Best Tapping Riff

[undertheblade1]

um yea that riff sounds like about 50 other ppl doing the same riff seariously it dont sound good either

[Timeforunleash]

You guys do know this is Michael Romeo from Symphony X, right?

[aaronbergAPB]

Very fluid! Nice post!

[dean0o0o]

@Fluffypopcicle there you go. the other note just said the mainstreams shoulda just said that in the first one. do u like gypsy jazz?

[josseph85]

BRING ME SOLO

[Viperous324]

OMG !!! those fat fingers are really fast

[ltayl1]

The only ESP i'd play

[jackal7904]

what ygwiee a big



[02salazzar02]

00:17  yeah fuck

[usahamer]

anyone have tab?

[x8643]

I love his smile in 0:14 like saying "god I'm so fucking good"

[alvaropascual16]

I fucking hate you fatass bitch

[P4nzerk93]

Thats really 80´s-ish : D Hair and the sound.

[ProceededConverter]

uhm cool but.. mail/femail? O_____o

[the7mad9cap7laughs]

@ProceededConverter If there's no backdrop of a kitchen then it's obviously a male.

[bassmachine666]

Very cool and very clean but the best? Idk about that.

[soniikeuh]

This ? The best ? Stop the fuck lol

[TheGannontheCannon]

Cool hair, Chris Farley..

[bananasack28]

Meatloaf can play guitar! :D

[1bol1]

@Fluffypopcicle What I ment was that prog metal musicians are unique. Opeth doesen't sound like symphony X or Dream Theater at all. And yes odd meters are progressive. But it's not the only thing that defines progressive. I personally think symphony X are more innovative than hendrix. I've never heard anything as beautiful and creative as A Winters Dream, Sea Of Lies, The Accolade etc. But that's just me.

[ieatkalebbadgers]

hes got two things you dont, sick guitar skills and a belly, be jelly.

[polipoli8]

Hey videopoli like polipoli8 ! :D ..... =.=

[Earthling122]

tabs??



[lodgi0101]

he smiles at 0:16 because he knows that nobody can't do it :D

[Babyface6200]

i have the same guitar

[AXELGRIZ]

he looks like joan hill with a wig :P

[iain1501]

If you look closely you can read his thaughts.

0:00 - 0:15 must concentrate

0:15 - 0:18 OMG IM DOING IT

0:18 - 0:20 get ready for it

0:20 - 0:26 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRR­RRRRRRGH

[aridahl]

is he symphony x guitarrist? and if he doesn't stop moving his head and smiling like a freaking psycho i'm launching a tomahawk right towards him.

[chrisrocks626]

u shud change this video from "Best Tapping Riff" to "Beast Tapping Riff"

[nikoenpiedra21]

He ate up to Yngwie Malmsteen

[PATOSONDX]

oh god! malmsteen fucked timo tolkki and had this great guitar player!!!!!

[GenGuitarist]

at first i thought he was Yngwie Malmsteen

[crankycactus]

weak...



[funofsk8ing]

why is yngwie using an ESP and not wearing pirate clothes?

[spiffication]

@funofsk8ing not yngwie.........

[Psyshimmer]

@spiffication Sarcasm....

[LuffyGearSecond10]

@funofsk8ing hmmmmmmmmm, i think, i think, its because he is not malmsteen?

[funofsk8ing]

@LuffyGearSecond10 jeez wtf i know it's not him it was a joke ok???? forgive me for thinking he looks like him, and trying to put a bit of humor into this comment page...

[MIKEPEARTNOY]

I knew Petrucci was getting fat, but damn.

[60millionaire]

pfft! i could do that with my penis!

[KitchenMarshall]

God, I hope I never master this technique and will evolve into playing guitar straight from the soul.

[1bol1]

@KitchenMarshall You idiot. Playing pentatonics doesn't mean soul. Playing with soul means that you love what you play. Which Romeo obviously does (note the smile).

[KitchenMarshall]

@1bol1 That's your definition of playing with soul, not mine. Plus you have absolutely no clue of what i'm playing. ..With the voice of Ren (from Ren & Stimpy:) "You full blooded EEDIOT!!!! ;-)

[1bol1]

@KitchenMarshall Exactly, you just proved my point. That's my (and others) definition. What makes you think that your definition is the right one? I was just guessing that you were a pentatonic wanker (I hope you're not) because it's usually them expressing their jealousy on these kinds of videos.

