Randy Rhoads Crazy Train Lesson
Written by Edward Cupler
Notes: Randy Rhoads begins the main riff from Crazy Train in the key of F# minor using the Aeolian mode and ends up in A Major just before the vocals.
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Randy Rhoads Crazy Train - Solo Fills
Solo Fill #1
Notes:Randy Rhoads used three distinctive guitar solo fills throughout Crazy Train. The following is the first of the three that Randy used. Played in the key of F# Minor while the bass guitar plays an F#. This first fill is based on the F# Aeolian mode with a flatted 5th (C) used as a passing note. Randy Rhoads often used Flat 5ths in his solos giving them more of a blues sound even when he wasn't using pentatonic blues scales.
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Solo Fill #2
Notes: Randy Rhoads used a single three note pattern that repeats chromatically one half step per repetition for this second of three guitar solo fills. Played in the key of F# Minor while the bass guitar plays an F#.
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Solo Fill #3
Notes: Randy Rhoads used a riff that repeats chromatically, similar to the second solo fill, one half step per repetition.This is the last of three solo fills from the Crazy Train. Played in the key of F# Minor while the bass guitar plays an F#.
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