Lick of the Day - John Petrucci - Two-Notes-Per-String Shred
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Today's lick is a sequence of fast, descending arpeggios based on the E Aeolian mode (E F♯ G A B C D) and performed in a deliberate two-notes-per-string pattern. I use strict alternate picking throughout the entire lick, beginning on a downstroke.
When playing licks or melodies using two notes per string, many guitarists rely almost exclusively on their fret-hand ring and index fingers, even though the pinkie can more easily and comfortably reach most wide-interval stretches. If you find you're consistently shunning your pinkie during solos, I encourage you to follow my example and advice and practice this lick using your pinkie for the wide-interval stretch at the beginning of each arpeggio. You'll receive a great pinkie workout, after which you may begin to find yourself more at ease and sure-fingered when performing other licks incorporating wide-interval stretches.
Fingering prompts in the notation illustrate my specific fret-hand fingerings.
The tempo is 140 beats per minute, 69 for slow practice.
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i also want a guitar with THAT specific 12th fret inlay...
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paul getting disintegrated by john's power 0:44
1 day ago 2
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LIKE A BOSS
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camera guy:"hey john can u play that again slower?"
john just stares at him until he starts to bleed from his ears
camera guy:"ok i think we are done for the day"
2 days ago 5
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john petrucci can't slow down!!!!!!!!!!
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Skip to 0:49 to meet Jesus face to face.
2 days ago 4
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@Rizenchaos Ernie Ball Music Man JPX I think
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What's the brand of the guitar?
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"Your best bet is to give up and die noob" : John Petrucci.
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Come on, we all know John Petrucci can't play slower than that.
dablueiguana 4 months ago 86
skip to 0:49
Nirvanna18 3 months ago 45