I was a student of Randy's many many years ago. In the first lesson I ever had with him he gave me a finger warm up that we would do before every session. That exercise was actually a version of the opening lick to Crazy Train. I guess he had it in his head for a while. I think a lot of the reason for the open hand technique you talked about, was that he had a super long pinky nail that he used to play classical guitar. Which was amazing. Randy was really into classical guitar and classical music. It's where the emphasis on minor scales comes from. Anyway, keep doing what you're doing, bro. He was all about teaching and I have a feeling, would be super stoked that you are sharing his techniques.
Randy Rhoads. The greatest guitarist to have ever walked the earth. Everytime a song Rhoads was on, it makes me get cold chills no matter how many times I hear it. And when it plays out in public around people that don't know what's being played or whose playing it, I look around and think about what they're missing, people not knowing who Randy is missing out on what music ACTUALLY is. Such incredible talent and skill and genius at such a short amount of time. God bless Randy Rhoads
Man, Sometimes I don't get it. Llke how I could be blasting "S.A.T.O." I will look 4:42 around at guys I know that play, and I see nothing in their faces. Is it Me!??? The way the song flows in perfect pace with it's melodic tone, like a wave, or spiral, those two late pinch harmonics that Imitate the last word in the verse....... It's shockingly beautiful.
No doubt the "afterbirth" solo in Mr. Crowley is IMHO the greatest lead in metal history. Almost 40 years later I STILL get chills hearing it. Ozzy pissed Randy off and he put down a transcendent response. Tony Iommi built the House of Metal but Randy kicked the door down.
Probably the best metal solo I've ever heard. I remember his iconic Cleveland show aired on WMMS in 1980 or 81 and it made me pickup my guitar and 40 years later I still tear up to the Crowley solo. Randy's legacy lives on in all of us.
@@mikenuzzo3323 Why compare? They were very different and both amazing. I prefer Randy to Eddie today but I was a huge fan of both when I was growing up. It's so frustrating that Randy died because he was just getting started.
Randy Rhoads taught with his music. Everytime he played you received a lesson. He loved to show people how he played, never hid his gift. You learn his material you'll pretty much excel on the 🎸
Randy studied classical guitar at Glendale Community College in Glendale, CA with Robert Vaught. I studied with Robert a few years after Randy. Robert was grooming Randy to be a professional classical guitarist. He never wanted Randy to play heavy metal or rock guitar. He was devastated when Randy died.
We all were devastated when he died. I was riding my bmx bike with my school mates in the hills above Studio City, California when we heard the news on the radio. We lost a guitarist and an artist that was going to accel to a limitless realm of music. I can't even comprehend what he would of given us musically if he was with us today. It still makes me sad, even today I get emotional when I think about his early departure. Such a loss musically and a really nice human being. R.I.P. Randy
Thank you for inspiring me to start playing again! I'm 51 and haven't played a guitar in nearly 30 years! 2 months ago an Ozzy video popped up in my Facebook feed. I did a search on Randy and ended up on this video. A few days later I went out and bought a secondhand Jackson Rhoads V! Really enjoying playing again. Been learning/relearning a bit of Metallica, Motley Crue and of course Randy. I'm almost playing along with the Sabbath covers on Tribute, just working on Children of the Grave now. And I can almost play Dee again :) Thanks for the great videos. Wish we had youtube 30 years ago lol.
Keep Jammin' Bro, we all sometimes fall by the wayside, present company included .... Just Gotta get up dust off and continue right? ....I was a soldier in Darmstadt Germany Trying over and over to learn Crazy train on vinyl October 1981..... How i wish i had the same conviction at 61 as i did then at 18 not with standing onset Arthritis of course LOL!!! Children of the grave is a great tune as well ... Learned Dee in 1986 sadly forgotten it ... gonna work on Mr. Crowley very soon............ Awesome song !!! maybe i can get the "Bug" Again, right??? God bless !!! Raise your voice to heaven and beyond !! TT
Tribute tab was my guitar bible growing up. This was before the internet. Learned it front to back. His chord based riffs, scales and hammer on and pull off techniques made a huge impact in my own style. I also studied classical guitar, so Randy Rhoads was my obvious guitar hero of choice.
I was fortunate enough to see Randy with Ozzy in February of 1982. It was about six weeks before he died. I still have the ticket stub! Randy remains my all-time favorite guitarist. Thanks for sharing this.
B. Weeks I also saw him in February of 1982 @ reunion arena in Dallas, TX. I remember the dwarf running on stage fanning Randy with a white towel because he his playing was so hot. Then Randy chased the dwarf with his polka-dotted Sandoval flying V.
I grew up 3.5 miles from where Randy grew up. I went to the same Jr. high and High school as he did. Not at the same time. I have met his mother several times and have some older friends that hung out with him during the Quiet Riot years. They use to go see them play back yard parties and rehearse. My friend took lessons from him and he also went on to play for Ozzy. My moms best friend had a neighbor whos daughter was Randys girlfriend. Everyone that knew him have only good memories of him and positive things to say about him as a friend. There are a couple of memories of being blown away by guitar playing that influenced me to start playing. When I heard the solo in All along the Watchtower, Crazy Train, Eruption.
Randy is the reason I picked up a guitar. I’ve studied his technique for years. To me he is right there with Hendrix as influential and ground breaking. He influenced so many great metal guitarist and when the vast majority of guitarist used the Pentatonic scale he brought the use of Melodic minor, Harmonic minor and Minor scales to metal and this was light years ahead of his time. Thanks for this. Keep Randy’s legacy alive.
