Erotomania by Dream Theater -John Petrucci Guitar Solo

[granic87]

Awesome, good job

[SpongyDoom]

I hate John for composing those impossible solos...

Too damn hard!

[jeserty6]

MusicMan BLOWS compared to the Ibanez.

[Mugzz12]

whoa! cool technique, I don't think I've seen someone alternate pick with just their thumb and index finger, you don't use your wrist.

[GuillermoSmyser]

First of all, why are we talking about Herman Li?

Second of all just because he has SOME retarded fans (and really what famous guitarist doesnt have fans that say he is the BEST).

Many guitar guys enjoy Herman Li but also realize JP is more precise and has obviously put more time in for practice and re-learning his solos to play them exactly right.

[LagKnight1]

herman lee lol . i guess the only guitarist that might equal petrucci was Dimbag Darell

[whoosoo]

nice picking technique there... I'm still practicing that style of picking.

[jodellstasic]

I can pick my nose that fast.

[haubsen]

sounds sucks

but it looks perfect.

[aris17561]

hello... is there any good guide to learnn play this solo ? thanks

[FilizzolaBMX]

Cool!! Very accurate. Check out my entire version please!=]

watch?v=T_dSshrskR4

[Tb0neZ5]

very nice playing, but your tone is awful...

[yoryis2801]

EL PLUMILLEO ES INCREIBLE

[ultimateRupture]

fuck ur playing is great

[Raffael900me]

u cant even stay on tempo at this speed

[LilCee82]

sweet axe color man. nice

[saskwachi]

Herman Li's fans say 'He's the best! He's the god of guitar!'

Petrucci's followers keep silent because there is no such word in any language that could describe John Petrucci.

[maciekfingerstyle]

who's herman li?

[xMetalUpYourA55x]

whats the picking speed (at normal speed)??. Sometimes I feel like I am picking too fast and sometimes too slow:(

[SeJuiZeMenT]

quintuplets, all notes picked. so five notes a count.

[JADGI13]

FUCK !!!!! GOD PICKING !!!!

[Sperzel]

That is some tight-ass picking. 5 stars.

[Shawnpmetal]

Herman Li can go suck a 3 inch asian penis and then put his guitars on Ebay cause he is shit. Petrucci will play every DF solo legato in every mode known to man kind. DF can eat a fat one. DT FTW !

[samycool007]

Dream theater ROCKS ! come See my version of this song on my channel !!!

[scarfr156]

They are both great guitarists

[bithslayer]

herman lee Idolises John Petrucci lol.

Dream Theater was one of his influences.

HEs not better .. i have yet to hear a dragon force solo that i like aside from Spirit will go on. the rest are too fast and theres not much tone or rythem to them. just many many notes

[paulo68121]

i think he it't not so fast and clean watch herman lee of dragon force through - the fire and flames so you can know who is the god of the new guitar era

[pierrosaure]

I totaly disagree, Herman Lee has absolutely no feeling compared to Petrucci

[benjadestok]

herman lee . clean?! :S

[petruccirulez1994]

omg yes i agree with u 100%

[ericormathias]

Herman Lee can suck it, DF is overated! they only got rep cuz they are on guitar hero. TOTAL BULLSHIT!

[686blackberry686]

gongratulations dude, you have 40 agreeiers,cause that coment its so true,german li plays so good,but with A LOT of whammy effect and pedal effects,so john petrucci is the best ever...

[TheUnamenable]

and he doesnt play as clean as petrucci as well... also petrucci can play his own solos live... and herman li can't... cuz DF is more a studio band...

[thomasinx]

@pierrosaure it's just what he said...

[LtotheULZ]

@pierrosaure 1 herman lee is shit

2, fuck this whole "feeling" business man. Shred has feeling. feeling is in the hands, anyone can fake facial expressions but really not "feel" anything while playing. maybe they look like robots cause theyre concentrating?

[WestonMossman]

Are you comparing a professional player to a guy?

Plus Herman Li is not clean at all.

Just because he has good studio editing doesn't make him good.

listen to him live.

[eakslen]

Well, go see herman play TTFAF live.. no feeling, alot of mistakes. Dragonforce is a studio band..

[B4MyVALLENTINE]

herman lee is such a stupid bastard!he cannot even play shit hes producing on stage!!

[DIKZAKK111]

WTF ARE YOU CRAZY ??????????

herman li is serious the worst guitar player even man.. watch betcha cant play this with dragonforce.

FAGGOTFORCE

[rmalik23]

dragonforce is one of the most overrated bands of all time. let me guess, you found out about them on guitar hero?

[luiggiibanez]

come on, dude. any decent guitarist know that herman li (not lee) completely sucks at guitar. His playing is sloppy, no feeling and definitely not a shredder, so.. What the hell is herman li? The solo in Through the fire in flames was speed up in studio, thats why the vibrato sounds so fake and weird, and not weird(awesome) like fusion vibrato. sorry for the long comment but I'm worried about guitarists saying herman li is good, the cure is listening to andy timmons, guthrie govan & marco sfogli

[Foundation000]

Wow kid, Herman Li is horrible.

