Queen - The Show Must Go On (Only Guitar)

Queen - The Show Must Go On (Only Guitar)
Written by Queen
Innuendo - 1991

[@alederi2144]

2:31 One of the most beautiful solos ever

[@SebastiaanFranken]

I'm in awe of the chords Brian plays behind the solo. The way the guitar sounds is really doing it for me, very chorussy and 'fat' yet still defined. Good sound engineers, to make 3 AC30's hum free in a recording though

[@gw2031]

Brian May was recently voted "best rock guitarist ever " to the expected barrage of nay sayers,,,,Awe no way,its Hendrix man etc etc,,,Simple,,just listen to this,,A power chord tone so huge and crisp that any metal head would kill for ,chrystal clean single coil rhythm parts,,,harmonies,,whammy tricks,,melody lines that compliment the vocal lines ,such an intelligent musician,not forgetting that screaming solo,,,,,Oh,and he wrote the song aswell,,,, Brian May is a British National Treasure.

[@danielperktas]

Completely right mate!

[@lenny3167]

it’s eddie van halen he is the best rock guitar player ever

[@lenny3167]

and the a power chord sounds that good because he had money to buy a good guitar

[@lenny3167]

but i love brian may i just think the van halen freak is better

[@costin9991]

@@lenny3167 he build his own guitar because he had no money to buy an electric guitar.his guitar was built from scraps...so he had a very cheap guitar.

[@Iceman-xx1kh]

The power in the guitar is epic.

[@user-lx3dn9bt9e]

The part from 1:50 to 2:04 brought tears to my eyes... So touching and sad

[@user-lx3dn9bt9e]

I'm back to say that the slide on 2:04 is like a tear rolling down the cheek... We miss you Freddie, Happy Birthday!

[@gatopr2204]

0:37 EPIC.

[@cwir88]

He sounds heavier that most of metal band these days.

[@rodrigobelinchon2982]

Brian May is the most well respected Heavy Metal guitarist in history , the guy tears the house down with his guitars and nobody complains !! By the way ,I got last year my first treble booster, after 21 years playing, best decision ever !! You need one !

[@isaacesparza2742]

It depends, there are a lot of bands with a lot of potential and heavy music. Fortunately for us this is now how heavy is the music, it’s the beauty. It’s just amazing how this man doesn't needs to show that he can make a thousand notes per second, he just do what the song asks and make masterpieces. He is defenitely in my top 5 and is one of the best in history.

[@fernandomanzanares5555]

There are a lot of details here that you don't get to hear in the full album, because of everything that's going on. May's work on the bridge is beautiful - I don't know how he makes that "rising" thing (lasts around five seconds, from 2:54) but I had never noticed it.

[@regolithia]

A slide, probably. Or gliding his pick across the frets.

[@cokito144]

It's tapping, it's on the first string starting (it seems to me) at the fret 13 to 15, 15 to 17, 17 to 19, 19 to 21, 21 to 22 and I think it ends at 22 to 24. I'm not sure why I didn't find no tablature in which this tapping appears to be heard. obviously what is heard clearly is the arpeggio that is located in a C major if I am not mistaken (now I do not remember if it was C or D). Sorry for my horrible english😂🇦🇷

[@cokito144]

Another alternative of what he should be doing is a hammer on and pull off between frets 3 to 5, 5 to 6, 6 to 8, 8 to 10 and I think it ends with a 10 to 12, using a Wah pedal, that goes up 1 or 2 octaves (I think), all in the first string. Of this I am not sure because I could not prove it since I do not have one of those pedals, but the form of the sound and the way of raising the tone of acute to “super-acute” at the end of that “ascent” that you mention, makes me believe that a Wah pedal is used, maybe to be sure and say "I think this guy is right" you should listen to the Like of Stone solo by Audioslave, that same one uses a Wah pedal that makes you notice that characteristic sound of it pedal. This rise in tone can be noticed in the 2:58 minute. My personal idea of ​​what he does is, the hammer on and pull off that I mentioned earlier, use that Wah pedal (since it is not necessary to use both hands to do the technique, the left hand makes the hammer-on and pull- off, and with the right, which is usually used to strum or dot, set the pedal to raise the tone, and with the foot activates the pedal, to this we must add that there is a delay effect and also a kind of effect of Reverse delay, that is, it has the effect of delay, but what is heard from that delay is the delay but from back to front, I don't know if it is understood. If Brian May did exactly that, the truth is that he is the most guitarist Undervalued of all the fucking music history, it's too much genius in a single musician. Again, I apologize for my English. I translated everything with google.

[@rodrigobelinchon2982]

that's legato plus a harmonizer and then a whammy pedal , studio tricks very difficult to bring to live shows

[@HugoBechstein]

2:46

[@xbbbgvnnthmkkj865]

That's actually my favorite part of the song

[@Marco007guitar]

Ufff me excita ese sonido!!! Brian! Red special!!!

