John Petrucci legato lesson 1

[@crumb5756]

John Petrucci is so chill whilst demonstrating awesome technique. The guy's a legend, not a terrible teacher either

[@guitarshredder420]

*Shreds...."...That's the idea"

[@askis5791]

That wasnt shred... (it was legato)

[@DeathBringer769]

@@askis5791 Shred isn't just "shredding" your guitar pick or strings with the pick. It can also be shredding your fingertips on the strings using legato. "Shred" is just slang for fast guitar playing, not only just fast alternate picking ;)

[@askis5791]

@@DeathBringer769 shred is alternate picking usually...

[@mikemorrison3791]

@@askis5791 Incorrect

[@mickymac1221]

i think that in the case of modern style lead guitar legato refers to playing a phrase or collection of notes and for the main part using hammer ons and pull offs instead of picking each note, The technique of legato will be different depending on which instrument you are playing.

[@demonrule]

The problem I have with scales is knowing where the notes are. Memorizing the notes on the fret board has always been an impossible task for me. It's like, I can't see the notes, so they're really not there. All I see is a position where my finger goes. So when instructors start talking about notes in a scale (i.e. "Starting on the Bb of the D Minor scale"), I feel like, "Wait, give me a half hour to find that shit."

[@madaratobi321]

demonrule try putting masking tape on the neck and mark them, or your could always make a chart.

[@royverges]

Or learn a bunch of songs... that always works for me.

[@putinski666]

Try to learn the note on the first two strings. And then learn the shape of the octave relative to the root note. It'll seriously "unlock" the fretboard and you'll learn the board gradually without much difficulty.

[@SaggyGerbils]

He plays 4 billion notes a second and kills people while shredding. He has specially made strings to withstand the temperature of the sun. Get on his level.

[@WishfulSinful1969]

HE is a divine being!

[@rickleblanc8900]

And his custom rack is made by Mr. Rackman !

[@bishalgiri7487]

Checkout Marshall Harrison

[@alexisjorge3044]

sorry to be offtopic but does anyone know a way to get back into an instagram account..? I stupidly lost my account password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me!

[@adanmessiah5206]

@Alexis Jorge instablaster ;)

[@stevesmith3990]

The Beard has grown since then ;)

[@primateproductions126]

Steve Smith now he looks like the son of Santa 🎅🏻

[@Hyperion94]

His muscles too.

[@rasmadrak]

He's basically a Norse god these days...

[@lelandgaunt7130]

This DVD along with Paul Hanson's Shred Guitar (can't find it anymore) is all you need to be a Shredder. Bibles for Shredders.

[@skipneumann1]

2023 now- 1 minute is still a long time! I keep going back to the book and video to work on something

[@AakashHaider3000]

It sounds weird when John says the word "SLOW".

[@markestoque7656]

Slow doesn’t exist in his vocabulary

[@fredcrs]

I was paying attention until he played at like 388 notes per second

[@stevenmal9039]

I broke a sweat watching this.

[@arnulfosediego5919]

Love it! Thank you...

[@ArtHazard]

It hurts! It hurts!

[@MrRcikarus]

A wiwi ... que pensabas ...

[@TounInTheHole]

2:36 oooh well, starting to understand why guitarists are so popular among girls :DD

[@ownway7976]

Lul

[@yasperz8386]

Lmao

[@CoreyKatouli]

If you want to learn legato, research Allan Holdsworth.

[@DeathBringer769]

@CR 7 You can learn from both. They both have things to offer as guitar players if you want to learn and diversify your playing ;)

[@eduardosantacruzrivero6871]

Excelente maestro.

[@abrarjahinnafi1634]

6:18 reminds me of "the song of the butterflies" from THEORY OF EVERYTHING.

[@stevegiedosh5407]

Wax on wax off, paint the fence for legato. 👍🏼😃💚🖖🏼

[@foorankoo9274]

This man can grow a beard for 17 men

[@GalaxyBone]

The vid is not synced :/

[@guitarvibes1828]

Please is these fragments that sole people call 3 Finger combinations permutations 1-2-4 or 1-3-4?

[@guitargurukulribandargoa5834]

3NPS Major Scale

[@guitarvibes1828]

@@guitargurukulribandargoa5834 What Do You mean Please ?

[@jacobgarcia2660]

@@guitarvibes1828 I think 3nps means three notes per string

[@KeithAul]

It would be nice if there were tabs included with this lesson. I'm just starting out so I don't know all the patterns and your video instruction is way too fast for me to see which fingers are on what frets.

[@jeanounou]

This is an excerpt from the nearly 2hrs instructional video by JP called ''Rock Discipline''. This video is right here on the tube in its entirety, and there is a link to the accompanying booklet attached to it. Check it out.

