Joey Tafolla - Systematik Kromatik Statik

[ironguitardac]

John Petrucci is not a guitar player, he is a songwriter and composer, his work with Dream Theater is not from this world, there's no guitar player in the world who can make a song 24 minutes long but still awesome to listen, I don't mean to disrespect Joey Taffola, he is awesome too, but Petrucci is a GOD...OUT!!

[Yasminesoulstealer]

This guys solo on Jag Panzers Shadow Thief is the shit!

[xTheWorldNeedsAHerox]

Somehow filmed in 1992, here we have GAY7X's entire discography. Seeing as how they can ONLY playing the chromatic scale.

[EkonEzung]

What happens at 0:48 .. can someone explain the timing please ? :)

[StreetFighter2010]

You can tell he was influenced by Tony MacAlpine.

[randypadilla209]

OMG Joey, what an incredible chromatic solo, with such flair, energy, it makes one not even believe that it is chromatic it so rocks! I love this!! Great playing, phenomenal playing!

[chillichomper]

Sounds alot like steve morse here

[BatStive]

Amazing...

[GuilleBlitzkrieg]

This guy plays cool !

[Leonard3882]

His dexterity is amazing o_0

[Despond]

Such a joy to watch his silky smooth technique. Catchy phrasing too.

[metaloutlander]

Joe is a cool guy, I took lessons from him when I was a kid.

[freminick123]

@metaloutlander fake comment

[todzilla777]

Very nice finger work. You make me want to learn guitar and iam a drummer. LoL

[6672rock]

I must admit, that's a very inventive use of chromatic licks. Joey made it sound very musical and not just a flurry of notes.

[saLmi1985]

Wow..clean chromatic \m/X\m/

[johanessdum]

Be The Top Franchises Using Top Secret Hints and Tips Guaranteed!  goto ewayhowtoXcom/franchise replace X with a dot

[panny14]

wow that awesome!

[d34thguitarr]

This guy is kicking WAY too much ass in one sitting... Dear Lord.

[robibm2003]

"Stalingrad" off of "Out of the Sun" (I still have the LP) is awesome and this was footage here was wicked, too. Nice to hear he's doing well.

[powermetal]

send me the sound book ur tab, thanx

[blugzor]

INCROYABLE !

Mike Varney School (le Nick Belletieri de la guitare electrique)

[ChrisHaspeck]

nicely done !

who is this guy ?

this just goes to show how many amazing musicians there really are !

[Whackooyzero]

This is Joey Tafolla from the heavy metal band Jag Panzer. He played on their "Ample Destruction" and "The Fourth Judgement" albums. He also has released 3 solo instrumental albums being Out Of The Sun, Infra-Blue, and Plastic.

[jaroslavpirkl]

very very nice sound...i like it....

[beefcake0354]

Paul Gilbert

Steve Vai

.. and this guy

Who has the longest pinky? .. Just out of curiosity :)

[Marcosgroso07]

beautiful carvin

[spacestate]

Does remind me of Greg Howe's playing, esp. when he's doing the bends.

[metalhead75]

Guy's awesome. Has he done anything lately?

[MICKEYISLOWD]

holy duck...ultra clean...

[spec001]

This composition is an excellent exercise for picking. So, I recommend to everyone to practise that:)

Cheers!

[bhfam]

for some weird reason, he reminds me of Weird Al

[ericthemidgetdoll]

great player, I can tell he is influenced by Steve Morse. Awesome lick!

[IcechickenSr]

He composes the most unusuall deadly killer sounding stuff. He makes the fuckin guitar cry and squeal in pain, and joy. He really rapes the thing so bad, but gently at the same time, making some real smooth sounds. Love the dude. Cheers, IC.

[McMinnManiac]

it would be nice to have a fretboard pattern or tab for this type of thing

[Tortoise666]

trafolla fair play i like that dude

[TruNikkaz]

Joey's one of the best imo.

[Vinniemoore89]

Taffola.. he never dissapoints

[zappaelcrappa]

opps someone else notice a similarity of the bumblebee tune,,,,, sorry dood !

[BrothersofHeavyMetal]

No i don't

[zappaelcrappa]

????????????

[TruNikkaz]

Flight of the bumblebee is chromatic

This song is Chromatic, as it suggests in the name

which is where you find the similarity

[zappaelcrappa]

Systematik Kromatik Statik of the bumble bee :P

[charlieboy1999]

Bumblebee is flying the blues, kewl! We also remember Extreme's intro => He man womanhater

[Satanhimselv]

any1 got mp3 for this?