[@user-pd5fk6id9f]

This version can just to kill, to tear to shreds, to destroy its melodiousness to death! You just listen to how he sing strings! Fantastic!

[@MarcVazquezRS]

Only two words can explain that: Brian May🤘

[@yocornucopio]

That Middle part is pure gold

[@hernanrolando1980]

Red Special!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ronald898]

3:26

[@gw2031]

Wow!!!! Just breath taking guitar heaven,,what a player !!!

[@zweeterzwitter683]

я готов слушать это часами. Жаль у нас нет таких

[@zyhan9411]

2:30 3:25 beatiful

[@pygrosguy16]

2:49 guitar says "yasemin"

[@robbinvanderzwart7452]

What? I don't hear a word

[@uh4511]

IS BEAUTIFULL

[@frgproductions6165]

Just... divine

[@user-wv7mo4ig9e]

Сколько труда!!!Душу вложил!!!!!!..

[@uh4511]

Wtf ?? Que carajos ?? Зелокиетдажпжвдвлаладвжвж ??

[@joaquinlezcano2372]

@@uh4511 que dicen?

[@user-xh9ip1sj2q]

Start in 0:32

[@danielperktas]

0:58 THE GUITAR CRIED

[@robbinvanderzwart7452]

1:20

[@geoffreydias4960]

I N C R E D I B L E

[@WolfgangHarner]

This song alone should show how talented Brian May really is/was. He's so underrated when people discuss the greatest guitarists of all time.

[@luquita007]

EPIC GUITAR BY: BRIAN MAY

[@gailrainwater6943]

Beautiful song

[@qasehumairah2466]

2:27 wow..

[@sanyara99]

Отличное соло!

[@aslnazday6279]

that’s flawless

[@alexkx8599]

Amazing!

[@hernanrolando1980]

Great work.

[@alessioangionii]

Fantastico :D

[@senordeloxido6132]

Ahora creciste 😉

[@Zomber-banda]

@@senordeloxido6132 jajaja soy tu pero en otra cuenta

[@droupetakataka465]

I think is the best participation of Bryan in Queen

[@jackhamilton3587]

This song is sentiment to how underrated Brian May is as both a guitarist and musician

[@noemirodriguezcarbajal5382]

El 3:43 el guitarraso legendario del mundo

[@oxnegative]

amazing

[@David3858]

Scary

[@claudiocruzat4624]

I wish Brian May would do an instrumental album with R.taylor. with Schenker and p.gilbert..my favourites. Melodic bastards.

[@deanbagdasarian5017]

Thats rather cool

[@benediktmayr1701]

Sir May is the best rock guitarist in the world, and you wont change my mind on that

[@allanskeys]

Hi! Just want to ask how did you do this, this is a really a huge help for all hearing all the individual parts of the track, Thanks a lot man....

[@fmSoldier]

Wow

[@uh4511]

SI SE DAN CUENTA LA FOTO VA AUMENTANDO ZOOM

[@carlos_05moreno12]

Omg

[@uliramon9466]

Good intro

[@79boh]

..... bisogna aggiungere altro????? Penso che questa chitarra canti già abbastanza! !!!!

[@Caradecarton1]

2:27 2:48

[@tizianobringasvaldivia669]

Suena un poco desquintada pero esta increíble como suena la guitarra de Brian may!!!!

[@josefredysc1033]

Creo que suena mejor así, me encanta ese sonido de la Red Special único,ninguna otra guitarra tiene ese excitante sonido ,muy pronto tendré mi réplica

[@MrMarkosss]

@@josefredysc1033 Cuanto te salio una replica?

[@jesustrria977]

creo Q es común que esté desquitada por la intenté hacer y siempre sale así

[@elrockestavivo7311]

I can’t find the tabs

[@AdamGall]

Why can I not find queen singing this damn song?!

[@philipkarovski281]

if by singing you mean live it's because the song was recorded around 6 months before Freddie died

[@rafita241]

So sad:( haha

[@philipkarovski281]

@@Nada-hd2ko sorry dude but no Innuendo came out in February of 91 while Freddie passed away at the end of November so it is more and considering the tracka were first recorded then you add a month of two for mixing and mastering it's more than 6 months, probably a year or more

[@betoneitor3498]

@@Nada-hd2ko actually, NO

[@danielperktas]

Philip Karovski bro u’r right but this song came out at 14th of October I guess

[@figidor9771]

Brian may mengeluarkan semua skill gitar nya di album terakhir queen sebelum Freddie meninggal 🥲

[@Quake_-_A.I._Covers]

Grande! Che programma hai usato per estrapolare la chitarra? Grazie mille ottimo lavoro

[@LukeAlex86]

Has anyone tabbed this???

[@betoneitor3498]

Search in Songsterr

[@hofitpeer175]

I'm not sure if it's Brian May or Tony Iommi.

[@robbinvanderzwart7452]

What do you mean? The song was written and composed by May, so of course it's him playing and Iommi would've been credited

[@betoneitor3498]

3:42