Man, I’ve been playing guitar for over 30 years and when you showed the harmonics on the 12th fret are a G chord I was like... “WHAAA?!?” 😧 and kinda gobsmacked me for a second there... so well done! One of those things that should've been obvious but just never occurred to me. Thanks bro! 👍
March 19th marked 40 YEARS to the day, legendary guitarist Randy Rhoads tragically died at the age of 25 in a fateful plane crash during the 1982 Ozzy Osbourne tour. Despite his passing half a lifetime ago, Randy's legacy has had a profound influence on my playing and composition more than any other guitarist. I've been reflecting on his memory a lot lately. Out of the ashes of Black Sabbath, he was instrumental in the success of launching Ozzy Osbourne's solo career. They believed in each other and achieved more than they ever could alone. Randy gave Ozzy the confidence he needed to believe in himself again and Ozzy gave Randy the artistic freedom to reach his full potential. In their wake, the early Ozzy Osbourne ("Blizzard of Ozz") band left two albums which have been considered to be milestones from which all other metal albums are judged. Their work has stood the test of time while influencing generations of musicians. With his unforgettable tone, technical prowess, and composition genius, Randy married the styles of heavy metal and classical music on a level never before seen and changed the face of rock 'n roll forever. He was an incredibly humble, caring, gifted musician and he loved sharing his gift with others. Whenever he had time on a tour, he would look up guitar teachers in the area and learn anything he could, always growing. And when he would come back, he would always follow up with his 60+ students, helping them improve, and in the process, touching their lives. His discipline continues to inspire me, not only as a guitarist, but as a person. He is everything I would love to be as a musician and I hope to leave my mark someday as he did.... Keep rockin' The Great Gig in the Sky buddy.... †RIP Randy Rhoads† (December 6th, 1956 - March 19th, 1982)
Have you heard the isolated randy Rhodes guitar solos? After I heard Randy’s guitar solos. As a totally blind guitarist. I now own a Jackson Rhodes v.concord. I play his solos every time I play. Thank you for posting this video.
This is probably the most comprehensive collection of licks and embellishments I've seen for guitar players that have mastered their pentatonics and are trying to get to that next level. Nicely done! Would love to see a next-level version of this with some slightly more complex ideas.
Randy's gift was that he could take technique into taste. The reason that Randy will ALWAYS be one of my favorite guitar players is that he struck me to my HEART!!!! How do you you show that an instructional video?!!! I am very glad you are trying to explain his technicality. By the way, killer playing brah!!!
The pick slide on Crazy Train actually starts as the amp is turned on, giving that sort of gradual fade in. Almost impossible to recreate live at that time, thus the intro we came to love on Tribute. Randy kind of "tickled" the strings, turned on the amp, and did the slide as the amp powered up.
Teaching guitar has always been my favorite job ever. You are an excellent and informative teacher in this video and explain Randy's techniques so clearly to those who seek to learn them. Great job, man!
This was a really cool overview of some of Randy's soloing techniques. Randy has always been my favorite guitarist. So it was awesome to see these things laid out this way.
Randy was my greatest inspiration to start playing not the first but definitely the greatest inspiration I had in the beginning. Metal guitar keeps evolving to where we never get bored. The love of my life is my Les-Paul, I hope to one day add a Jackson to my harem. Oh, in case my girl ever reads this .. Love you too babe! Lol.
Same with me. I have been playing guitar for a little more than a year and a half. My first inspiration was Dave Murray from Iron Maiden. I already knew of Randy Rhoads and how amazing he was already but at the time his skill seemed miles away from a beginner guitarist. But then I learned the basic parts of Crazy Train and then it all changed for me. I realized it was possible to play his stuff and since then I have always played Crazy Train and other Randy songs every time I pick up my guitar. Every time I play his songs I always learn new things that I didn’t hear before. Anyway, sorry for writing a paragraph. I just wanted to get this out there.
Randy does almost ALL HAMMER ONS-PULL OFFS for the Crazy Train solo and when you see so many people play it, they pick all the notes or tap them. His fingers were AMAZINGLY strong in that he could not only hammer on so well that it sounds like he is picking, but he could do it endlessly. That goes along with your #2-#3.
really enjoyed this lesson , i was lucky enough to see Randy and Ozzy's first gig together at the Glasgow Apollo 1980 he was a little guy but played like a Lion !!
I was blessed to see Randy's very last performance, in Knoxville, TN in 1982. He blew EVERYONE in the audience away... But the concert did seem to have an ominous vibe. I remember when they "hung" the little guy...there seemed to be some kind of malfunction, and the guy hung there about 30 ft up, for 2 or 3 songs...and it looked like the roadies were frantically trying to get him back down, which they did eventually. Some guy in the audience brought a pocketful of dead snakes, and kept throwing them to on stage! UFO opened for Ozzy, and I remember Phil Mogg picking one up and chasing Pete Sears with it! He throw one at Ozzy too, but he jumped out of the way! Great memories, but Randy's death the next morning was a heart breaker.
Awesome bro! I've ALWAYS loved listening to Randy Rhoads as in my mind he's one of my favorite guitarists of all-time...if not my favorite...still blows my mind he died when he was only 25 and he was that good! Thanks for the tips...
To anyone interested please let me know. I searched for years but today I finally found out how to get Randy Rhoads' tone perfectly and it comes down to 1 pedal.
@@voronOsphere One of the best. Maybe if there had been a guitarist between Randy and him he would have been appreciated more. I think his solos are almost as good technically, on par sound wise and some of his rhythm stuff like Bark at the Moon would have impressed Randy. The two certainly stand head and shoulders above Zakk musically. He might be able to play their stuff but not come up with something like that. He's great but Jake deserves at least half of his fame and money.
I'm 53 years old. You are a great teacher (since you are intelligent and communicate thoughts thus) even though you are much younger than I. ( I have been playing guitar intensely since I was 16 yrs. old ). I love your Jackson.....looks and sounds killer! Thanks for digging in and finding all of these licks/ techniques of Randy's style. Very exciting to a listener of Randy's music. Randy has (he is still alive) great composing and licks/techniques ( such as the ones you taught ) that keeps a listener totally fixated on his songs/music !!!!!! RESPECT
Hey Mike. Randy is my favourite guitar player, so MASSIVE APPRECIATION for this. If there one person I would cite as a major influence it's Randy...NO CONTEST... By the way, that Jackson guitar just made my jaw drop! Thanks for the vid Mike! Keep Rockin'...
hi Mike, I really enjoyed your lesson and have to say I really enjoy your style of teaching. Very enjoyable to watch and I like your unpretentious style. Very cool. Keep rocking brother!
I love my esp flying v, imo it's far more comfy than an axe. It has a nook that kind of locks into place. To each their own though, great video at always!! Thank you!
You've done your homework on his style. My favorite guitarists after hearing Blizzard. We all have our own guitar lingo too. YES we understand what you mean when explaining techniques haha. Great job!
