Betcha Can't Play This with John Petrucci

[saadsnake6]

BETCHA I DON'T WANNA PLAY THAT

[killingadogpoo090]

Its not supposd to be impossible , its just an excersise fucking idiots

[rufuguru]

@killingadogpoo090 Marty Friedman's are pretty hard, he has a very unique play-style that is hard to duplicate

[JonathanMichaelSpain]

I bet I don't want to play this because only you can.

[Anarchyffan]

Actually, I bet I could. That's not impressive at all. ESPECIALLY for you, Mr. Petrucci.

[killyou45]

what the fuck all he is doing is picking a scale. Expected way more from a King like Petrucci.

[tfrank10311]

@killyou45 You want to record it for me?

[zein1703]

i can play this haha

[waltersmetak]

Right on the mark! I couldn't play this even if I sat my sorry arse for the next ten years trying to....

[worldwidebum]

Hi I'm not John Petrucci & I know I can play that.

[lilgoten808]

0:48 wrong note.

[givemeajackson]

he's just shitting you. if he took the title of the vid serious he would have played the as i am solo and you all would sit there and surrender. btw, a BCPT vid with christian muenzer would be funny too.

[joecold1243]

Sounds better slowed down.

[TheMapwallo]

chris broderick and jeff loomis can play that

[kingmonster12]

@TheMapwallo Anyways i betcha YOU cant play that

[dagravi]

John, are you FUCKING KIDDING ME?

[rhysndaz]

I love how when it slows down, I still couldn't play it that fast.

[megadeath1555]

AND STILL NOT HES BEST ( why do i even practice guitar?)

[Blitzbot]

come on John, stop trolling us.

[mentalparasite666]

by watching this i learned this in 10mins

[NICKHAM16]

To... doo doo doo doo doodilee... And then you... doodilee doodilee doodliee... And then you pull off... Doodilee doodilee... So... Doodilee doodilee... He's definitely thinking "Well, I was going to tell them what I was doing, but then I realized they can't play this, so why bother?" John Petrucci is amazing

[JackWhiteAndRed]

Betcha I can't play this. Now what.

[bassistfromhell94]

Never stated that music was a competition.. Though to a degree, it very well is. Most people don't like to believe it, but there is competition in music. And I bring up bands like Blotted Science *cough*Necrophagist*cough* because you obviously never had anything to compare Petrucci to, so you place him automatically at the top... Kind of like how Pantera fans place Dimebag at the top ;D

[bassistfromhell94]

It's more along the lines of "Betcha can't play this very basic stereotypical 'shred' scale that ten thousand other guitarist used back in the 70's/80's" But continue to believe this is the worlds greatest guitarist -.-

[MrOlliguitar]

@bassistfromhell94 do you really judge him by this video? if he would show something more difficult people die, you know?

[bassistfromhell94]

@MrOlliguitar "if he would show something more difficult people WOULD die" Your grammar haunts my very core.. If you truly want to see Difficult progressive guitar playing, look up anything by Blotted Science. Ron Jarzombek wipes anything Petrucci has ever played under the table

[MrOlliguitar]

@bassistfromhell94 sry, i don't even know what's wrong about that haha... hm i will look them up but it doesn't change the fact that petrucci wrote amazing songs, lyrics and solos. he is one of the best ever! who cares if he's not the best, music is no fucking competition.

[goodygoody23]

@bassistfromhell94 Betcha can't troll hard

[bassistfromhell94]

@goodygoody23 You're right... I can't. Because I'm being serious

[racerx3065]

@bassistfromhell94 dont hate, have you heard his solo album? and at this point i dont think Petrucci's skill can be judged, especially by one video on youtube that was made to encourage aspiring guitarists and especially by you, who is obviously totally ignorant to what Petrucci has done. I would usually not bother with such a long comment and simply call you an idiot but you need a good deal more than a slap on the wrists for your bulshit

[700Xiphos]

@racerx3065 dont feed the trolls

[givemeajackson]

@bassistfromhell94 the betcha cant play stuff is basically a lesson thingy, not a showcase of skill! listen to some of his real stuff before you say things like that. some things to try: the best of times, in the name of god, stream of consciousness, overture 1928, glasgow kiss, razor's edge, the shattered fortress, glass prison intro. the arpeggios of glass prison actually belong to the hardest things i know, cause they are all alternate picked!

[bassistfromhell94]

@givemeajackson God, i wish I didn't know what i was talking about like you! FAG ;D

[givemeajackson]

@bassistfromhell94 wtf??? shut the hell up troll!

