Participated in several projects but he is best known for his part in the ambitious Dream Theater group. His digital-sounding runs and his guitar clinics made him very appreciated, especially by guitar students.
We'll try to unveil some of his secrets: Petrucci often uses fast chromatic runs like the 3-finger one from As I Am: And a 4-finger run from Beyond This Life: Petrucci knows that chromatic runs are the easiest to play so he uses them again and again. From Deep In Heaven: And again in Under a Glass Moon: To give more spice to his chromatic addiction, Petrucci uses sometimes hammer-ons and pull-offs like in this run from In the Name Of God: Simple patterns added by free strings is another easy trick by Petrucci. From Octavarium: Another ornamentation used by Petrucci is the DiMeola-style palm-mute. From Status Speaker: And the same procedure in To Live Forever: Tapping is a must for all 'guitar virtuosos'. Some small ones from The Root Of All Evil: And a more extended tapped run from A Fortune In Lies: Let's see now a few of Petrucci's sweeping arpeggios. We'll start with a simple triad from A Change Of Seasons: And two sequences from After Life: Triads from Endless Sacrifice: From The Glass Prison: And, finally, arpeggios with rhythm changes from Never Enough: And now, let's take a look at Petrucci's fast runs. First, a scale from Blind Faith: A short run from Scarred: Another fast pattern from Stream Of Conciousness: A run combined with arpeggios from Dance Of Eternity: Fast changes of position in Endless Sacrifice: Repetitive patterns are a trademark of all rock guitar 'virtuosos'.
The following is from The Great Debate: From the same song, a pattern spiced with hammer-ons, pull-offs and slides: From 6:00: A run with a little skip from Fatal Tragedy: And another repetitive run from Caught In a Web.
In this next video guitar lesson of our 'Lick Of The Week' series, we will learn a cool guitar lick in the style of John Petrucci, the legendary guitarist of the prog-rock band Dream Theater. John Petrucci's soloing style incorporates many different elements.
One element he seems to always go back to is his love of throwing chromatic lines within his solos. This kind of a guitar lick can really create a lot of tension when used properly within a solo. It creates a sense of total chaos. The key to learning this guitar lick and incorporating it into your playing is to understand how it can be understood as a bunch of smaller repeating elements. Most very complicated licks can be understood this way in some shape or form.
John Petrucci - Rock Discipline.pdf - Free download as PDF File (.pdf) or read online for free. Scribd is the world's largest social reading and publishing site. Search Search. Close suggestions. John first began playing guitar at age 12 and had some of the typical influences that many other kids his age had at that time; Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, The.
If you watch the whole video guitar lesson you should easily be able to create similar chromatic lines yourself. Download the FREE TAB PDF for this lesson below. Hope you have fun with this one.
After you get the patterns down it also makes a great alternate picking exercise. П˜€ If these free lessons help you, please donate to keep new ones coming daily.