"Bohemian Rhapsody" - on 5 organs...

...and two synthesizers, two toy keyboards, and a computer soundcard. This is one of the most complicated arrangements I have ever done. Most of the orchestra was pre-recorded as a MIDI file that runs on the computer driving the Roland soundcard, the Yamaha HE-8 and ELKA X-30 organs, and the SIEL DK-80 and Roland JX-8P synthesizers. The parts that I am playing manually is performed on the ELKA EP-8 and X-1000 and Technics SX-C600 organs, the little CASIO SA-1 toy keyboard, and the MT-240 for the gong in the very end. I don't know if Freddie Mercury who wrote it was a genius or a madman. But it is one of the strangest pieces I have ever played....

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Yamaha
• HE-8
• ELKA
• EP-8
• X-1000
• X-30
• Technics
• SX-C600
• organ
• CASIO
• SA-3
• MT-240
• keyboard
• Roland
• JX-8P
• SIEL
• DK-80
• synthesizer
• MIDI
• Queen

[anakinfan12002]

Lol at that little keyboard. You sir ARE EPIC!!!!

[organfairy]

@anakinfan12002 - The idea was that I wanted to use the instruments that had meant a lot for my music over the years. The little Casio was one of my first keyboards and I played it a lot in the 1990's. Then I bought the Yamaha organ, and then the Technics and finally the two Elkas. So if I was going to do it in chronological order I should start on the Casio. But it can only play two notes at a time so I couldn't do the four voiced intro on that.

[neve1064]

@anakinfan12002

screw the small keyboard, how about the overalls?

[organfairy]

@neve1064 - What about them?

[DAGSTERZ26]

You are one of the Greatest, thank you sir. I love all your work.

[organfairy]

You're welcome :-)

[irinayugiohfan]

2:17 - 2:40 the best part

[irinayugiohfan]

@getreadytowiggle1991 actually, best part was 0:00 - 5:19

[TypesALot]

Quite an ambitious undertaking to put this whole thing together and it was definitely time well spent...enjoyable!!

[mattis09]

you play the keys very well,

very good timing at all

[wljmrbill]

Very interesting sound. I enjoyed it and sure it was a bit of work to get all together. Thanks

[dorshtar]

Epic Cover!

[jaime52]

Wondefull job!!!

[johnny371990]

on je masiar???????