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“It Could Happen to You” Masterclass Class Content | Randy Johnston
Discover Randy Johnston’s signature approach to performing “It Could Happen To You”, the beautiful composition by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke. An insightful masterclass, Randy gives you the tools and tricks to navigate confidently through the song. In addition to learning the standard chord changes, you will also see how Randy reharmonizes the piece to create more movement and color.
Randy will teach you how to play a tastefully reharmonized chord melody version of the song. Then, you’ll learn how to combine harmonic minor, diminished, blues via voice-led lines and sequences through the changes of this song. With multiple demos, tons of examples of Randy’s lyrical flowing lines – you’ll be able to learn this song inside out.
Equip yourself with these ideas so that you can play this song at your next gig, jam session or recording!
[Description by Az Samad]
- Running time: 57 minutes
- 4 pages of PDF including:
- reharmonized changes
- chord diagrams for the chord melody version
- 2 notated single note lines
| Full Video + Download | |||
| It Could Happen to You | 00:57:20 | ||
| Intro | |||
| Intro | 00:00:37 | ||
| Opening Performance | 00:04:42 | ||
| Chord Melody | |||
| Chord Melody Bars 1 to 4 | 00:04:44 | ||
| Chord Melody Bars 5 to 8 | 00:05:01 | ||
| Chord Melody Bars 9 to 16 | 00:04:13 | ||
| Chord Melody Bars 17 to 32 | 00:05:41 | ||
| Chord Melody Bars 17 to 32 Demo | 00:01:33 | ||
| Chord Melody Entire Form Demo | 00:00:53 | ||
| Soloing Ideas | |||
| Pedal Point Intro | 00:02:04 | ||
| Single Note Improvisation Demo and Harmonic Minor | 00:05:04 | ||
| Voice Leading Lines | 00:02:19 | ||
| Changes | |||
| Front Cycle | 00:01:47 | ||
| Harmonic Minor | 00:00:43 | ||
| Randy Johnston Diminished Scale Fingerings | 00:02:30 | ||
| Harmonic Minor vs Diminshed | 00:01:03 | ||
| Using a Sequence | 00:02:38 | ||
| Blues Sounds | 00:01:37 | ||
| Jimmy Raney All Purpose Ending or Intro | 00:02:03 | ||
| Outro Performance | 00:04:54 | ||
| Addendum – Bluesy Doublestop Organ Trio Idea | 00:03:16 | ||