[flanzashreddah]

@1bol1 Troll harder haha, pentatonic is almost always present with lead work, I like to think of it as the spine of anything melodic. I hear ya though, many players never actually grasp how scale degrees relate beyond pentatonic, far less articulate work from those fiddlers.

[1bol1]

@flanzashreddah Pentatonic is always present because it's the easiest scale to apply to any rythm. It doesen't require a significant amount of creativity, technnique or originality. If you play the blues scale, you will get attention from non/new-musicians while you will get either the evil eye or a sigh from an educated musician. Romeo does use the pent scale but he does it either lightning fast or with creativity to make it sound different. Don't be a Rosinni-Rosenberg.

[Fluffypopcicle]

@1bol1

That's bull shit dude. It's one thing to wank on pentatonic and blues scales like all those run of the mill blues guitarists you hear at Guitarcenter and it's another to truly master it IE SRV, Eric Johnson, Shawn Lane etc. non-musicians aren't impressed by blues scales. When I sucked I thought that the people that could do hammer ons and pull offs really fast were amazing while I thought the better blues players lacked talent. Playing pentatonic doesn't impress people.

[1bol1]

@Fluffypopcicle I'm saying that you can't get that creative playing blues as you can playing progressive stuff. Shawn Lane wasn't really a blues player. He had his own style. When I sucked I thought that the people with most creativity, technnique and melody were amazing. And I still think that. And yes. playing pentatonic does impress non-musicians. See kirk hammett, Zakk Wylde, Slash.

[Fluffypopcicle]

@1bol1

Slash impressed me because of his phrasing, not speed. He underestimates the amount of musicality in his music and so does most of the guitar population. I was impressed by kirk when i was a noob because of his speed, not the fact that he used pentatonic, and zakk only impressed me when I saw him do some really nice hybrid picking stuff on an acoustic guitar. The blues can be plenty progressive too. I made a blues riff with 2 meters of 4/4 1 meter of 5/4 and the last meter in 9/16.

[1bol1]

@Fluffypopcicle Ok, that you. I've always looked deeper into music than if it's slow or fast. So their speed doesen't really mean anything to me. I sense something deeper when I hear for example Michael Romeos solos. And playing progressive doesn't mean odd time signatures. Progressive as originally a word to describe unlimitless or evolving music. Blues is Blues. Progressive stuff could be anything.

[Fluffypopcicle]

@1bol1

I think you're getting innovation and progression confused there. Progression in music is if the music progresses as in the songs themselves progress and change with no specific structure. Prog metal isn't called prog metal because every prog metal band is extremely innovative. Changing time signatures changes the flow, thus odd meters are progressive by nature. I do agree with you though, the blues is very limited in many aspects (mainly that it has to be sad, no exceptions).

[1bol1]

@flanzashreddah Sorry, i meant Orsini-Rosenberg

[Zunee99]

0:16 Jack Black Face

[slash1128]

Guthrie Govan is better.

[NahaleGuitar]

Chris broderick... nuff said

[AZIARGROUS]

@NahaleGuitar broderick is a good tapper and incredible musician, but i'll tell you there are people out there who do tap better than him. Romeo is not 8 finger tapper, never saw him do it at least, but his solos sound so cool, appropriate, and brilliant everytime he uses it. So my point here is: this is not about who does it technically better, but about who knows how to make tapping fit cleverly in a solo/song and most of all about who can make it sound cool, like mr romeo here:)

[Wellingtonmmvieira]

eddie van halen created 135 accounts to deslike this video !!!

[ilovepizz]

Psh, can you play Smoke On The Water???? Yeah...

[TheCOB98]

guitar playing pig?

[Bullet1852]

@TheCOB98 in soviet russia, yep

[700Xiphos]

lol @ butthurt fags who cant do this. maybe you should make another fat joke to divert from the fact that youl never be as good as Michael romeo

[TheSteinbitt]

So many awesome comments here, cleverly pointing out the fact that he is obese. I admire you guy's!

[jonnyBB3B]

What the fuk just happened!!!

[Ethenmar]

Best tapping? This is just an exercise...

[76271rahul1]

awsome

no comments

perfect finishing

[MatKiller1197]

i thought he was yngwie malmsteen

[MlKEPORNTOY]

Wow, I knew Petrucci was getting fat, but damn!

[DoWonSong]

sponsored by KFC

[phukpasswords]

looks like he ate his girlfriend!!

