Here's how to play Under pressure by Queen and David Bowie! We look at how to play a beginner friendly open chords version of this song, plus a more advanced 'as the record' and as Brian May plays it live version too. Use the timestamps in the video to jump to the sections at your level!
As a bonus - here's a clip from a video I filmed with Dave Colquhoun, who has played live with Brian, starred in the Bohemian Rhapsody movie and actually taught Rami Malek to play Crazy Little Thing Called Love for the movie!
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If you enjoy this video, check out this one where I discuss Brian May's playing style and with Dave Colquhoun, who was actually in the Bohemian Rhapsody movie playing guitar!
Dave has played on stage with Brian May and Rick Wakeman and was recently involved in the Bohemian Rhapsody movie! Dave's other credits include the We Will Rock You musical, teaching guitar to Bohemian Rhapsody actors Rami Malek (Freddie Mercury) and Gwilym Lee (Brian May) as well as Freddie's Mum! (story at the end of the video!)
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Finally, here's some videos with Brian May so you can see and hear how it's done by the man himself!
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