Jordan Rudess' maiden voyage on the harpejji

Jordan Rudess is the keyboardist for Dream Theater. Here is his first experience with the harpejji, a stringed instrument for keyboard players.

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Music

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• Jordan Rudess
• harpejji
• marcodi
• tapping instrument
• dream theater
• keyboardist
• chapman stick
• axis 64
• haken continuum
• continuum fingerboard
• tenori-on
• keytar
• zen riffer
• tony levin

[JimmyDangerBones]

Freakin' douchebag! Why is he better than everyone at everything?

[fox4488]

it helps to have music theory... that and being a child prodigy at age 9 going to a top music school for classical musical education..

[kyletheenigma]

Hate to burst your bubbles guys... but this really doesn't exactly look like the most difficult intrument to bust out some improv with on your first try... Try picking up a cello is you never have before.

[lthnnpwr]

He's trying to play it like a guitar. Seen better.

[joesakik88]

I've heard better first's time on the harpejji

but he look to have spent hours there....

hes only trying to know where his keyboard his and he figure it out, he his brilliant but hes not as great as people made me think

I can't wait to get my hands on one of these!

I'm gonna have so much fun playing buzzed on that instrument XD

[st0pm0ti0n]

Sweet! A two dimensional instrument! Now if only they could invent a four dimensional synthesizer just for JR...

[ArtemusDelphus]

I'm convinced that eventually, JR will run out of talent, and the planet will cave in on itself. But until that happens, keep rockin the strange instruments!

[Aldoz97LTE]

@fox4488

Everybody can become a prodigy if study.

Everybody have a mind,everybody have a talent ;)

[12340012340]

1:36 on AMAZING

[Slayer7893]

he plays the continuum, that has 3 dimensions. he has mastered music, IMO

[RandomGuyBlake54]

This thing probably takes forever to tune up, lol

[baaltshuvah]

In whole steps starting from A0 at the first string and going up to A5 at string 24. So it has a five octave range that starts a 5th below the lowest note on a standard electric bass and ends a fourth below the highest note on a 22 fret electric guitar.