I do that tremolo up and down the fretboard when I'm bored because tremolo was one of the first tricks I learned on guitar, and I felt so proud when this ethnic string band of ours had this teacher who commended me for exploring the guitar to more than just chords.
great video, every rock guitarist should learn to play that Tribute album. It took me a year, and I grew immensely. I like how you covered his playing with minor scales. Not a lot of people go over his use of his minor scales like you did. Great stuff
This was one of the AOG vids where I just watch and enjoy because there is simply no way my ageing, arthritic hands and fingers will ever be able to play RR stuff. Admire anyone who can do this, srsly. Well done.
I hope u find an ANTI-INFLAMMATORY solution... diet affects my hands, greatly. For awhile, I couldn't close my hands, and developed a few gnarly knuckles... not horrible. Sugars, wheat, even cheese cause me varying degrees of arthritis. -For some, Fish Oil is a Miracle cure. -Cheers, Man!
Never say never. If you're not familiar, read up on Django Rheinhart (not sure if I spelled that right). He overcame some bad stuff with his hands and became a very influential guitarist.
Nice vid. Nailed all the RR techniques and tricks! On a side note, I find that if I get all my V and offset V students to sit in the traditional classical style (left leg up on stool, and put guitar on raised left leg) it is super comfy and the position simulates a standing position. Depending on the cut of the guitar it may be too far to the left sometimes, but it is stable af. Not for everyone maybe, but certainly worth some experimentation.
I just happened to have this video pop up while I was watching several other videos, and I liked it a lot--your explanations that is! I was born in 71. I learned every Randy album starting with Blizzard and Diary, finally ending up at the Tribute album. I have all the original books transcribed by Wolf Marshall. I performed the Tribute album minus a few songs I didn't care for much (No Bone Movies, Iron Man, Goodbye To Romance and Paranoid). In place of them I performed Over the Mountain, Diary of a Madman, then out of the box I added "I'll See the Light Tonight" and "I Am a Viking" by Yngwie Malmsteen. I got stuck in a time loop since I was ten years old...... and I'm still playing Randy Rhodes every "F-ing" day of my life since then along with Yngwie J. Malmsteen's first three albums. I love Karakatau off of Odyssey, but I never learned to play it. I became an Audio Engineer in 2008 after twenty + years of landscaping. I then found my greatest talent in 2011 as a Master Grower for two dispensaries in Arizona. I soon went on my own because I focused on producing product the quality you will find on the cover of any magazine or at the Bud Cup competitions around the world. My son is 28 years old and plays guitar in addition to piano. He learned Randy's music on his own as I did, but he moved on into Joe Satriani and Steve Vai and others. It literally BLEW HIS MIND when I picked up his guitar (after not touching a guitar for five years after a close friend I used to play with in high school, Brandon Rhoads, died) and I not only played side A of the Tribute album, but I played Suicide Solution w/ the live solo, Children of the Grave and I'll see the Light Tonight by Yngwie J. Malmsteen..... His jaw hanging as he stared at me in shock that I not only remembered every note and nuance, but that I could still execute it nicely! I told him I never stopped playing it. I just quit playing it on my guitar. I go through the physical motions every single day of all of those songs that I learned long, long ago while under the influence of LSD25. These songs will be with me until I breath my last breath of life. I still feel the fret board under my fingers when I play. I play while driving and in my spare time sitting around. I don't watch T.V. so I sit and play all these songs. As long as I play one sixteen hour session on my guitar once a year I manage to be able to pick it up at any time and perform it. I hear his music in my head any time my mind is not focused on any task or thing, loud and in concert. Thank you for sharing this with the world of younger people and for the special feeling I got while watching your video. I don't think much about any of Randy's techniques as anything, because I play them in all of my song writing with liberal doses of Malmsteen and Joe Stump for good measure. I can't help but to play Randy's techniques in every single thing I play. My Malmsteen has a healthy dose of Randy's top string slides, pick slides and harmonic "gap fills" like the one in Crazy Train you mentioned..... Now I'm talking too much.... I could go on and on and actually share a number of things you didn't mention at all that I use that are exclusively Randy's. I just wanted to say, "THANK YOU." You are doing the world a great service sharing Randy's style and that of many other players. Randy was my biggest influence next to Yngwie Malmsteen and Joe Stump. I never got to see him perform live, but I feel his presence inside since I first heard him play. Thank you for listening. Keep up your work, please... Derrick Schnur "The Prodigy"
the " drunken spider" or diminished arpegio also works great over a functioning 5 chord. mix it in with a harmonic minor lick and most times sounds great.
I’ve been watching your videos for a few months now since I started my YT guitar channel. I love your teaching style. I’ve been playing over 30 years and did teach private lessons about 15 years ago but I’m really rusty at teaching but am getting back into it. As for Randy, he was one of my greatest influences and I did spend a few years back in the day really studying him and learning many of his solos. Just saying in this video, you really nailed every part of his style and technique. I loved it!
Open string lick b-a-g reminds me of Steely Dan's Reelin' in the years solo. Check out this solo part: it uses open string g in a creative way. Also good for exercising.
You look so comfortable talking to the camera, which is the thing many 'youtube teachers' don't even think about. But there you go, it turns out that it has some importance after all!
honnestly it is growing a feeling of learn guitar from your videos i play drums and i lobe drums and now that i am 45 years i am growing this call to learn duitar thanks for your lessons
Love it, You should have gone into more info on double picking at the beginning tho, not a lot of nippers know how to do it, but all said I really like Your teaching method, Keep on rocking!
I absolutely love this! I grew up with Randy Rhoads on guitar, and Ozzy and No More Tears. Now I'm 40 years old, but the music lives Within. Occasionally it even comes out, just like this man and his Auto pick. ♡
My first concert was Ozzy on 3/18/82 here in Knoxville TN I remember it like it was yesterday Watching Randy play live was like a Magical Experience HE WAS UNBELIEVABLE I never will forget it..People forget how ABSOLUTELY AMAZING HE WAS HE WAS AND IS 1 OF THE GREATEST EVER
NO doubt @James Blanton I concur. I was fortunate to see Randy the same year he was taken from us, and I have seen Eddy, and there isn't any comparison. I have seen many great players but this one, he was very special!