[OlieGuitarFREAK]

he's not fat, just full of talent

[mastercheif2051]

@OlieGuitarFREAK and ckicken

[MPSecare]

@OlieGuitarFREAK lol

[leeportcam]

@OlieGuitarFREAK and no soul

[Fluffypopcicle]

@leeportcam

And what magical device are you using to measure his soul? I feel lots of soul from this. who are you to tell him that he has no soul? It takes somebody really ignorant to say that somebody has n soul just because they don't like him.

[leeportcam]

@Fluffypopcicle with a name like yours....what could I say to convince you what soul is....um...maybe...squat! One day many years from now....you will find it, and when you think of me....think well.

[Fluffypopcicle]

@leeportcam

I like BB King, SRV, Hendrix, jazz greats, Clapton, Hendrix etc. I like music of all sorts. I obviously have a much broader and experienced taste in music than you do. Just know that just because YOU can't feel it doesn't mean that it's not there. i have never claimed that something had no soul because it isn't there. I don't feel much from The Beatles, in fact i can't stand most of their stuff, but i never claimed that they had no soul. Pull your head out of your ass.

[dean0o0o]

@Fluffypopcicle you named all  blues guitar players except clapton and you named most of them twice so how is that a broad taste in music. you like jazz greats, but dont care to name anything lol. you suck the meat popsicle

[Fluffypopcicle]

@dean0o0o

OMG ANOTHER TYPO!!! Want me to go on? Fine then, John Coltrane, Johnny Winters, Chuck Berry, Robert Johnson, Louis Armstrong, Howling Wolf, Dexter Gourdon, Pat Metheney, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Allan Holdswrth, Chick Corea, Al Di Meola, Frank Gambale, Shawn Lane, Return To Forever (has a combination of some already mentioned), Buddy Guy etc. do I have to state any more? I can take up a good 3 full comments mentioning the artists and bands that I like in jazz and blues.

[Fluffypopcicle]

@leeportcam

Continuing: typo. I never claimed something no soul because I don't like it. That's what I meant to say.

[2kRomario10]

Michael Romeo is...God!

[MauleM4]

that isn't even a Good FAKE!

[Edterntain]

You sho it watch mab live

[Edterntain]

Did it really take u 18 hours to comeback with that??? Michael angelo batio can do that way better

[Edterntain]

Bet he cant do it standing up and looking at the camera

[georgeion58]

@Edterntain and u cant do that 841651894156848961089641896191­98181 times slower than him

[cuyo277]

@Edterntain You should watch him play live before talking! :P

[xXRayymondXx]

i guess the shake weight didnt work huh.

[grazietopia]

what happend to yngwie malmsteen?!

[MaidenViking]

130 people are jealous Petrucci/Malmsteen fans!

[NixxerJixxerWixxer]

I wanna know what type of burgers he's been eating

[NightmareSteve]

Congratulations! Your Yngwie Malmsteen evolved to Michael Romeo!

[Soboliew]

@NightmareSteve and became even more fat ; D just joking , this is amaizing piece of art!!!!!

[xXllPARDOWllXx]

@NightmareSteve hahahahahaahhahahahaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaahahahhahahahahahahaahh!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sykosick2]

dudes a fuckin beast

[playingforbritain]

I clicked on this because i thought it was going to be Yngwie...

[fluffytaco788]

He looks like a fat

emo chick

[troidin]

I could do that... I just don't want to.



[falconer6439]

@troidin Im sure you could....

[xXDLINKXx]

Where is my 0:25 second?

[raziology]

Thumbs up if you thought that this was Yngwie Playing from the thumbnail of the video.

[GNRslash28]

that's a cool riff but it get's boring after about 8 seconds

[MegaMegawarrior]

tabs?:P

[MrB0153r]

i would like this better if it was in a slower more melodic tone, with some extra notes enhancing the main ones he plays in this

[beep43]

zzzzzz



[slipknotrox45]

just because your fast doesnt make u a gudd guitar player

[troidin]

@slipknotrox45 gudd?

[1m2a3t4t5]

This SUCKS!

[gabrielluz1995]

I CANT STOP LISTENIN TO THISSSSSSSSSSSSS

[JU4NCAM4NEY]

I think he actually ate malmsteen before playing this.

[samsstrat]

hes like a chubbier malmsteen

[fiftysteps]

it's the tubby fingers.

[stratocasterrelic]

The worst type of guitar playing!



