, just played in a different melody. Freddie used only a handful of chords and bass notes for his playing style, and mostly used octaves to the bass notes. I personally play piano and have found that if you master seven seas of rhye and Bohemian Rhapsody, then you can play and Freddie Mercury composition. |
| liam 20.02.2015 08:10 |
Which are those songs? I'm actually interested. |
| RafaelS 20.02.2015 11:37 |
What I like about Freddie's technique is the hand-crossing while playing Bohemian Rhapsody. Only someone like Freddie would have thought about something like that. |
| Viper 20.02.2015 11:45 |
RafaelS wrote: What I like about Freddie's technique is the hand-crossing while playing Bohemian Rhapsody. Only someone like Freddie would have thought about something like that.Wow! A friend of my dad's plays piano and a few years ago he said to the exact same thing! |
| Bohardy 20.02.2015 13:39 |
miraclesteinway wrote: It's just two hands playing an octave apart, doesn't sound like double octaves to me, at all. It's not so difficult. It might not be that difficult to somebody with a relatively strong and dexterous left hand, but Fred has never provided any evidence of having such a thing; he's barely ever played anything other than an octave with it. Further, - and I wish I'd thought to check this before my earlier post - the isolated piano part clearly shows there are two tracks, as evidenced by the LH bass octaves that come in on the stabs. In fact, I'm certain that there are two piano tracks throughout the entire recording (apart from the very end), not just on the arpeggios riffs. The second track always plays the higher octave arpeggios, but it also deviates from the main track occasionally (playing minims where the first track plays crotchets, playing the chords an octave higher etc). I think the proof is in the pudding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itphSt9fEI0 |
| mooghead 20.02.2015 14:30 |
Most punk bands couldn't play a note but still get heard on the radio. It's not how you play but what you play. If you are brilliant but cannot come up with anything original then get a job in a factory. If you only know 3 chords but can play them like no one else then the world is yours. |
| master marathon runner 20.02.2015 16:03 |
/. ...like that session guitarist status quo hired for their last tour and album - he's friggin suing them for repetitive strain injury!! Guffaw! |
| miraclesteinway 20.02.2015 16:52 |
you know I hadn't taken into account the bass part. I had assumed the piano only played the riff, but the harmony was left to the bass and guitar in the intro. |
| pestgrid 20.02.2015 18:35 |
We are the Champions, Don't Stop Me Now, Love of My Life, Ogre battle (reversed), parts of Its a Hard life and Bohemian Rhapsody which are both a mix of Somebody to Love, and You Take my breath away has the same chords as all of them but played as single notes combined with octaves. Also listen to the demo (if you have it) for breaththru, the piano actually come from a sheer heart attack song Lili of the Valley, in fact the two could be put together to make one song....have a go and upload results......Brian will tell you Freddie has one chord that is his and features in most of his songs, and it is the same key that they used in Only the Good Died Young as an inner tribute to him. Listen to the piano for that song and it is very Freddie inspired...!..x |
| Ale Solan 20.02.2015 22:02 |
Wait, what's a pianno? |
| matt z 21.02.2015 00:07 |
Ale Solan wrote: Wait, what's a pianno?It's Italian. Two n's become a hard CH like a K So it's actually sounded out like Pee-aK-oh |
| una999 21.02.2015 02:48 |
pestgrid wrote: We are the Champions, Don't Stop Me Now, Love of My Life, Ogre battle (reversed), parts of Its a Hard life and Bohemian Rhapsody which are both a mix of Somebody to Love, and You Take my breath away has the same chords as all of them but played as single notes combined with octaves. Also listen to the demo (if you have it) for breaththru, the piano actually come from a sheer heart attack song Lili of the Valley, in fact the two could be put together to make one song....have a go and upload results......Brian will tell you Freddie has one chord that is his and features in most of his songs, and it is the same key that they used in Only the Good Died Young as an inner tribute to him. Listen to the piano for that song and it is very Freddie inspired...!..xOnly the good due Young isn't in a key freddie typically used, it's more a variation on a key brian would use. Love of my life isn't similar to its a hard life or you take me breath away those 3 songs are all in different keys and difference styles. Don't stop me now and we are the champions are different the chorus of we are the champions just happens to be in f like don't stop me now. |
| Rugby_guy 21.02.2015 03:57 |
Yeah a classic Queen song was not complete without our Freddie and his regal piano playing! awesome man and never to be replaced in Queen ever! |
| Chief Mouse 21.02.2015 04:07 |
Rugby_guy wrote: Yeah a classic Queen song was not complete without our Freddie and his regal piano playing! awesome man and never to be replaced in Queen ever!You know, this reminds me of someone whose name starts with "G" and ends with "erry" :P |
| ludwigs 21.02.2015 04:29 |
Chief Mouse wrote:Starts with C and rhymes with front more like.Rugby_guy wrote: Yeah a classic Queen song was not complete without our Freddie and his regal piano playing! awesome man and never to be replaced in Queen ever!You know, this reminds me of someone whose name starts with "G" and ends with "erry" :P 'Regal' playing? I think you tend to misconstrue the Queen thing . Majestic, regal etc.... straight out of a press cutting |
| brENsKi 21.02.2015 06:13 |
Rugby_guy wrote: Yeah a classic Queen song was not complete without our Freddie and his regal piano playing! awesome man and never to be replaced in Queen ever!Gerry, exactly how much of Freddie's regal piano is on "liar" - that's classic queen |
| Reid_Special_98 21.02.2015 09:21 |
RafaelS wrote: What I like about Freddie's technique is the hand-crossing while playing Bohemian Rhapsody. Only someone like Freddie would have thought about something like that.This idea isn't entirely new as composers have been doing this forever. One example to note is Beethoven's "Pathetique" Sonata, where he also uses hand crossing. This is just one of an infinite number that come to mind. Nevertheless - I can say that when I learned the Beethoven piece, I immediately was reminded of the Bohemian Rhapsody hand crossing technique :) One has influenced the other - and both have influenced me, for sure. |
| brENsKi 21.02.2015 09:39 |
ludwigs wrote:croissant?Chief Mouse wrote:Starts with C and rhymes with front more like.Rugby_guy wrote: Yeah a classic Queen song was not complete without our Freddie and his regal piano playing! awesome man and never to be replaced in Queen ever!You know, this reminds me of someone whose name starts with "G" and ends with "erry" :P ludwigs wrote: I think you tend to misconstrue the Queen thing . Majestic, regal etc.... straight out of a press cuttingwell Gezza did claim he'd be a great journalist :-) |
| Viper 23.02.2015 06:04 |
There Must Be More To Life Than This (FM version) and Your Kind Of Lover had a very similar intro piano notes. Even Guide Me Home has the same intro structure. |