Well done! I'm now subscribed to your channel! You've shown many similar techniques to what I (try to) do successfully, but with slight variations! You have also demonstrated a wide breadth of knowledge of music theory, which I know very little of! (I've always been able to listen to a song and play it. Therefore, by "playing by ear" (prior to MTV, the internet, and the amazing access to information available today) I never had the need, time (I'm a physician), or desire to learn theory, until now, and I realize just how little I know about it! I will check your other videos, and am looking forward to learning more from you! Great job! Love Randy Rhoads!!
Great video Mate!! Randy was the greatest!!!! "Tribute" was my record when I was 13.... played to it cover to cover!!! Randy is still such an inspiration to everyone who listens to him!!! Thank you!!
I bought the Tribute live album tab around 15 years ago, learned the songs but I couldn''t play the solos at the time. Last week I've been practicing Mr. Crowley, Revelation Mother Earth and S.A.T.O. Like someone else said in the comments, you really learn from watching / studying Randy ! Thanks for the vid too \m/
I just wanted to say thanks so much for these great lessons. I have added many techniques from your lessons to my solos and the difference is huge. Do you have a patreon page? I would be happy to be a contributor.
just came across your channel brother and WOW!!! I love it. I am a bass player(30+ yrs) and not in the traditional way, I am very heavily guitar influenced, I just love guitar riffs and solo's better than typical bass licks, and being a teen in the 80's loved Randy's playing very much, so thanx for this video. it's pretty fun AND challenging to try to mix style's like Randy's and John Paul Jones stuff(huge Led Zep fan btw) on the bass! obviously I'm a huge Billy Sheehan fan also! stay groovy bro and keep the vid's coming.
Solid video. My first concert was also KISS and Slaughter with Little Caesar at the Nassau Coliseum on the Hot in the Shade tour. Fly to the Angels was huge at that point and Slaughter brought in a large portion of the crowd.
To anyone that still has Track and Field for the NES instead of tapping the a and b buttons use a teaspoon and slide it back and forth REAL FAST just be sure to lay the controller on a flat stable surface like the floor
I was a student of Randy's many many years ago. In the first lesson I ever had with him he gave me a finger warm up that we would do before every session. That exercise was actually a version of the opening lick to Crazy Train. I guess he had it in his head for a while. I think a lot of the reason for the open hand technique you talked about, was that he had a super long pinky nail that he used to play classical guitar. Which was amazing. Randy was really into classical guitar and classical music. It's where the emphasis on minor scales comes from. Anyway, keep doing what you're doing, bro. He was all about teaching and I have a feeling, would be super stoked that you are sharing his techniques.
Wow. I would have loved to even see Randy Rhoads from a distance let alone be his student but I was born way way after he died.
So awesome!!
Sure you was
I'm sure that pinky nail was only used for guitar. And good coke. Lol
I wanna be a student of Randy rhoades that would of just been awesome
I like how you say, "does" and "do" instead of "did". So long as they live in our memories and our hearts, they never truly die.
AMEN
100%
Randy Rhoads. The greatest guitarist to have ever walked the earth. Everytime a song Rhoads was on, it makes me get cold chills no matter how many times I hear it. And when it plays out in public around people that don't know what's being played or whose playing it, I look around and think about what they're missing, people not knowing who Randy is missing out on what music ACTUALLY is. Such incredible talent and skill and genius at such a short amount of time. God bless Randy Rhoads
Man, Sometimes I don't get it.
Llke how I could be blasting "S.A.T.O." I will look 4:42 around at guys I know that play, and I see nothing in their faces. Is it Me!???
The way the song flows in perfect pace with it's melodic tone, like a wave, or spiral, those two late pinch harmonics that
Imitate the last word in the verse....... It's shockingly beautiful.
I read S.A.T.O.was Randy's favorite solo.
How could he pick a favorite?🤭
They're ALL amazing.🤘
I still remember the exact moment when I heard the Mr. Crowley solo. Literally changed my life forever.
I know the feeling. Did for me as well.
same for me
No doubt the "afterbirth" solo in Mr. Crowley is IMHO the greatest lead in metal history. Almost 40 years later I STILL get chills hearing it. Ozzy pissed Randy off and he put down a transcendent response. Tony Iommi built the House of Metal but Randy kicked the door down.
Probably the best metal solo I've ever heard. I remember his iconic Cleveland show aired on WMMS in 1980 or 81 and it made me pickup my guitar and 40 years later I still tear up to the Crowley solo. Randy's legacy lives on in all of us.
Randy was a God, We can only image what he’d be doing today
Randy Rhoads was really way ahead of his time. Simply masterful in making melodic yet technical music.
briandgr8st exactly sir... I always said he's the most technical player who still knows how to write. That's what separates Randy.
Was he better than Eddie? In George
@@mikenuzzo3323 as far as technical yes he was, Eddie couldn't even read music he was more feel and what sounded right in his head
@@mikenuzzo3323 Why compare? They were very different and both amazing. I prefer Randy to Eddie today but I was a huge fan of both when I was growing up. It's so frustrating that Randy died because he was just getting started.
nah he wasn’t. if he was in our time i bet you he wouldn’t be as nearly appreciated as he is now.
Randy was perfect mix of classical and modern. Not one bad song.
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Agreed but the thumbnail was bait SMH not awful but still SMH
@@maxr.4274 Randy** lol
@@nocturnalferalguitarist how so
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Randy Rhoads taught with his music. Everytime he played you received a lesson. He loved to show people how he played, never hid his gift. You learn his material you'll pretty much excel on the 🎸
RustyzAngel evh: turns around on the stage, to hide his tapping technique
im an evh fan btw
Yup.He lived for that shit.
Randy Rhoads is just amazing.
was angelic
Dude! We both use the name Yeshua and both are Randy fans.
Best guitarist!!
Yeshua, Still My alltime favorite. Always... Imagine if He'd lived, an how he'D Play 2day..... OMG.
I saw him with a lookalike guitarist!!! It was creepy on so many levels !!! Prov .Civic Center after RR passed!!
35 years ago today RIP Randy. Keep playing his music & keep him memory alive!
35 years ago? How about 37 years ago. He was killed in 1982.
jperryfan guitarists will be talking about him forever.
@@JokersWild70 thank you for saying so!!
sorry to point out your mathematical error. FYI he died on 3/20/82. I know you meant well, as I do as well.
Randy studied classical guitar at Glendale Community College in Glendale, CA with Robert Vaught. I studied with Robert a few years after Randy. Robert was grooming Randy to be a professional classical guitarist. He never wanted Randy to play heavy metal or rock guitar. He was devastated when Randy died.