[ArseLoad0fMetal666]

@bassistfromhell94 yeh i thnk you might be a bit of a moron, the betcha can't play this is purely technical. I guess its' kinda stupid to turn music into a competitive 'game' but its in all in good spirit and blokes enjoy it....dont be such a moron

[bassistfromhell94]

@ArseLoad0fMetal666 Alright, I'll explain this for all of you... Music IS a competition. On any level. It's the drive to be better than the other band. especially with bands a "big" as Dream Theater. That competition is what gets them paychecks. School bands compete several times a year. Local bands compete with each other in things called "Battle of the Bands" To say that music isn't a competition is nothing more than naive, childish thinking

[ArseLoad0fMetal666]

@bassistfromhell94 i was saying that it is a competition.

[hockeyhary]

@bassistfromhell94 music itself is not a competition, there is competition in every industry including music

[bassistfromhell94]

@hockeyhary Yes, Music itself is a competition.... I only gave one industrialized example out of the other... three? Fully read and Comprehend a comment, and know what the fuck you're talking about, before you respond

[hockeyhary]

@bassistfromhell94 You must be really dumb to think that music itself is a competition. A musicians main motivation come from their love for music rather than to be better than everybody else. What you're saying is similar to saying that any enjoyable activity is a competition. Music itself is not a competition it is a form of art, you are generalising by saying one aspect of the music industry is the music as a whole. Think about what you're saying before you make massive generalisations

[bassistfromhell94]

@hockeyhary Again, An example of a naive, and dare I say, hipster state of mind. And the statement "anything enjoyable is a competition" is asinine. I enjoy sleeping, but THAT'S not a competition. Just because you're doing something "for the love of doing it" doesn't mean it's not competitive. Athletes generally LOVE to play their sport, but guess what? It's still a competition.

[bassistfromhell94]

@hockeyhary The artist's motivation doesn't change the fact that music has been, and will always be a competitive game amongst other musicians

[xxrockon83]

@bassistfromhell94 But if you listen to some old Dream Theater or some of John Petruccis solo work, you'll know what "Betcha Cant Play This" really means...Truly he is better than this.

[Alive4Metal]

FACT: He played something easy because if he played at his max then the world would explode and then there would be no one left to buy his music... or kill small mammals

[162sparky]

i play that with my penis

[FTWsuigetsu1]

Chuck norris could play this with his feet

[gnryeah]

@FTWsuigetsu1 Well seeing as Petrucci created Chuck Norris, I don't believe that for a second.

[angantyr86]

what for mr petrucci?

[superbass340]

- Betcha cant play this boring and mathematically picking scale

- Ok, ok...

[WhiteDeath]

No need for him to do a "Betcha Can't Play This", just listen randomly to any DT song...

[BlkendGaming]

Hi im john p and i bet u can play as shity as i do.....:)

[GuitarAndWow]

@BlkendGaming Lol?

[TheMaximmas]

and i bet hes right

[sumkynd]

Basically you're picking 4 of the notes *craziness* then pulling off *craziness* to *crazierness* and then you *craziness* and then you're pulling off 3 at the end so *craziest craziness*.... ok everybody got it?

[ravendan968]

One of the most flawless guitar players alive...

[midianoctav]

@ravendan968 no guitar player is flawless..

even him..

or as long that guitar player is a human being..

if he is a half fish or half rock or he eats rock and nails when having breakfast, on that time I'll believe he's flawless..

[NUTSguitarchannel]

well john thats 50 bucks i can play this

[SawbladeSteve]

I looked at the title and made the "You Don't Say?" face.

[stuartibanez]

A lot of people could play this with ease ...

[iOGarou]

@stuartibanez That's beside the point of these videos.

[LastGhost1]

Poor Betcha :)

[MrLLukino]

that's a slow down??? really? :D

[sephiroth952]

None of you can play this. For what your mortal ears cannot understand is that those things that sound like singular notes are actually thousands of notes.

Lets just all be glad he didn't go into killzone mode or we may have never saw another issue of gw again.

[evolooshion]

John Petrucci's so nice, throwing us a bone

[VinicioTinettiPinto]

worst betcha ! weird cuz he is much better than that

[NorwaysMetalhead]

This man is a genious on the guitar but he doesnt know shit about teaching it x)  No offence

[Pwn3rProductions]

Paul Gilbert...plz make one BCPT and OWNZ!

[gchicoper]

Yup, I can't play this...

[Croketas]

You cut the end when John says "Lol I was kidding!! I mean this" /watch?v=PMk3r4gSFdk

[Paeddyful]

We should clone Petrucci and use the clone's finger power for producing energy.

[helloahor1]

it sucks.........

[apatheist89]

I can play that. Why didn't you show the solo from In the Name of God? I can't play that one.