[Kaoskadosk]

Herman is all about technicality, Petrucci is about feeling AND technicality. Petrucci is one of the most technically advanced players in the world in my humble opinion.

[oll1man]

you only say that because you think he can really play through fire and flames like in the studio xD but thats just fake...he totally sucks live... and even if he could play like that, petrucci would still be better just like pierrosaure said, he has feeling

[benjadestok]

herman lee clean? WTF!

[nsforever138]

herman lee is shit compared to john petrucci. compare both of them live.. herman lee sucks live he can't play for shit clean. he uses so many effects to cover up where he messes up.

[0ftheWALLS]

Dumbass.

[GibsonGuitarist666]

Haha, idiot . Without effects and pedals herman li would be nothing but another shitty asian shredder . "would be" I mean "is".

[Gtrsecks]

XD herman ree...you're serious...XD

[breznok]

John petrucci is god compared to anyone in guitar

[nutshell345]

I would accept any argument about Herman Lee if he could even play the damned instrument.

[pablomhde92]

herman lee sucks live. and petrucci is way a cleaner player

[deadheadsg]

Herman sucks big time..

[jaklyons]

Herman Li is a joke.

[RojizoMaster]

dude, you can't compare john petrucci herman li

1º there's strong evidence that dragonforce sped-up their studio songs

2ºherman li has NO feeling in his playing

3ºwatch a Dragonforce live video; then a Dream Theater live video so you can know who is the god of the new guitar era

[tonalang]

that's b'coz this is not john petrucci you little dick! Dragon Force my ass! those guys are bunch of fags! just like you!..hehehe peace bro=)..

[immortalsoloist]

You are being idiotic Petrucci can do stuff that only Herman Lee can only Dream Off and Petrucci's Musicality is just of par excellence please watch what you say before writing it out . Petrucci is diverse,versatile,and technical. Herman Li is only speed speed speed

[wrath666japel]

You narrow-minded wanna-be, no problem if your favorite band is Dragon Force but you simply don't have an idea about music if you talk like that and try to impress other people, really, think about it

DF comprises only one music genre which is the one of power metal and you honestly think that is everything you naive wanna-be(no offence)

[bballg4life923]

Herman Li? God of the new guitar era?! You sir are obviously a guitar hero freak dince you try and compare through the fire and flames against the almighty Jonh Petrucci. Dragonforce is just......I can't find the words to describe how shitty they are and I really can't believe you would say Herman Li is better. Do your research buddy and Herman Li cannot play his shit live nor can any other member of that shitty band

[JBT24]

amen.

[XMitsuhideX]

Really the drummer is pretty good. Everyone else it just a waste of stage space.

[aryaxt]

You probably say this because you are a chink too,

That's the only way that your comment would make a lil sense

[csrocker101]

And the award for Racist of the year goes to...

[ireneog89]

do you realize this is NOT John Petrucci?

still, the guy is far beyond Herman Li habilities.

[ScratSniff]

hey this was very good, but one thing is to play this and another thing is to write this by your own, Petrucci is a god

[Satch6strings]

perfect

[antichristtttt666]

nice job

[metabog]

You have an interesting picking motion, it's like it's all fingers instead of wrist.

[ducky811]

I notice that. His picking motion reminds me of Michael Romeo's.

[nerdheadbanger]

Well, whatever it is...it's working!

[felan93]

Most beautiful Rg i've ever seen! What's the Model name?

[MindstormBand3]

I don't think is a Ibanez...more probably a Suhr Modern.

[pablomhde92]

its an ibanez. i´m sure

[enduggy]

cute mini sharktooth inlays ^_^

[666micks666maggot666]

There actually called Pirhana (I got them on my Jackson Warrior WRMG) just fyi if you wanted to look them up

[marsleviathan]

holy shit that alternate picking is so clean it's anti-septic.

[jackumegghiu2]

beautiful ibanez really good

[broodkiller]

this is tony Lloret doing some petrucci's lick

[samycool007]

great! Greeting a person who has made this video

Come see my version of this song and give me your opinion, THANKS

[chilofthedamn]

very good performance, but i don't like how you take string with your 4th

[cdoi85]

Hola!!! Increible tu tecnica, te felicito y gracias por el video

[lolaramirez]

you are right!

[craybabys]

thanx man!!!!!!!!you are great!!! keep working!!!and never stop!!!there is  always something to learn on guitar!!!!!and petrucci still learning:=))))))))

[andresmetacho2]

Muy bueno!!!!

[skateblklabel]

awesome that was perfect

[skateblklabel]

dude two word.......holy shit

[PierreUDINE81]

sorry for my english..:)

ok,you play really fast,but you don't play slow...

I want hear this solo in clean:))))

[gianmarko31]

LORD THAT GUY IS GOD!!!

[Woqx]

great!

and it's not sped up, the finger and body motion is natural

[francesco2708]

i started to play guitar at 9 years old, now i'm 34 and according to my experience you did really a good job.

[apnpspom]

noob weak

[snasdante]

Of course it's possible, and petrucci does pick every note.

[RobinTeuwens]

My first impression is that the video is sped up. I dont believe petrucci picks every note. I don't think you can really move your right hand so fast..

anyhow, if you really played it great job.