Wow i never knew randy actually went to collagr
Randy never listened too metal lol. He was obsessed with Mark Ronson.
We all were devastated when he died. I was riding my bmx bike with my school mates in the hills above Studio City, California when we heard the news on the radio. We lost a guitarist and an artist that was going to accel to a limitless realm of music. I can't even comprehend what he would of given us musically if he was with us today. It still makes me sad, even today I get emotional when I think about his early departure. Such a loss musically and a really nice human being. R.I.P. Randy
is it true that he went same school with george lynch?
@@alessandro9740 George Lynch replaced Randy as the guitar teacher at Randy's mothers school when Randy joined Ozzy
Thank you for inspiring me to start playing again! I'm 51 and haven't played a guitar in nearly 30 years! 2 months ago an Ozzy video popped up in my Facebook feed. I did a search on Randy and ended up on this video. A few days later I went out and bought a secondhand Jackson Rhoads V! Really enjoying playing again. Been learning/relearning a bit of Metallica, Motley Crue and of course Randy. I'm almost playing along with the Sabbath covers on Tribute, just working on Children of the Grave now. And I can almost play Dee again :) Thanks for the great videos. Wish we had youtube 30 years ago lol.
Keep Jammin' Bro, we all sometimes fall by the wayside, present company included .... Just Gotta get up dust off and continue right? ....I was a soldier in Darmstadt Germany Trying over and over to learn Crazy train on vinyl October 1981..... How i wish i had the same conviction at 61 as i did then at 18 not with standing onset Arthritis of course LOL!!! Children of the grave is a great tune as well ... Learned Dee in 1986 sadly forgotten it ... gonna work on Mr. Crowley very soon............ Awesome song !!! maybe i can get the "Bug" Again, right??? God bless !!! Raise your voice to heaven and beyond !! TT
Tribute tab was my guitar bible growing up. This was before the internet. Learned it front to back. His chord based riffs, scales and hammer on and pull off techniques made a huge impact in my own style. I also studied classical guitar, so Randy Rhoads was my obvious guitar hero of choice.
I was fortunate enough to see Randy with Ozzy in February of 1982. It was about six weeks before he died. I still have the ticket stub! Randy remains my all-time favorite guitarist. Thanks for sharing this.
B. Weeks I also saw him in February of 1982 @ reunion arena in Dallas, TX. I remember the dwarf running on stage fanning Randy with a white towel because he his playing was so hot. Then Randy chased the dwarf with his polka-dotted Sandoval flying V.
So cool. Little things like that can be so special.I still have his business card for lessons.
I grew up 3.5 miles from where Randy grew up. I went to the same Jr. high and High school as he did. Not at the same time. I have met his mother several times and have some older friends that hung out with him during the Quiet Riot years. They use to go see them play back yard parties and rehearse. My friend took lessons from him and he also went on to play for Ozzy. My moms best friend had a neighbor whos daughter was Randys girlfriend. Everyone that knew him have only good memories of him and positive things to say about him as a friend. There are a couple of memories of being blown away by guitar playing that influenced me to start playing. When I heard the solo in All along the Watchtower, Crazy Train, Eruption.
Randy is the reason I picked up a guitar. I’ve studied his technique for years. To me he is right there with Hendrix as influential and ground breaking. He influenced so many great metal guitarist and when the vast majority of guitarist used the Pentatonic scale he brought the use of Melodic minor, Harmonic minor and Minor scales to metal and this was light years ahead of his time. Thanks for this. Keep Randy’s legacy alive.
5:58 "it's a little hard to aim with just the tip"
-Mike
Man, I’ve been playing guitar for over 30 years and when you showed the harmonics on the 12th fret are a G chord I was like... “WHAAA?!?” 😧 and kinda gobsmacked me for a second there... so well done!
One of those things that should've been obvious but just never occurred to me.
Thanks bro! 👍
March 19th marked 40 YEARS to the day, legendary guitarist Randy Rhoads tragically died at the age of 25 in a fateful plane crash during the 1982 Ozzy Osbourne tour. Despite his passing half a lifetime ago, Randy's legacy has had a profound influence on my playing and composition more than any other guitarist. I've been reflecting on his memory a lot lately.
Out of the ashes of Black Sabbath, he was instrumental in the success of launching Ozzy Osbourne's solo career. They believed in each other and achieved more than they ever could alone. Randy gave Ozzy the confidence he needed to believe in himself again and Ozzy gave Randy the artistic freedom to reach his full potential. In their wake, the early Ozzy Osbourne ("Blizzard of Ozz") band left two albums which have been considered to be milestones from which all other metal albums are judged. Their work has stood the test of time while influencing generations of musicians.
With his unforgettable tone, technical prowess, and composition genius, Randy married the styles of heavy metal and classical music on a level never before seen and changed the face of rock 'n roll forever. He was an incredibly humble, caring, gifted musician and he loved sharing his gift with others. Whenever he had time on a tour, he would look up guitar teachers in the area and learn anything he could, always growing. And when he would come back, he would always follow up with his 60+ students, helping them improve, and in the process, touching their lives. His discipline continues to inspire me, not only as a guitarist, but as a person.
He is everything I would love to be as a musician and I hope to leave my mark someday as he did....
Keep rockin' The Great Gig in the Sky buddy....
†RIP Randy Rhoads† (December 6th, 1956 - March 19th, 1982)
Have you heard the isolated randy Rhodes guitar solos? After I heard Randy’s guitar solos. As a totally blind guitarist. I now own a Jackson Rhodes v.concord. I play his solos every time I play. Thank you for posting this video.
Nice to see Randy still inspiring, legends never die. Certainly makes you appreciate his talent and ability when you try his work.
This is probably the most comprehensive collection of licks and embellishments I've seen for guitar players that have mastered their pentatonics and are trying to get to that next level. Nicely done! Would love to see a next-level version of this with some slightly more complex ideas.
You have become my favorite online instructor!! Keep it up!
Jesse Atwood Thanks for your lessons there very informative!
Randy was my fav and still is 35yrs after his death
Danzo Shimura what did you think of the Randy Rhoads Eddie Van Halen comparisons and the other guy
Randy's gift was that he could take technique into taste. The reason that Randy will ALWAYS be one of my favorite guitar players is that he struck me to my HEART!!!! How do you you show that an instructional video?!!! I am very glad you are trying to explain his technicality. By the way, killer playing brah!!!
