“Party at the Palace version” – piano, bass, drums lead vocal “We will rock you choir” and two additional guitars added in short sections towards the end. Guitar parts also over dubbed in harmony or double tracked. Vocal line is added and then choir parts over dubbed. The original recording contains a backing track of piano, bass and drums. “Bell effect” in bar 55 and 73Ĭharacteristics and the role of instruments and the way instruments combine.

Use of three different bass guitar sounds all mixed together amp, direct and room sound.

Use of different distortion guitar sounds. Blending of high, low and medium voices (all male in 1975 version) Multi-layering of guitar parts throughout the song 105-109 is a feature. Opening section is a single voice with rhythm section – soft Operatic – 84 piece choir – contrasting – loud and soft Hard rock – loud!!īallad – smooth and lyrical Operatic - staccato, well marked Hard rock – rock style – belting it out!įrom a solo voice to an 84 piece choir. Mainly diatonic within chord progressions Chromatic movement at 10-12, 45-46 Rhythmic figures 56-64, quavers/crochets Use of crotchet triplets 88-90, 92-94 against the rock beat Melodic variations over same two chords 110-112 Overall the song is melodic and fun to sing. HL 00308246) Ballad 1-42 (first four bars a cappella) Pseudo-operatic 43-83 Hard Rock 84-104 Reprise (of Ballad ) 105-200 Bohemian – the lyrics suggest, “easy come, easy go” “poor boy” Bohemianism “living a wandering or vagabond life” Rhapsody – is a one-movement work that is episodic yet integrated, free-flowing in structure, featuring a range of highly contrasted moods, colour and tonality. Released – 31/10/75 Format – vinyl record, (7”) Recorded – 1975 Genre - Rock Label – EMI Produced – Roy Thomas Baker The song is composed in three distinct sections, which are, (Please note, all bar numbers quoted herein relate to the music score from HAL LEONARD Queen Deluxe Anthology. It was released as a single and soon became a number one hit lasting 9 weeks on the British charts. The song is unusual for its time as it has no chorus, an a cappella and a hard rock section. INTRODUCTION Bohemian Rhapsody is a song written by Freddie Mercury and originally recorded by the band Queen (Brian May-guitar, Roger Taylor-drums, John Deacon-bass and Freddie Mercury-piano and vocals) that was featured on their 1975 album A Night at the Opera.

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