Brian May -We will rock you (Guitar Only)

In this video Brian May Doing Guitar Solo of we will rock you brianmayforreal : We WILL Rock You !!! - again - given half a chance !!! 😉 Micro Moment #11. This is the riff I get asked about most often. It gets that strange ‘clang’ to it because I’m playing a high ‘A major’ chord as a ‘bar’ on strings 2, 3 and 4, way up at the octave position, but the A-string is not fretted - it’s left behind at the bottom sounding a low open ‘A’. So you get that ‘interference’ between the harmonics of the component notes. Especially with the amp turned up into distortion, as here. I’m not hitting the bottom ‘E’ at all. When we first recorded this, I was determined to break all the rules. Including putting the solo at the end of the song instead of somewhere in the middle ! And having no drums !!! Funny - ironically it became a drum favourite - which makes me very happy ! But the stamps and claps became a trade-mark. Here you can hear the guitar with NOTHING else !