Queen legend Sir Brian May breaks down his playing on some of the band's biggest songs in the new issue of Total Guitar magazine. And amongst the classics including Bohemian Rhapsody and We Will Rock You is the Roger Taylor-penned track with the 'shreddy' guitar breaks May likes to have fun with live – and it involves a lot of improvisation and rocket fire.
"I don’t usually play them these days!" says May of the fast runs on the recorded versions of A Kind Of Magic – a song that's also tabbed in full in the new issue of Total Guitar. "I just like to go off and do my own thing, really. It’s an opportunity to have some fun with it. And if I was actually going to play those licks, it would be like being in a straitjacket because they’re difficult to play and I would be worried about my fingers being in the right place – and I don’t enjoy that! I’d much prefer to just do what comes into my head.
