Killer Queen guitar lesson (EASY & CORRECT CHORDS)
Video Title: Killer Queen guitar lesson (EASY & CORRECT CHORDS)
Hey guys welcome back to another strum chum session this week we’re going to be doing killer queen by queen queen is really not a band that i think of when i think of songs to strum along to but if i were to pick one queen song to
Try to do this with this would probably be the one so fair warning it’s a pretty cordy song but i’ve adapted it to use a capo on the third fret so we’re gonna use as few bar chords as possible while still using all the correct voicings of the original song
So hopefully you’ll be able to play along with the original version uh but save your wrist a little bit the form of this song is verse one pre-chorus chorus verse two pre-chorus short chorus guitar solo long pre-chorus chorus and then an outro so the way i’m going to show this to you
Is just to go through each one of those sections and then at the end we’ll put it all together so starting from the very top of the song you have six snaps one two three four five six and then we’re in on an a minor Chord So to break that down i’m starting up the song on an a minor and i’m palm muting to kind of mimic the dampened piano sound that is at the beginning of the song in order to do that i just rest the inside of my hand uh near the bridge on the strings while
I’m striking the strings so it sounds like this as for the chords this is just your basic open a minor and then g over b i’m going to talk about this one for a second because it’s going to come up a lot in the song
There’s a few different ways to play a g chord and the way that i tend to play it in this particular song is to put my third finger on the root note on a g my second finger on a b on the a string and then use my pinky up high um
A lot of blue grassers do this uh it’s an easier way to get into and out of a g i think than what you’ll see a lot of times which is people playing it like this um but for example in this song moving from this a minor
To this g or b it’s right there then it’s a much smaller move than an a minor like this to a g like this the other thing to point out about that chord is it’s a g being played over a b bass note so in this moment i’m actually using my third finger
To mute that bass string so i’m just getting this part of the chord starting with b here so to play that part slowly again for you the first four bars go like this And then just your regular c chord moving on this is where things start to get a little more interesting so we have a c chord followed by that same g over b followed by a c7 with a b-flat in the bass note which i would play this way and then an f-bar chord
Followed by an f-minor then we’re gonna play a c chord but we’re gonna put a g on top it’s a really pretty chord and then we’re gonna just play a regular g so that’s like i said uh you’ll see me playing g’s like this but you can also feel free to play it
This way too if you want that whole section one more time goes like this open it up here And a quick note on that strum pattern i’m just trying to imitate the piano part so to me uh what that sounds closest to is doing the bass note with a down stroke and then i hit the next string above that with uh an upstroke hit the remaining strings with a down
Stroke then come back up and hit that string with an up stroke so all together starting with that c in bar five it goes like this and then apply that same pattern to the g over b then to the c seven over b flat and then f F minor g or c over g now we’re at the pre-chorus so you have an open e a minor g using that same fingering we discussed before c b7 like this then e minor and d and i use that same rhythm i was just discussing with you
During the pre-chorus too so down up Down so playing verse 1 into the pre-chorus sounds like this So And we’re at the chorus you’ll also notice i threw in a little run there that you hear in the piano coming out of the g into the pre-chorus and all that is is uh g a b and then you’re on that e so let’s do down stroke down stroke up stroke
Bam one two three So you can throw that in there too if you want okay now for the chorus chorus goes like this So to break that down we have a g i kind of switch up how i play the g in the chorus because i’m going from this into a b minor i actually tend to use this fingering more often It’s a little prettier having that d in there versus the open b so play g b minor e minor b minor e minor f sharp b minor e7 and i stop the sound after each one of those drums because it kind of hits and then an a and then here’s the tricky part
You got to do an a to a g pretty quickly and then f sharp seven so we’re just doing that same f sharp shape taking off her pinky and then here adapting this for acoustic i just play a d three and then this voicing of a d9 chord
And then one hit on e before we’re back into verse two verse two is the exact same as verse one so we can just play it through it again real quick get it stuck in your head sounds like this So now we are back to pre-chorus again exact same as before and then we have our short chorus so using most of the same chords as the previous chorus it sounds like this And now everyone’s favorite the guitar solo i’m not going to go into that uh in this lesson i will make a separate lesson that has the entirety of brian may’s actual guitar parts um and so that’ll be in a different video that i’ll link to down below
