Learn the Bohemian Rhapsody guitar solo from Brian May

(Image credit: Lex van Rossen/MAI / Getty)

There's no better way to learn a classic solo than directly from the legendary player who wrote it, and that's exactly what Brian May offered fans on Instagram recently. It was part of a flurry of teaching activity from the Queen legend on Instagram Stories. Enjoy!

This spontaneously turned into a ‘Star Licks’ type tutorial ... as an experiment, really. I don’t think I’ll Ever try to do it this way again, though - because it was ridiculously time-consuming trying to put it all up on IG ‘Stories’. Here’s a very rough potted version for posterity. Tell me how useful (or not!) it was. OK ? Bri Brian Harold May
A photo posted by @brianmayforreal on Mar 21, 2020 at 5:10am PDT

Rob is the Reviews Editor for GuitarWorld.com and MusicRadar guitars, so spends most of his waking hours (and beyond) thinking about and trying the latest gear while making sure our reviews team is giving you thorough and honest tests of it. He's worked for guitar mags and sites as a writer and editor for nearly 20 years but still winces at the thought of restringing anything with a Floyd Rose.

More about guitars

“Classic PRS aesthetics and a voice that blends warmth with bolt-on articulation”: PRS Guitars keeps the limited edition releases coming with the return of the CE22

“We tried to capture the heart of what a Gibson Custom guitar is, and I think we really have done it”: Epiphone expands and upgrades its flagship Gibson Custom collab with eight stunning vintage-inspired electrics

“When you want a boring sound to sound rhythmic and exciting - reach for the delay”: How to understand and use delay effectively in your productions

See more latest

Get the MusicRadar Newsletter