It isn't Bb Major, it's B Major (or G minor)
The first piano part that is. There is a modality at the point where it switches to the operatic section, I'm not sure to what key, and then there are more modalities...
Ahh! Last night I was watching some videos off of youtube, and I FINALLY figured out that cool scale-ish thing Freddie does in the middle of the last guitar solo.. erm.. right before the "ooh yeah, ooh yeah" part.. right at the end.. oh god, does anybody know what I'm talking about? Anywho- I was happy. :-D
The Millionaire Waltz wrote: I'm quite sure it's in Bb.
Not really. Listen to the rock section again because E flat major is four steps up from the key of B flat major. If it's still B flat then it would sound exactly like the very beginning.
The Millionaire Waltz wrote: I'm quite sure it's in Bb.
Not really. Listen to the rock section again because E flat major is four steps up from the key of B flat major. If it's still B flat then it would sound exactly like the very beginning.
You must mean the guitar solo... I was talking about when the singing comes in. But I believe the rest of the section is in Bb, isn't it? I just played along to the song on my synth, and you're right, it's Eb before the singing comes in, but then it changes to Bb.
<b><font color = "crimson">Thomas Quinn wrote: It isn't Bb Major, it's B Major (or G minor)
The first piano part that is.
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).
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#.
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.