So if you want to learn that i’ll show you that there otherwise you can just hum it and that’s fun too so here we go the chords for the guitar solo So breaking that down we start on an f sharp to b minor f sharp b minor open e to a minor e to a minor and then here i’m just kind of imitating the sound of the column response between the band and the guitar
So i’m playing a regular d and then a d9 then a regular d d9 and then here you have the option to either just strum a d chord or if you want it to sound a little closer to what they do in the original you can do a d9 d diminish
And then take this regular d and slide it up so oops slid a little farther but um also if that slide is tricky for you because i know this is not the most natural position to play a d you can play a normal d like this
And then just hit this on the up stroke so and then after that we’re just back to our verse chords we already know You guys know this whole part And now we’re on the long pre-chorus sounds like this And then the chorus so to break that down we have an e a minor e a minor g c g c b seven e minor d g d g minor d and then just a short bar of two or we have a triple quarter and now we’re at the chorus
And this last chorus goes like this And now we’re at the outro um the outro is a little weird to do as a solo guitar player you can kind of strum a d for a while something like that you can also imitate the piano part by doing this Do um or you can just skip it it’s kind of weird anyway so i’m gonna play it now along with you guys uh from the beginning through to the end so we can see it in its entirety and practice it together from the top do three four First two Recourse second course the short course He talks solo Do Long pre-chorus So Out And there you have it i will include a link to the pdf so you guys can uh check out the chords and the chord diagrams there if you don’t feel like watching this video in its entirety um so check that out and i’ll see you guys next time cheers
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I wonder if she's done a video for the guitar solo yet, can't seem to find it by searching
Your eyes are awesome!
I have ALWAYS loved this song. I've worked on it many times but ended in frustration because the key, voicings, and guitar positionings were always too complex. You laid it out and explained it well, you are such a great teacher too!! Love your other videos too (like the one where you girls are performing this song🙂), but this one really got me right in the 💖 💥💣👍
I get it, but it is verry strong!
i think thats a b flat 7 coz she was using a capo
You are fantastic. I've been following you and Reina and Josh for like forever. Huge fan. Roswell….loved your soloing.
This is a great lesson. Well done.
Only minor quibble I have with it is that the song is not in 4/4. It is actually in 12/8.
Hi.. You are a great guitar teacher… Amazing talent.. Good to see you teaching us in many gospel songs. From Northeastern India.
Hey Toni great lesson and so easy to follow the way you section the song and then play through each one, Thank you!
Question though: when trying to play through and sing the song I cannot find a place for the long pre-chorus after the solo. It goes right into the last chorus right after the extended verse, what words are in the long pre-chorus?
Still Gorgeous
Thanks Toni ❤
Yes she is great but its a pity she never interacts with her fans
the song really doesn't send me that much; it's kind of novelty category. but I really admire tony's talent and it's relevant to understand a bit of how she thinks. how did you learn this song in the first place? maybe it will become apparent after I see more of your sort of tutorials and maybe about a song whose melody is easier to follow. this one is pretty obtuse you have to admit. I assume reina plays or sings the melody so you can concentrate on the rhythm part for which you have clearly a gift.
I love you Toni😘
I love you 😘
My Valentine ..McCartney PLEASE
very well explained. thx
You are a great musician and a great teacher. Thanks!
Great lesson. Thanks for breaking it down. You really made it easy to follow and learn. Looking forward to more!
Why can I not book your Guitar-Lession`s, because I have only a Visa Card!? – Whats wrong ?
Can we be friends??
Amazingly well done …
It' s marvelous to have such a high class lesson by a teacher full of passion and patience! Pleasure to learn with you, cause you have conquered the chords with your spirit, heart and fingers.
Thank you!
Very very very clear and helpful to me! many thanks!! 🙂👍
I Love Your guitar playing
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You are great.i love you!!!
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Hvala!
Thank you Toni!
A capo makes 50% of guitar learners not bother watching.
Toni u r the best!!!!
Have you found my tik tok video yet a idiot like me trying to play guitar
Thanks so much, my band was thinking of arranging bluegrass version of this tune. This helps greatly.
A much more complex song than I remember, unpacked beautifully and faithfully. Thanks again!
Superb thank you I had to learn this 25 chord monster over night for a gig and you helped me enormously..
Great teacher