The pick slide on Crazy Train actually starts as the amp is turned on, giving that sort of gradual fade in. Almost impossible to recreate live at that time, thus the intro we came to love on Tribute.
Randy kind of "tickled" the strings, turned on the amp, and did the slide as the amp powered up.
I really love how Randy set up his lead off his rhythm like his solo on Crazy Train is lead solo ran right along with his rhythm incredible
Awesome how you figured all this out.
Teaching guitar has always been my favorite job ever. You are an excellent and informative teacher in this video and explain Randy's techniques so clearly to those who seek to learn them. Great job, man!
I saw Randy Rhodes. He was phenomenal.
I'm Just jealous !!!! Remember the news on the radio just before my Army stint .....The world was less by a huge margin
This was a really cool overview of some of Randy's soloing techniques. Randy has always been my favorite guitarist. So it was awesome to see these things laid out this way.
Randy was my greatest inspiration to start playing not the first but definitely the greatest inspiration I had in the beginning. Metal guitar keeps evolving to where we never get bored. The love of my life is my Les-Paul, I hope to one day add a Jackson to my harem. Oh, in case my girl ever reads this .. Love you too babe! Lol.
Awww.great comment.
Same with me. I have been playing guitar for a little more than a year and a half. My first inspiration was Dave Murray from Iron Maiden. I already knew of Randy Rhoads and how amazing he was already but at the time his skill seemed miles away from a beginner guitarist. But then I learned the basic parts of Crazy Train and then it all changed for me. I realized it was possible to play his stuff and since then I have always played Crazy Train and other Randy songs every time I pick up my guitar. Every time I play his songs I always learn new things that I didn’t hear before. Anyway, sorry for writing a paragraph. I just wanted to get this out there.
Randy does almost ALL HAMMER ONS-PULL OFFS for the Crazy Train solo and when you see so many people play it, they pick all the notes or tap them. His fingers were AMAZINGLY strong in that he could not only hammer on so well that it sounds like he is picking, but he could do it endlessly. That goes along with your #2-#3.
really enjoyed this lesson , i was lucky enough to see Randy and Ozzy's first gig together at the Glasgow Apollo 1980
he was a little guy but played like a Lion !!
Ravensmead Like Dio
Ravensmead wow lucky you
I was blessed to see Randy's very last performance, in Knoxville, TN in 1982. He blew EVERYONE in the audience away... But the concert did seem to have an ominous vibe. I remember when they "hung" the little guy...there seemed to be some kind of malfunction, and the guy hung there about 30 ft up, for 2 or 3 songs...and it looked like the roadies were frantically trying to get him back down, which they did eventually. Some guy in the audience brought a pocketful of dead snakes, and kept throwing them to on stage! UFO opened for Ozzy, and I remember Phil Mogg picking one up and chasing Pete Sears with it! He throw one at Ozzy too, but he jumped out of the way! Great memories, but Randy's death the next morning was a heart breaker.
how tall was he？
MTHRN Jh 5ft 4 in
1. Double Picking 1:21
2. Open String Trills 1:58
3. Natural Harmonic Chords 3:15
4. Pick Tapping Bends 5:18
5. Descending Licks Chromaticaly 7:21
6. Pull Off Fills 8:56
7. Inuerted 5ths 10:25
8. Pull Off Motif 12:10
9. Chaos Picking 14:01
10. Wilde Trills 16:09
11. Extended Natural Harmonics 17:23
12. Staggered Reverse Scale Pattern 19:54
13. G Bend 21:43
14. The Toggle Trick 22:46
15. Circular Triplets 24:05
16. Diminished Trills 25:37
17. Legato Runs 26:51
18. Double Tapping 27:55
19. Slides and Scrapes 28:51
20. Drunken Spider Climb 29:50
21. Trill Bends 31:05
Fix my comment to help people that is watching, please bro!
Just one question: How give you the distortion and what's the distortion product?
Awesome bro! I've ALWAYS loved listening to Randy Rhoads as in my mind he's one of my favorite guitarists of all-time...if not my favorite...still blows my mind he died when he was only 25 and he was that good! Thanks for the tips...
This is a great video. Well done.
Awesome content, right from the double picking, I never realized he was doing that! RIP Randy Rhoads...
To anyone interested please let me know. I searched for years but today I finally found out how to get Randy Rhoads' tone perfectly and it comes down to 1 pedal.
Make a video on Jake E Lee please. There really is no much videos about his techniques and licks, and he is really great guitar player! :D
"Bark at the Moon" (title track) has amazing Lee solos in the middle and at the end!
@@voronOsphere One of the best. Maybe if there had been a guitarist between Randy and him he would have been appreciated more. I think his solos are almost as good technically, on par sound wise and some of his rhythm stuff like Bark at the Moon would have impressed Randy. The two certainly stand head and shoulders above Zakk musically. He might be able to play their stuff but not come up with something like that. He's great but Jake deserves at least half of his fame and money.
I'm 53 years old. You are a great teacher (since you are intelligent and communicate thoughts thus) even though you are much younger than I. ( I have been playing guitar intensely since I was 16 yrs. old ). I love your Jackson.....looks and sounds killer! Thanks for digging in and finding all of these licks/ techniques of Randy's style. Very exciting to a listener of Randy's music. Randy has (he is still alive) great composing and licks/techniques ( such as the ones you taught ) that keeps a listener totally fixated on his songs/music !!!!!! RESPECT
Hey Mike. Randy is my favourite guitar player, so MASSIVE APPRECIATION for this. If there one person I would cite as a major influence it's Randy...NO CONTEST... By the way, that Jackson guitar just made my jaw drop! Thanks for the vid Mike! Keep Rockin'...
hi Mike, I really enjoyed your lesson and have to say I really enjoy your style of teaching. Very enjoyable to watch and I like your unpretentious style. Very cool. Keep rocking brother!
Nice job. Great playing and explanations.
I love my esp flying v, imo it's far more comfy than an axe. It has a nook that kind of locks into place. To each their own though, great video at always!! Thank you!
Just found you. Had to sub. Anyone that loves RR has to be a cool guy.
Great stuff.