[Menala89]

Uh it's easy to move the hand so fast, and even faster. The hard part is to hit the notes, of course.

[Kathedral5]

Listen to Petrucci, sure, he'll through in some hammer ons and pull offs, but he can pick every note. It's called shredding.

Good job with the video :D

[XMitsuhideX]

Actually it's called Staccato.

[qweasd1993]

damn

[jnNunley]

good job man that is a tough solo and you play it well don't listen to the negative assholes

[highintel]

I think the problem is your accents are off! You are playing it like 16th note tripplets and it is written as 5 notes per beat so it feels like you are rushing it. You have to count it while practicing slow to get the accents correct on the down beat. It changes at an odd time. that's what makes it a progressive solo. not knocking ya, just if your gonna teach it that fact should be there.:)

[blindscout]

This isn´t a string skipping solo, the end of Racer X´s Scarified, IS a string skipping solo.

[Menala89]

Yes it's a string skipping solo, you skip all the friggin' time..

[REAVEY]

its too fast if u ask me, not trying to bring it down but i compared it to the origanil thing and petrucci plays it slower to stay in tempo, but idk

[synpet713192]

wow... the more i watch people play petrucci the more i realize that i'm practically a noob with only 4 years of playing under my belt

[johannesgroth]

Sweet dude..

[sharan1978]

Kewl ! i have to learn that finger rotation picking thing - the right hand looks really relaxed - check out my take on the same

[jia200x]

isn't rotation picking, he picks from the wrist, giving a little angle to the thumb and index fingers when he changes to another string

[eviltwin47]

slop

[jia200x]

awesome!

[evhpetrucci]

man. yo cant play that solo to the normal speed. its not bad but stop presuming man

[synpilgr1m]

this is simply the best, most acurate, and most clean erotomania ending solo i've seen (not counting Petrucci himself, and Chris Broderick cover, of course :P)

Congrats dude. Rock on!

[evilone10]

Nice one !

[yago2211]

excellent job man go on and keep played, i liki so much when you play slow first an then fast and you gguitar is nice

[Grapowi]

I love your guitar, give it to me :DD Nice playing also.

[mihel89]

I have never seen a picking technique like that! Cool.

[RisingForce666]

your a fucking dumbass

[zakkydude654]

he obviously sped it up

[TuscaroraTed]

awesome guitar

[metaloide]

man! you´re right hand is fucking impressive! cool stuff

[dougalss]

Yeh man, that really was awesome, and it's obvious that it's not sped up, because you can see his shoulders/head aren't moving uberly fast either!

[nachozapata99]

i wanna have sex with your guitar... it´s great!!

[Mewisonfire]

Really clean, can't believe people think it's sped up, much better than my attempt!

Check my version out anyway :) click my name and it's on my profile.

[ryanjoerger]

thats was really cool dude, your picking technique is great

[Sturyon]

Hahaha, how can you dare to tell that it was sped up. It's blatantly clear that it wasn't sped up at all, you just have to look at how his head and shoulders move to see that. Stop being stupid. This guy is good, and he plays fast (not as fast as Petrucci though, of course). Good job.

[jofannnn]

Your guitar is the secks!

[hallowedbethyname01]

i must admit that looks sped up... although looking at your other videos i believe you could play that. try playing with a clock in the background, that way theres no doubt.

[JodoMojo]

i hate the fact that most people cant take the fact that this guys a good guitar player, id like to see any of the rest of you play this well. no point making an idiotic comment if you cant back it up with your own 'amazing guitaring skills'

[Gwizdoo666]

Very Very good man!! Keep on it :) training slower and increasing speed is the best way to be a good guitarist:)

[Shogun777]

sloppy and tone is muddy

[WilsonGuitar]

when he played the E you could tell it was sped up. he simply moved the camera up where you could see his face on the fast part. fake

[lastshadows]

you put the video doble speed . you think we are stupid?

bad guytar player.

[YngMalmsteen]

On FIRE!!!!

[GorePuttingrad]

WATCH " MAISAM DARK INSTRUMENTAL" good stuff

[MetalMetal300]

good job. You actually know how to practice. start slow and work your way up. Awsome. Thats just a killer lick JP does!!

[celebro95]

tony tocas bn, sigue postiando videos !!! arp3g can u post a video with ur guitar skills IDIOT !!!

[Narbol]

i can play it faster ^^

[MisterKill666]

post a vid and prove it !!

[thomaski87]

cunt

[apoisonoussymphony]

go on then.

[doppler16]

Fucking awesome dude!

[MetalMilitia2]

Really good job!

[thedarksideofthesun]

excelente!! buen solo

y se agradece el doble esfuerzo de ponerlo lento

[jthurm77]

Nice shredding bro!

[arp3g]

pretty bad....

[StepManiac39]

fuck you arp3g

[N4tur4lb0rnch1ll4]

Looks like the second part was speed up.

[hallaballa123]

very good^^ but in the end i could barely hear the tones

[arp3g]

lol no one comments coz hes pro.

[ch715dallat]

shit thats fast im aiming to move into shred guitar, so hopefully someday i can play like that :)