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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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  • Come on, we all know John Petrucci can't play slower than that.

  • skip to 0:49

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  • i also want a guitar with THAT specific 12th fret inlay...

  • paul getting disintegrated by john's power 0:44

  • LIKE A BOSS

  • 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"

  • john petrucci can't slow down!!!!!!!!!!

  • Skip to 0:49 to meet Jesus face to face.

  • @Rizenchaos Ernie Ball Music Man JPX I think

  • What's the brand of the guitar?

  • "Your best bet is to give up and die noob" : John Petrucci.

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