Some great Randy techniques. I thoroughly enjoyed this video.
You've done your homework on his style. My favorite guitarists after hearing Blizzard. We all have our own guitar lingo too. YES we understand what you mean when explaining techniques haha. Great job!
Dude basically had two albums and had this much to give to guitars. What a talent fucking crying shame he died man.
PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO LIKE THIS ON GARY MOORE!!!! PLEASE!!!
PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!!
Asif Luger great ideea
Detroit Wrecker He really was! Search in youtube GARY MOORE ON RANDY RHOADS or somthing like that to get the big picture.
Asif Luger haha I just wanted to refer to that 😉 💪🏻
Gary moore!! , yes please!!!! would be great!!!!
Excellent video, bro!
that caliber of tapping speed would get you a gold medal in the old Track & Field arcade game
I do that tremolo up and down the fretboard when I'm bored because tremolo was one of the first tricks I learned on guitar, and I felt so proud when this ethnic string band of ours had this teacher who commended me for exploring the guitar to more than just chords.
great video, every rock guitarist should learn to play that Tribute album. It took me a year, and I grew immensely. I like how you covered his playing with minor scales. Not a lot of people go over his use of his minor scales like you did. Great stuff
tribute album is the best love the many fills he added to the songs to make it more colorful and unique
This video should be titled: "Randy Rhoades: just buy the Tribute tablature book"
Haha. Pretty much.
gunkyzip except hes reached 100K views. I'll assume more than the published version that it was supposedly ripped from
Congratulations on your growth . I am interestred to know in what way has it made you grow ? Technically or music writing wise ?
love the way a V sits in your lap gives the neck a perfect tilt and nothing sticks me in the side, akin to having a stool and holding it classical
I've said it before, you're a great teacher. Nice job man!
Man, at first I did not like the way you started out being apologetic and stuff. But I watched the entire video. You are a humble badass!! Well done!
This was one of the AOG vids where I just watch and enjoy because there is simply no way my ageing, arthritic hands and fingers will ever be able to play RR stuff. Admire anyone who can do this, srsly. Well done.
I hope u find an ANTI-INFLAMMATORY solution... diet affects my hands, greatly.
For awhile, I couldn't close my hands, and developed a few gnarly knuckles... not horrible.
Sugars, wheat, even cheese cause me varying degrees of arthritis.
-For some, Fish Oil is a Miracle cure. -Cheers, Man!
Never say never. If you're not familiar, read up on Django Rheinhart (not sure if I spelled that right). He overcame some bad stuff with his hands and became a very influential guitarist.
Glucasomine !!..
Nice vid. Nailed all the RR techniques and tricks! On a side note, I find that if I get all my V and offset V students to sit in the traditional classical style (left leg up on stool, and put guitar on raised left leg) it is super comfy and the position simulates a standing position. Depending on the cut of the guitar it may be too far to the left sometimes, but it is stable af. Not for everyone maybe, but certainly worth some experimentation.
This is an excellent lesson. Great playing and production!
God bless you, Mike, in this time of standstill. I hope all is well with you. One good thing came of the corona bug, we all have time to practice.
I just happened to have this video pop up while I was watching several other videos, and I liked it a lot--your explanations that is! I was born in 71. I learned every Randy album starting with Blizzard and Diary, finally ending up at the Tribute album. I have all the original books transcribed by Wolf Marshall. I performed the Tribute album minus a few songs I didn't care for much (No Bone Movies, Iron Man, Goodbye To Romance and Paranoid). In place of them I performed Over the Mountain, Diary of a Madman, then out of the box I added "I'll See the Light Tonight" and "I Am a Viking" by Yngwie Malmsteen.
I got stuck in a time loop since I was ten years old...... and I'm still playing Randy Rhodes every "F-ing" day of my life since then along with Yngwie J. Malmsteen's first three albums. I love Karakatau off of Odyssey, but I never learned to play it.
I became an Audio Engineer in 2008 after twenty + years of landscaping. I then found my greatest talent in 2011 as a Master Grower for two dispensaries in Arizona. I soon went on my own because I focused on producing product the quality you will find on the cover of any magazine or at the Bud Cup competitions around the world.
My son is 28 years old and plays guitar in addition to piano. He learned Randy's music on his own as I did, but he moved on into Joe Satriani and Steve Vai and others. It literally BLEW HIS MIND when I picked up his guitar (after not touching a guitar for five years after a close friend I used to play with in high school, Brandon Rhoads, died) and I not only played side A of the Tribute album, but I played Suicide Solution w/ the live solo, Children of the Grave and I'll see the Light Tonight by Yngwie J. Malmsteen..... His jaw hanging as he stared at me in shock that I not only remembered every note and nuance, but that I could still execute it nicely!
I told him I never stopped playing it. I just quit playing it on my guitar. I go through the physical motions every single day of all of those songs that I learned long, long ago while under the influence of LSD25. These songs will be with me until I breath my last breath of life. I still feel the fret board under my fingers when I play. I play while driving and in my spare time sitting around. I don't watch T.V. so I sit and play all these songs. As long as I play one sixteen hour session on my guitar once a year I manage to be able to pick it up at any time and perform it. I hear his music in my head any time my mind is not focused on any task or thing, loud and in concert.
Thank you for sharing this with the world of younger people and for the special feeling I got while watching your video. I don't think much about any of Randy's techniques as anything, because I play them in all of my song writing with liberal doses of Malmsteen and Joe Stump for good measure. I can't help but to play Randy's techniques in every single thing I play. My Malmsteen has a healthy dose of Randy's top string slides, pick slides and harmonic "gap fills" like the one in Crazy Train you mentioned..... Now I'm talking too much.... I could go on and on and actually share a number of things you didn't mention at all that I use that are exclusively Randy's.
I just wanted to say, "THANK YOU." You are doing the world a great service sharing Randy's style and that of many other players. Randy was my biggest influence next to Yngwie Malmsteen and Joe Stump. I never got to see him perform live, but I feel his presence inside since I first heard him play. Thank you for listening. Keep up your work, please...
Derrick Schnur
"The Prodigy"
the " drunken spider" or diminished arpegio also works great over a functioning 5 chord. mix it in with a harmonic minor lick and most times sounds great.
Thanks for posting this. Also +1 for a Gary Moore video ..