[@johnloud3986]

Click on the videos setting and ajust playback speed to 75% or 50% this is secrest most dont know about

[@moonn4108]

i'm confused here , why not pick the first note when going backwards in the scale to a different string , i've seen videos where they pick each first note , this maybe only works in high gain situations

[@ZackBrannon]

Moncef Fadal to exercise consistent pull offs

[@JuddOakes]

+Moncef Fadal its basically a hammer from nowhere when you strike it first with the pinky vs picking it. you could use your first finger to hammer from nowhere ascending but it is more difficult to do.

[@xdeathmetalbassistx]

hahahahahahaha thats the idea!!! @3:13

[@justinlee9756]

Seriously for anyone who wants to up there strength Ebay sells these finger exercise rubber bands for cheap they work!!!! I got the finger master finger grip machine But u want to work on stretch strength. Not grip muscles they train our hand to close not stretch

[@man66iac]

Example 20 sounds like violin

[@Xennox2]

i got this on vhs!

[@gamma7824]

Pfff nice

[@alienrefugee51]

This is obviously before he went on growth hormones. Lol

[@neoneherefrom5836]

Skeptical Narratives also known as lifting weights to anyone other than skinny jealous basement dwellers like yourself.

[@citrus7115]

@@neoneherefrom5836 Can't take a joke can you?

[@shaunwarren7400]

He’s foreman’s are still caveman-ish

[@shaunwarren7400]

His*

[@TruthTalk1221]

Hahaha

[@jacksonmarshallkramer5087]

The graphic is cool, but I HATE the Ibanez headstock. The Jackson or shorty Kramer headstock from the Baretta Vintage would look good on that guitar.

[@rjjrdq]

I can't get a setup that clean. I can beat a hammer on with a hammer and not get that sound.

[@nguyenlouis2754]

When he going up from low E to high E, was he picking the string or just fretting the note? Idk...

[@MorelloZzT7]

He picks one note and begins to the fret the rest as form of "legato" or slur of notes connect smoothly rather than picked. That's different from your standard alternate picking down up down up and vice versa. Legato will make your fretting hand do all of the work whereas Tremolo picking is really fast, aggressive picking with very little fretting work to alot.

[@ashemleibakngambamoirangch5416]

Anyone help me...what does John Accuracy Petrucci mean by ascending 3 octave pattern...???

[@porterfishlens3511]

i want somebody to look at me the way john petrucci looks at that guitar

[@iganpparamarta8813]

This JP pre Namek. He’s now at ultra instinct.

[@David-sc6rs]

Petrucci playing ibanez

[@nicossyrimis8323]

Hellow You are great Guitarist Tanks a Lot!!!

[@FREEFIRE-gv5jq]

Bghina chi haja f metal tkoun spirited

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

it's the speed I have issues with.

[@stratfol1]

Try playing to a metronome, focus on smoothness and clear notes, increase the bpm very gradually as you speed up. It does work eventually just takes a long-ass time

[@fryingwiththeantidote2486]

Speed is a bi-product of good technique, it takes a long time!

[@we_are_nevertheless7305]

You people I swear lol. It doesn’t have to take a long time you just have to do it correctly

[@Tcrumpen]

But doing it correctly with proper technique does take time, unless you are a musical prodigy you're not gonna be going petrucci speed without long ass practice

[@we_are_nevertheless7305]

Tcrumpen of course but it’s not based around time as much as just learning the right shit and practicing correctly and extensively. It’s all gonna take time that’s a given but that isn’t what it should be basing from

[@rastafaaa1073]

That Young is Dave Grohl...

[@ashemleibakngambamoirangch5416]

OK now I get it...

[@rickleblanc8900]

I get it too..... He's an alien !

[@hermawanthan]

I think i heard a "telolet" tone.

[@Mikemcjr]

I am your god!!

[@311superfly]

don't quit day job whatever that is..

[@gigirocks58]

and this thing is called lesson 1? OMG!

[@theone1949]

How does he get such good sound without picking while descending?

[@abiral_neupane4045]

theone1 because he is a god

[@justinlee9756]

theone1 Pick only when changing strings Do it slowly Think about snapping your fingers ,when we snap we have to do it fast,its not about how hard we press our fingers ,its the speed. Just take your time and do hammer ons down the fretboard first for a few weeks. Like a major scale 6th string 4-5-7 5th 4-5-7 4th 4-6-7 3rd 4-6-7 2nd 5-7-9 1st 5-7-9 Just slowly stretch and hammer on down down down Take ur time It takes weeks to build strong hands

[@PractitionerSeuss]

Hi, I'm gonna reply to this message 5 years late because I see nobody technically answered your question, and I would find it amusing if this actually helped. As you obviously noticed, he did only pick when ascending during that specific part of the exercise, but not while descending. This is because when you ascend you're starting the next string with your index finger, which is, ideally, already laying on some of the strings in order to keep them muted. If you wanted to use that finger to hammer on while ascending you would have to remove it from the fret board and then hammer back down, thus leaving the higher strings without muting for that moment. This causes both uncontrolled noise AND requires extra movement due to not being able preposition the index finger, which is inefficient, especially for fast playing. But when you descend here, you're using your pinky first, which should already be in a great position to immediately hammer down and pull off, thus not truly requiring picking. If it helps, you can think of it like tapping, but instead of using your picking hand to start the tap, you're just using your fretting hand to do it. I hope that makes sense! (Also the comment above mine did give some good advice, but their comment didn't quite answer specifically what you asked. No offense intended to that comment, though)

[@reubennb2859]

Ouch.

