Queen in the early years
Formally known as
Smile
Staffel left to play
in a band known as
Humpy Bong
Farrokh Bulsara
(Freddie Mercury)
Took his place
Albums
Eponymous debut
album
Queen II
Sheer heart attack
A Night At the
Opera
Queen in the late years
We Will Rock You
We Are The
Champions
One of the greatest
stadium rock bands
1985 live aid
Concert
The Last years of queen
Freddie Mercury
died in 1991
Deacon retired in
1997
May and Taylor
occasionally play
together
The March of the Black
Queen
Said to be lacking
chorus and texture
when it was first
released.
Said to be nearly
similar to
Bohemian
Rhapsody
Introduction 0:00-0:20
The strong
dramatic piano
Small Spurts of
guitar mixed in
The piano is
separated into
parts six measures
long.
Part A 0:20-1:05
This opens with the
phrase Do you mean
it repeating several
times.
The measure is 7
long.
At 0:43 the measures
turn into 9 long
At this point we get a
slow build into the
next part
Part B 1:05-2:15
The first part of
this section is
measured six
measures.
This part
introduces an
occasional 9/8
measure
This part gets the
vocals going and
ends with the lead
into the guitar solo
Guitar solo 2:15-3:00
This solo is 4
measures long.
The drums and the
guitar compliment
each other as they
build
The finale of the
solo is
accompanied by
drums and vocals
Part C 3:00-4:04
The Vocals are
accompanied by
backup vocals
The piano carries
the song through
the section
The small drums at
the end
Lead into Part D
Part D 4:04-5:00
We are reintroduced
to the rest of the
instruments
The tempo increases
dramaticaly
We start to hear a
strong bass
The tempo gets
quicker and is
stepping up faster
Part E 5:00-5:30
Starts instrumental
with a guitar
leading
Occasional phrases
are stated from
vocals
The volume hits a
wall at 5:30 as we
lead into the finale
Finale (coda) 5:30-6:32
The tempo stays its
course then slows
into a piano/guitar
The music stops
then picks back up
The tempo picks
back up for the
final vocals
March of the black queen
The sections are all
different
The words dont
often repeat
Bohemian Rhapsody intro 0:00-0:15
Vocals start the
song
Multiple vocals
lead us into the
song
Part A 0:15-0:49
The vocals are lead
now by piano
This section has
the words Doesn't
really matter to
me which will be
repeated later
Part B 0:49-2:39
The bass starts to
accompany the piano
Occasional vocals will
assist the main vocals
The signature piano
piece for this part
starts to play
This section ends with
the beginning of the
link between the next
section
Solo 2:39-3:03
This section leads
with the guitar
The drums beat the
guitar up and down
The section links
the last section and
the next section
together
Part C 3:03-4:07
This section opens with
piano and vocals
The vocals are
accompanied by
occasional burst of all
the instruments at once
The vocals are theater
like with many singing
at once
The section ends with
the drums and vocals
Part D 4:07-4:37
The texture
changes to a Rock
song
The guitar leads
with vocals
The section ends
with the beginning
of a small solo
Solo B 4:37-5:12
The guitar builds
into its peak
The guitar
transitions into a
piano
The tempo
progressively slows
Coda 5:12-5:55
The vocals repeat
the phrase
Nothing really
matters
The piano leads us
to the end of the
song
The vocals give us
one last bit until
the song ends
The similarities
Both have parts
that are different
from the rest of the
song
Both have fast and
slow tempos
Both songs have
lead piano sections
End
Sources
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