[paigeguitarplayer]

holy fucking shit. who is this guy? I just shit myself haha.

[Arphanel]

@paigeguitarplayer hehe its God Michael J Romeo

[kiisfriend]

looks like rosie o'donnell at first...

[tinhokm]

he smiles knowing no one else can do it.

[harryex2006]

@tinhokm you are wrong! watch?v=ZBoc8l4dO9o Gustavo Guerra can!

[paulthealien204]

did that XcortX1 guy just talk to himself? 0.o

[bnino1216]

Sea of lies TOO GOOD!! Divine wings is the greatest album of all time. Wish they had divine wings shirts when I saw them a few months ago, but atleast I got the odyssey shirt, which is the 2nf best of all time

[pedrojasso91]

o fuck

[mssphotography]

picture Malmsteen with a EPS and without gold. you get this guy

[AndyKuffz]

@mssphotography sounds about right

[PabloDarioLi]

Best Tapping Riff? Yes, I agree.

[XcortX1]

linear and predictable in boring neo-classical style

why taping it?

maybe easier than picking, but not much faster than the latter

[XcortX1]

@XcortX1

actually good for arpegios - I can't pick them clearly.. grrrr

[BondedaVJ]

fat malmsteen ?

[PabloDarioLi]

@BondedaVJ Malsteen is already fat.

[Djwhooboy]

i need tabsssss!!! PLSSSS!!

[MrRenk10]

Wowwwwwwwwwwwww...Fantasticooo­ooo!!!!

[wikichris]

As an example of guitar technical prowess, it's good. As an example of an interesting chord sequence, it's also good. But not much else.

[FallenPrey33]

Coke zero makes your face puffy when you drink it like water.

[261996aang]

0:16...... "yeah , i' am sexy "

[lcarlosist]

hes my uncle

[berserkerfunestus]

Sounds "cool" but I wouldn't call it "the best tapping riff". Maybe his…

[pskptbrk1]

Tao it like a pus.

[raresore]

Kage!

[Lymesloop]

I will never make fun of a person with sausage-fingers again......

[MoyVanpersie]

123 bulimic girls saw this

[metallick009]

i see deaf people...

[ViciousGamerBr]

upgrade Malmsteen !

[malamsenen]

his girlfriend must really love  his

finger

[stavrosmaiden]

@malamsenen imagine the wife of steve harris! :-D

[dethskullcrusher]

@malamsenen Fingers... all of them! (Including foot fingers)

[petewat98]

@malamsenen I doubt someone of his size has a Girlfriend.

[wasteyelo1]

I'd be surprised if this guy has a girlfriend

[RONYSLA]

@malamsenen hahahahaha

[deadstarassembly666]

@malamsenen he hasn't a girlfriend

[LOLPombaer]

@deadstarassembly666 But he can play guitar like a demon. You don't have a girlfriend and can't play guitar.

[greg1553]

Imagine what he can do to women with fingers like that...

[Mockingbird5150]

@greg1553 no. what?

[greg1553]

@Mockingbird5150 to put it lightly, he'd be able finger her to multiple orgasms in about .05 seconds

[Mockingbird5150]

@Mockingbird5150 Terrific! I was thinking the exact same thing.

[flashy5150]

That is a very nice tapping melody!!

[popalltheway]

yngwie imitator

[Kombidude3000]

where cani get tabs for this?

[TheInvisibleMrMan]

mom?

[brillodelagua]

@TheInvisibleMrMan JAJAJAJAJ!

[12maxsteel]

man , fucking nice legato technique

[shadezofblack69]

pretty cool

[2goXD]

i like when he smiles

[desiremyvids]

i find him sexy

[666ilikepie]

thats a riff?

[JEEPSFUCKINRULE]

he looks like masteem

[dontobeay]

After he's done he's like, "Yeah, so what's up with you? Do you play guitar?"

[sysrq120]

I would eat KFC to play like that

[nevermore204]

Yngwie was fat since the 80's?

[FVEN84]

there are some parts where the guy moves left hand sooooooooooo fast that the video appears to have been paused and resumed! he goes beyond the fps of the bloody camera!

[OperationEndGame]

Boring.... Chris Impellitteri can do better.

[decimater75]

Since when did Yngwie Malmstein get fat?

[RevengeHardHeavy]

It reminds me of SNES.

[dethskullcrusher]

For Romeo that solo is as easy as breathing...

This is a RIFF? O.o