[Dennischambers100000]

just nailed it! :D

[TheDjozer]

once, i fucked a goat

[Gjordthegrowler]

@TheDjozer Good for you

[danielxdglaciuus]

@TheDjozer nice

[mehtabb1]

I was going to sell my guitar after this but the tears from not being able to play this that fell on the guitar ruined it

[edlrocks12591]

"Hi I'm John Petrucci and I bet even the trash guitarists in the other 'Betcha Can't Play This' videos can't play this either"

[FarmerFrenk]

@edlrocks12591

chris broderick can

[pathofgore]

@edlrocks12591 Marty Friedman accepts that challenge.

[blackchidori527]

@edlrocks12591 I believe Chris Broderick is the only one that can. But he plays other shit besides thrash so thats why,

[D3VaSTa73]

@edlrocks12591 Chris Broderick can play everything he wants!!!!

[TheSarthiBehl]

He should've done the diminish sweeps from Constant Motion.

[jebaj0czeski0marynaz]

hi im John Petrucci and im better than you ! 

[s0818629]

I.... CANT... PLAY.... THIS!!!

[MarkWellerMusic]

well thats simple. I R disappoint Petrucci

[Xitahh]

Who's that sneezing at 0:29? The cameraman cause he can't handle the lick?

[JoeyThe14th]

They should get Tosin Abasi off Animals as leaders to do this. he would rock

[DeathViaTar]

Screw that... try just counting all of the Dance of Eternity. It's more of a bitch than this.

[DoubleDz2k11]

I want someone to come out and say "Yeah .. i was about to do 'betcha cant play this' until i invented the most revolutionary sweeping tapping shredding 25 scale monster that not even I can play. sorry about that" and just sit there for five minutes.

[blacksgslayer]

Is this just an A Major scale?

[GodlessShredder]

@blacksgslayer It's from the key of A Major, but the scale is E Mixolydian.

[cryptosporidiom]

This is dildos.

[g3rrar1]

''Hi i'm John Petrucci and betcha can't play this'' lol what a son of a..

[OdikosGamias]

I can't play this but who the fuck cares?It doesn't even sound good..

[prevomg]

@OdikosGamias Offcourse it does not sound well its just a technique exercise with a high difficulty level its not suppose to sound good musically

[petrucciphan]

he should have just done the whole six degrees of inner turbulence!!!! lol YEPPP, I can't play that

[FTWsuigetsu1]

i just love his voice >.>

[LemonCrushMusic]

He's okay...but he's no David Gilmour

[Supaevilman]

@LemonCrushMusic Have you actually listened to some of his music? These licks aren't meant to sound good. They're just fast so the player can demonstrate their technical ability.

[gangsterthomas1000]

he can do better than this

[graveyardshift100]

this is what he plays before he warms up

[pafares]

betcha cant play any of my songs *insert troll face here*

[VEKOOOOHHHH]

chromatic scale ???

[jorgebassmaster22]

He showed an easy lick because he wanted to give people hope, if he would've played the arpeggios from The Glass Prison, the solo of In the Name of God, or some other crazy awesome lick he plays in any of DT's songs, we certainly wouldn't be able to play it lol

[felphero]

@jorgebassmaster22 fuck..here I was thinking, omg i can play something Petrucci considers hard! zomg I'm awesome! but..yeah, fuck yeah, listen to a few DT songs you will hear WAY crazier solos than this

[slayermanbob]

@jorgebassmaster22 Lol its so true. Or the solo from a fortune in lies

[lecheparavaka]

@jorgebassmaster22 i believe the solo of In the name of god is about a 1000 times harder than the arpeggios in the glass prison

[rrgert4]

looks like a kramer.. nope, chuck tes.. Musicman !

[XavSch]

i was expecting something far harder than this lol .-. well thanks john for laying down something for the mortals to take a grasp of! xD

[daviguitarman]

"Hi, i´m John Petrucci and i´m your god!"

[Daleto]

"Hi, I'm John Petrucci..." <- and I already knew I can't play this.

[M3g4M4st3R69]

i can't play the slow down haha ! T____T 

[humblejumpify]

John was being modest--the man is a beast trust me.

[Siriusblck3]

@humblejumpify Yes he was, imagine if he just think about do a exercise with

a 9/8, 11/16, 7/4, 6/8 tempo with his precision?

[sorry the bad english]

[Siriusblck3]

@humblejumpify Or just The Dark Eternal Night solo.

[JoolsGuitar]

he is that good person, he feels bad saying that stupid thing of "betcha can't play this" and he played a cool exercise every one can do

[Raittarian]

You know the odds are against you when you're betting against Jesus.

[Raittarian]

Poor betcha...he can't play anything.