[@doncamillo9147]

Latenz...

[@710Chri]

Dave Grohl is that you?

[@Michellacerdabr]

Sound's like a tapping. I can't see your movements

[@digitalfreak123]

@qwsx098 its funny how all the comments are replies to you...

[@sjs793]

Very difficult to follow without tabs....

[@we_are_nevertheless7305]

Sydaball not if you try to figure it out..

[@MrSuperstarsi]

How old is he here?

[@frankie.d1127]

Prob around 28

[@frankie.d1127]

Prob around 28

[@sends2aaron]

Prob around 28

[@MrRockefaeller]

Prob around 28

[@dillenhoyland4628]

Prob around 28

[@abetteryou2025]

tabs?

[@dreamvision927]

are there tabsfor this lessons?

[@WishfulSinful1969]

Yes. The book is available on amazon. I got mine online for free. I have my ways. www.amazon.com/Rock-Discipline-John-Petrucci/dp/1576234746/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1550863526&sr=8-3&keywords=petrucci+book Rock Discipline

[@benlloydarmitage6827]

Not enough paper in existence to tab this out lol 😂😋🤟😊

[@jamupsnepali7200]

I used have cds of this lessons and practised hundreds of hours and I am still shit player..dull minded ..

[@bojitsu123]

I cant see wats he doing with the picking hand. i guessing his chicken picking the chords. These late 80s eatly 2k videos tend not to show the picking had. Just the finger fretting hand magnifify by 20x. Is it that, film crew couldnt afford 3rd camera.

[@citrus7115]

Its all legato, he picks once, then uses his fingers to sound the notes

[@bojitsu123]

Why just not just pick the chord. Whats the benifits?

[@citrus7115]

@@bojitsu123 it can free up your pickong hand and its better for when you're playing really fast licks. Also it can sound different

[@bojitsu123]

I see thanx

[@xertiasstrat8957]

i mute but there is stilllthis horrible sound annyway i ll never reach this level never..

[@Kamus1952]

huh! he sucs :D

[@reinortega23]

It’s practice Not talent lol

[@Guitaristguy]

this is not a proper way to apply legato. Hammer ons and pulls aren't legato. Check out holdsworthian legato from youtube and learn the right way to use the technique.

[@robert2948]

+Pekka Kaukalo cork sniffer! post your youtube video!

[@Guitaristguy]

Robert NS Oh enough with you fanboys. I didn't say that I'm better or nowhere near John Petrucci. I'm just saying that he is playing staccato, not legato. WORST argument ever to ask someone to post "their own playing video". Why don't you go learn something about music instead of being a zitfaced bedroom player.

[@palonazo]

+Pekka Kaukalo For it to be stacatto, there should be a small silence between one note and the next one. It's not about the attack of each note. Hammer ons and pull offs are true legato as long as you don't stop the note from ringing before you hit the next one.

[@Guitaristguy]

palonazo you're completely wrong about staccato there mate. Educate yourself about music before making these silly arguments.

[@palonazo]

Pekka Kaukalo Stacatto is a short individual note that leaves some silence before the next note. Instead of having to write a silence after each note you draw, you add a dot for stacato or a pike for staccatissimo. It's got nothing to do with how accentuated it's interpreted. Same as with legato. Legato just means there's no silence between notes. Legato does not mean that the following notes aren't accentuated. The fact that guitarrists have changed what these 17th century articulation terms mean, to adapt them to their instrument, shouldn't stop you from knowing what they really mean. You can play legato and still pick as hard as you want, as long as there's no silence and notes are well connected. Stop it with the youtube myths.

[@KeithAul]

It would be nice if there were tabs included with this lesson. I'm just starting out so I don't know all the patterns and your video instruction is way too fast for me to see which fingers are on what frets.

[@dorianlovecraft9452]

+Keith Aul (Success Leaves Tracks) I think these lessons are for advanced guitarist's that already know what he's playing. Trying to emulate John Petrucci just starting out is a recipe to quit guitar. Best of luck man.

[@raynardmame4600]

But on a side note, it's a free world, you can download the full video, just google it. This was taken from his REH video "John Petrucci - Rock Discipline". When you download it, it shall contain John Petrucci's full length instructional video with softcopy of tabs and notes. Cheers mate.

[@borncrazy24]

Or just slow it down and transcribe it like I did 🤷‍♂