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"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen

Strong Songs

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Guitar Soliloquy - The Gitar Solo

The cosmic chorus section is recorded with all three people singing. That adds a level of textural variety to the voices that makes everything sound bigger, more varied and a little bit more dynamic. There's just this huge chromatic descending line that sets up the most dramatic harmonic antonal shift in the entire song. If you just play every note, black and white keys right next to each other, it just walks down gramatically, from an f down to an a. So listen for that, and i'll play along.

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