[grazietopia]

challenge accepted

[wrestlingguru998]

dimebag could play that if he was still around

[DarkRetroFan64]

How do guitarists play like that all perfectly cleanly? Is it all just in practicing with the fingers or does the distortion settings also affect it? Whenever I move my fingers up and down the strings there is all this sound from touching the strings. Lol I probably just suck XD

[juggert]

@DarkRetroFan64 not really sure if ure phishing for advice or sympathy :P.......but if youre looking for advice...here goes....play it out real slowly....and listen to what u play.slowly u'll develop a technique of your own where you mute the strings using both ur hands(in most cases).i sling my guitar real low so i mute using both my hands...especially on the bass strings

[DarkRetroFan64]

@juggert Cool thanks for the advice.. and no I wasn't really phishing for sympathy, I sometimes joke like that.

[hamtheman222]

actualy my foreign friend named Ibetcha can play this!

[Bodomforever666]

Sorry John, but I can in fact play that. Bitch please...

[PSPOD]

damn he got fat

[lilaxlros]

"Hi, im John Petrucci..."

and that's the part where i knew i wont be able to play that shit

[petromaxi]

This isn´t the hardest thing i´ve hear from JP.

[kyatzz]

hi this is kyatzz and i bet you can play stuff alot harder

[TeLaComesEnterita]

Who is Betcha and why cant he play that?

[VincentDropDead]

@TeLaComesEnterita LOL!

[Subzro777]

@TeLaComesEnterita there are a lot of things Betcha can't play. look the videos to your right.

[Blomm11]

@TeLaComesEnterita LOL Yeah! I've seen a lot of these vids and Betcha can't play anything!

[Greenwithevil]

@TeLaComesEnterita you mean..

Who is Cha and why can't he play that? 

[icelemoncoffee]

john... can you slow down the slow down ?

[Xanadu1115]

This isn't the craziest thing John can play, but it's one of the only "betcha can't play this" segments that I could actually use in a song.

[MattallicA05]

Michael Romeo has the BEST betcha can't yet! And I love Petrucci!

[gtnapo]

my grandmother plays it...

[frankjdelgado]

Ooh you lazy bag of steroids. You know you can play better than this

[WovenUnicornSweater]

For John this is really not that fast... It is by far not his best lick !!

[15viceandvirtues]

Actually, by John's standards....this DOES seem pretty simple.

[ullmeis]

And then you *bipbapibaborobabilo* you just *bipbapibaborobabilo*... easy ^^

[NorwaysMetalhead]

A lesson in how to quit

[ThriceDog]

I always thought it was john PET-RUE-SEE

not john pet-ruchi D:

[gwidao123]

I cant even play a slowed down slowed down part

[kennedbabz]

now let's slow it down.. HOLD UP, damn. lost it.

[alkleiza1995]

This guitar was painted by Michael Angelo. I don't mean that guitar noob, I mean the guy that painted like, Jesus on that ceiling and stuff.

[RydENh34d]

I bet many can play this..

[thebjobschanel]

this is doraemon song

[MrTeh0z]

Hi I'm Theo Harris and I bet you're right :D

[Wintersentinel]

"Hi, i'm John Petrucci, and in the next five seconds I will literally rip your face off."

[Ikirouta]

Super easy.. i wanted to see something cool

[snezanas99]

This is not hard really

[feo130]

@snezanas99 I know, it really isn't. It's just fast descending legato licks that any experienced guitar player can pull off easily. People just assume that it's insanely difficult because he is famous and has won many awards, when in reality, he's just another great guitar player. I love Petrucci and DT, but I CAN play this. I'll try to upload a video soon so people don't think I'm an arrogant bastard haha. Also, I'm hunting for a good deal on his guitar...that thing is a beast!

[rockmetalblues]

@snezanas99 Thats what she said..... sorry i had to.. lol

[vigierandprsrule]

@snezanas99 try the glass prison,it's pretty easy too.

[Mapon123]

@snezanas99 Hahah Yeah it really isnt. This is like the elementary version of Rusty Cooley's BCPT.

[MaximumPayne12]

@snezanas99 Is that sarcasm?

[juggert]

@snezanas99 right on bro....on the other hand chris broderick's video gives me nightmares

[TheOneblackened]

@snezanas99 it really isn't that hard. Took me about an hour to get up to speed.

[PAPALUIGIA]

@snezanas99 but if you attempt... God will strike you down for challenging his child...

[banzerbank]

I'm not even play his slow version...

[Olbivlion05]

nope..... I can't!

[GenGuitarist]

Of course I can't play this!!!

[bigham48]

Hi I'm Johnny Ramone and I don't wanna play like that.

[680540]

The color on that guitar is nice,but the overall design sucks elephant balls.The top cutaway is too big and the headstock is way too small.

[xKrylancelox]

Bet I cant play this (:

[alexnagel81]

hehe... "Betcha can't play this" - taking some optional DT lick...