I’ve been watching your videos for a few months now since I started my YT guitar channel. I love your teaching style. I’ve been playing over 30 years and did teach private lessons about 15 years ago but I’m really rusty at teaching but am getting back into it. As for Randy, he was one of my greatest influences and I did spend a few years back in the day really studying him and learning many of his solos. Just saying in this video, you really nailed every part of his style and technique. I loved it!
picked up some nice tips...thanks man
This is great, shows you what a genius Randy was, I do not think people truly appreciate his songwriting and his ability to makes things simpler.
Open string lick b-a-g reminds me of Steely Dan's Reelin' in the years solo.
Check out this solo part: it uses open string g in a creative way. Also good for exercising.
+Peter Jan Schep True. I love me some Steely D!
Thanks for keeping Randy's playing alive.
Awesome man! David Gilmore!
You look so comfortable talking to the camera, which is the thing many 'youtube teachers' don't even think about. But there you go, it turns out that it has some importance after all!
Thanks, It's probably because these videos take half a day to make so I just get over being nervous after hour 4. haha ;)
Glad u mentioned Jimmy Page. RR was obviously an original but if there were 2 guys he reminded me of, It was page and Blackmore.
honnestly it is growing a feeling of learn guitar from your videos i play drums and i lobe drums and now that i am 45 years i am growing this call to learn duitar thanks for your lessons
Love it, You should have gone into more info on double picking at the beginning tho, not a lot of nippers know how to do it, but all said I really like Your teaching method, Keep on rocking!
I absolutely love this! I grew up with Randy Rhoads on guitar, and Ozzy and No More Tears. Now I'm 40 years old, but the music lives Within. Occasionally it even comes out, just like this man and his Auto pick. ♡
Randy Rhodes is the best guitarist in world still is in heaven
My first concert was Ozzy on 3/18/82 here in Knoxville TN I remember it like it was yesterday Watching Randy play live was like a Magical Experience HE WAS UNBELIEVABLE I never will forget it..People forget how ABSOLUTELY AMAZING HE WAS HE WAS AND IS 1 OF THE GREATEST EVER
I remember Randy give Eddy Van Halen a run for his money
I believe you mixed up your names but you are wrong regardless.
Who better. Eddy I guess led the pack
I like Randy
VH 2 has some Randy Rhoades influence in my opinion.
NO doubt @James Blanton I concur.
I was fortunate to see Randy the same year he was taken from us, and I have seen Eddy, and there isn't any comparison. I have seen many great players but this one, he was very special!
AMAZING VIDEO!!! Finding this just made my day! I'll be practicing these for weeks. Thank you!!
Well done! I'm now subscribed to your channel! You've shown many similar techniques to what I (try to) do successfully, but with slight variations! You have also demonstrated a wide breadth of knowledge of music theory, which I know very little of! (I've always been able to listen to a song and play it. Therefore, by "playing by ear" (prior to MTV, the internet, and the amazing access to information available today) I never had the need, time (I'm a physician), or desire to learn theory, until now, and I realize just how little I know about it! I will check your other videos, and am looking forward to learning more from you! Great job! Love Randy Rhoads!!
Great and entirely useful tutorial. Brilliant teaching style. Randy lives!
Awsome Lessons, Mike! Randy was soooo talented...Who really knows what he would done if he'd lived longer...R.I.P. Randy Rhoads 1956-1982.
David Singletary Randy, Clif, so many others. The world was robbed of their potential. He would be right up there with G4
He would become a classical guitar player.
hmm Randy would have been 62 now... still able to play!... the tunes we missed :(
Great video Mate!! Randy was the greatest!!!! "Tribute" was my record when I was 13.... played to it cover to cover!!! Randy is still such an inspiration to everyone who listens to him!!! Thank you!!
Man that guitar has a nice tone.
I bought the Tribute live album tab around 15 years ago, learned the songs but I couldn''t play the solos at the time. Last week I've been practicing Mr. Crowley, Revelation Mother Earth and S.A.T.O.
Like someone else said in the comments, you really learn from watching / studying Randy ! Thanks for the vid too \m/
Fred Payette S. A. T. O. Isn’t played in the live album.
7:21 My favorite Randy technique by far....I love it in "I Don't Know" it's a savage run...But you didn't mention if he palm mutes that lick. Does he?
31:42
Yes he did it! With his Les Paul. An example: youtube -> crazy train after hours -> 5:00
Anyway, great video! Cheers.
I just wanted to say thanks so much for these great lessons. I have added many techniques from your lessons to my solos and the difference is huge. Do you have a patreon page? I would be happy to be a contributor.
+Brian Menke Thanks Brian. I'm actually in the process of adding a Support button to our site. I'll let you know when it's up. Thanks a ton.
Wow thanks man! Ive learned a couple things from you already!! thank you!! you rock!
Correction: Randy had to climb up on Ozzys shoulders to get to the note he wanted :D
just came across your channel brother and WOW!!! I love it. I am a bass player(30+ yrs) and not in the traditional way, I am very heavily guitar influenced, I just love guitar riffs and solo's better than typical bass licks, and being a teen in the 80's loved Randy's playing very much, so thanx for this video. it's pretty fun AND challenging to try to mix style's like Randy's and John Paul Jones stuff(huge Led Zep fan btw) on the bass! obviously I'm a huge Billy Sheehan fan also! stay groovy bro and keep the vid's coming.
He used open hand picking a lot,cause he adjusted the volumes knobs frequently
Randy was one of the all time greatest rock metal shred artists!
Great video thanks.
Best genuine guitar teacher 💯
18:20 Iron Maiden uses that in the "Killers" riff.
Great video I thoroughly enjoyed this. I've always loved Randy's style too. Thanks for doing this!
really dig your vids man!
Solid video. My first concert was also KISS and Slaughter with Little Caesar at the Nassau Coliseum on the Hot in the Shade tour. Fly to the Angels was huge at that point and Slaughter brought in a large portion of the crowd.
The Nintendo game was Track and Field! I'm showing my age, too. I had that game lol.
Oh, your right without the power pad you had to pound the buttons.
To anyone that still has Track and Field for the NES instead of tapping the a and b buttons use a teaspoon and slide it back and forth REAL FAST just be sure to lay the controller on a flat stable surface like the floor
Thanks for the vid man. It gave me some new inspiration on songs I discovered I can write myself lately.