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“West Coast Blues” [Guitar Masterclass] Class Content | Randy Johnston
In this master class, discover how Randy Johnston takes this Wes Montgomery classic and puts his own twist on it. You will learn not only learn the chord changes but also Randy’s own personal strategies for soloing on it. Navigate through this tune with more confidence at your next gig or jam session.
Randy will show you:
• Ideas for simplifying II-V single note lines
• Minor Vs. Dominant Vs. Blues Ideas
• Visualisation techniques for playing Wes style octave solos
• Wes Block Chord Style Soloing Basics
• Which Chord Fingerings Work Better (and Why)
• Two Arrangers’ Techniques to Imitate The Big Band Sound
If you finally want to master this tune, this masterclass will give you actionable ideas you can use immediately. As with all of Randy’s classes, there is no filler material! This is the stuff he uses when he plays and these ideas sound good!
- 3 Pages of PDF materials in standard notation.
- Full video is 1 hour.
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| Full Class + Download | |||
| Full Class + Download | 01:00:20 | ||
| About The Song | |||
| Intro Performance | 00:02:19 | ||
| About The Song & Wes Montgomery | 00:06:37 | ||
| The Melody Chord Changes and The Solo Chord Changes | 00:07:56 | ||
| The Riff Up An Octave | 00:01:26 | ||
| 2nd Performance | 00:03:29 | ||
| Single Note Soloing | |||
| Single Note Lines Strategies | 00:04:25 | ||
| Using Dorian and Tetrachord Ideas | 00:01:20 | ||
| Dominant Ideas and Using The Solo Changes | 00:03:06 | ||
| Soloing with Octaves | |||
| Wes Montgomery Octave Solo Tips | 00:06:03 | ||
| Octave Solo Examples | 00:02:11 | ||
| Using Slides | 00:00:34 | ||
| Wes Block Chord Style Soloing | |||
| Wes Block Chord Style Soloing | 00:06:16 | ||
| The Benefits of Certain String Sets | 00:01:22 | ||
| Replacement with Upper Partials | 00:03:52 | ||
| Diminished Chords | 00:02:55 | ||
| Two Arrangers’ Techniques | 00:02:26 | ||
| Minor Whole Tone Ideas and Block Chord Solo Example | 00:02:09 | ||
| Outro | |||
| Conclusion and Outro Solo | 00:02:04 | ||