[deltabluesboy10]

Great stuff,...ive got his in class lessons recorded,..plus the tab,...hes' a great player

[Joemato08]

joe is good put john is a genious.

[djbdodgy]

this is so great, is there a tab for it? Open House is really nice too

[clungepuncher]

fail.

[theothecoolguy]

AWESOME!

[TheBodomBeachTerror]

love those awesome "kromatik" licks

[Blingchasty]

two different styles as well....but tafolla is so tasteful and this one is badass. picking accents! these guys are about the same age too i believe...

[TheLostTruckDriver]

Petrucci is very basic though. I mean you know exactly what he is doing, you just have to work on string skipping and changes. This man's technique requires more understanding of wide intervals and specific timing that is not related to the tempo. John is essentially led by the tempo. Don't take that the wrong way, but to me anyone can quickly play Petrucci style stuff once you understand scale fragments and key changes but this is more challenging as your 1 2 4 and 1 3 4 triplets are OUT.

[KingofShred]

Try playing all the time signature changes in Dream Theater songs such as Erotomania or A Change of Seasons :) , both great guitarists , but Petrucci is more of a band member , and a great composer too.

[FeedMeForiAmATroll]

@TheLostTruckDriver

while john petrucci's stuff is easier to play than it looks and his picking speed is ridiculously overrated, but his composition skills are much better than you make them sound. his style as a whole is NOT easy to copy. too many elements involved to call it easy. his phrasing shits on this too watch?v=-5VwPfyEq3w

this is hardly worth listening too, it just sounds like an exercise. very out of the box though, i'll give him that.

[raskolnikov1873]

@FeedMeForiAmATroll Well said. Also Petrucci is very non-linear; by that, I mean he goes across strings an awful lot which produces some interesting sounds---difficult to reproduce for most guitarists. He also uses a lot of chromatic elements and spices his playing up with fusion-type compositional elements. He's a very dynamic songwriter. My only point of contention would be on his picking speed. On his instructional video he picks sixteenth notes at a 210bpm tempo, and that's elite speed.

[FeedMeForiAmATroll]

@raskolnikov1873

that's 14 nps which is very unimpressive. 14 nps is far from elite speed. i was able to play faster than that a year and a half into guitar playing. his picking speed is extremely overrated. doctorhotlicks played flight of the bumblebee at 600 bpm with 16th notes. that's 40 nps and THAT is elite speed. he has the world record. even guthrie govan picks faster than petrucci, but he is still a master songwriter and speed doesn't matter.

[raskolnikov1873]

@FeedMeForiAmATroll Fair enough but I would argue that there's no need to pick 16th notes above 180bpm to 200bpm. To my ear, it begins to sound very unmusical and very machine-like. I think at those tempos and above most guitarists would be better served by switching to triplets (one less note per beat) or, if they want to use straight 16ths, legato or tapping. That's just a matter of taste and many would disagree with me. When Petrucci does his ultrafast picking runs, it ruins the solo.

[FeedMeForiAmATroll]

@raskolnikov1873

i agree. the only guitarist that can sound musical at picking speeds higher than that is shawn lane imo. even then he can sound pretty robotic sometimes, but that's to get an outside sound so it does have a purpose. i don't like petrucci's fast picking runs unless they're short and sweet. if they're long then it just sucks. the new dream theater album really shows that petrucci can really mix it up. best dt album yet imo.

[xTheWorldNeedsAHerox]

@TheLostTruckDriver John Petrucci is brilliant, though. And is capable of playing more than just the chromatic scale.

[krischayer]

@TheLostTruckDriver I totally disagree .. you can't compare both guitarists they are both good at what they do... For your information most of the key changes petrucci uses are different one to another, just sayin.. YOU CAN'T LEARN PETRUCCI'S STUFF EASILY like you say :)

Still, you're a moron trying to say that Tafolla is better than petrucci you just prove how ignorant to music you are.

[TMUSICIAN]

Petrucci who?

[kalapoka666]

Exactly!!!

[spark1dark1]

two different guitarists dude. Cant diss john man. Wont let you do it. He is one of the best.

[Mediterraneanblue9]

Go watch Petrucci's instrumental dvd from 1994. This is good but it doesn't compare.