Randy Johnston

In this class I teach you a 12 bar solo chorus on a Jazz Blues in C minor . This solo chorus includes many techniques for creating your own jazz solos, including chromatic neighbor tones…

Randy Johnston shows you how to superimpose the Coltrane "Giant Steps" changes over the standard "Secret Love" — an approach he recorded on his album Somewhere in the Night — and gives you specific…

Randy Johnston teaches a specific two-chorus solo on Miles Davis' "Solar" , complete with fingerings — then breaks down the techniques used to create it, so you can build your own convincing…

Randy Johnston teaches a one-chorus solo on a C minor blues note for note, then takes you through a measure-by-measure analysis of the techniques used to create it. He also teaches the exact chord…

Randy Johnston teaches how to play the jazz-blues in F while closely outlining the changes using approach techniques and chromaticism. If you're looking to sound both bluesy and jazzy at the same…

Randy Johnston teaches how to solo over fast-moving bebop changes using Charlie Parker's "Confirmation" — building lines that are harmonic and melodic at once and nail the changes exactly, without…

Randy Johnston breaks down the back cycle — the chain of dominant chords that carries you from the I chord back around to the ii — one of the most important harmonic devices in standard-era jazz and…

Randy Johnston teaches two ways to apply tritone substitutions over ii-V progressions , in the style Wes Montgomery used again and again in tunes like "Four on Six" . Working from a simple ii-V-I in…

Randy Johnston dives deeper into the Coltrane Cycle , showing how to apply the Giant Steps chord progression to the 12-bar jazz-blues. In 33 minutes, Randy works step by step through specific lines…

Randy Johnston teaches how to apply the Coltrane (Giant Steps) cycle to traditional I-vi-ii-V and ii-V-I progressions, along with the derivation of the cycle itself. He provides specific lines and…

Randy Johnston closes out his rhythm changes series with a 36-minute class devoted entirely to the bridge of "I Got Rhythm" changes — the cycle of dominant 7th chords (D7–G7–C7–F7 in Bb) that shows…

Randy Johnston continues his rhythm changes series with a 33-minute class on harmonic substitution over the A section of "I Got Rhythm" changes — material that applies just as well to any II-V-I or…

Randy Johnston teaches a practical approach to improvising on Rhythm Changes with greater ease, confidence, and harmonic and melodic freedom. He presents two basic versions of the Rhythm Changes A…

Randy Johnston teaches simplified, streamlined fingerings for arpeggios starting from the 7th degree of the chord — a method for increasing the speed, sound, and flow of your arpeggios and opening…

Randy Johnston teaches Blues for the New Millennium , his lyrical blues from the 1997 album Somewhere in the Night . Written around the turn of the Y2K era, it's a 12-bar blues built on simple 1-4-5…

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Randy Johnston teaches his approach to double timing — shifting from eighth-note lines to sixteenth notes while the chords keep moving at the same speed. Players like Pat Martino, Mike Stern…

Randy Johnston applies his tetrachord method to the melodic minor scale and its modes. A tetrachord is half of a scale — and since many scales share the same few four-note shapes, learning…

Randy Johnston teaches the fundamentals of swinging jazz comping and shows how to use a looper pedal — recording tasteful comps live, no pre-recorded backing tracks — to add energy to solo guitar…

Randy Johnston teaches a fingerboard method built on tetrachords — four-note patterns that make up half of a scale. Instead of memorizing CAGED shapes or three-note-per-string patterns in every…

Randy Johnston teaches a deceptively simple practice technique for outlining fast-moving chord changes: limit your soloing range to a single octave. He learned the concept years ago from pianist…

Randy Johnston teaches "West Coast Blues" , Wes Montgomery's classic jazz blues in 3/4 (6/8) time, putting his own twist on it rather than attempting a note-for-note Wes copy. You'll learn the chord…

Enjoy an improvised performance of Randy Johnston playing "Santa Claus is Coming to Town".

Randy Johnston breaks down "It Could Happen to You" , the Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke standard, with a full chord melody arrangement plus reharmonization and single-note soloing ideas. After…

Randy Johnston teaches the Rodgers and Hart standard "Have You Met Miss Jones?" from the ground up: the single-note melody, a chord melody arrangement, the harmonic progressions, and single-note…

A recorded live Q&A session with jazz guitarist Randy Johnston from March 1, 2018, hosted by Mike. Just back from touring Japan, Randy opens with some rhythm changes and then takes student questions…

Randy Johnston teaches the Antonio Carlos Jobim bossa nova standard "Triste" in this practical, hands-on class. He opens with a solo rendition, then works through the melody, a full chord solo, and…

Randy Johnston's first Mike's Master Class is all about making jazz guitar more manageable. Randy shares practical tools for simplifying the instrument, covering technique, fingering, scales and…

Randy Johnston takes you through 8 sets of jazz blues changes in the key of B-flat, from a basic jazz blues to richer bebop variations. One set at a time, he clearly demonstrates the changes and…

Randy Johnston uses the standard "Beautiful Love" as the basis for a practical, hands-on class, opening with a solo rendition and then taking the tune apart step by step. It's a 32-bar minor tune…