Love of My Life Queen Fingerstyle Electric Guitar Cover

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Channel: Cesar All Guitar · 2018 · Music

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Love of My Life Queen Fingerstyle Guitar Cover Revisited USA 1999 Parker Nitefly NFV4 Clean Tones

"Love of My Life" is a ballad by the British rock band Queen from their 1975 album A Night at the Opera. The song was written by Freddie Mercury about Mary Austin, with whom he had a long term relationship in the early 1970s. After performing the song in South America in 1981, the version from their live album Live Killers reached number 1 in the singles chart in Argentina and Brazil, and stayed in the charts in Argentina for an entire year.

Freddie Mercury wrote it on the piano and guitar first, and Brian May rearranged the song for acoustic 12-string guitar for live performances, also lowering the key by a minor third. May contributed occasional guitar phrases to the original recording and played the swooping harp glissandos by pasting together multiple takes of single chords. The song is an example of Mercury's familiarity with rubato phrasing, showcasing his classical piano influences, notably by Chopin and Beethoven.
I have used my 1999 USA Parker Nitefly NFV4 through my Kemper. I know I have an older video ( one of my first videos ) with a Nylon version but I was feeling like playing this song with my Parker Nitefly.
I hope you enjoy!

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