John Petrucci's 4 Laws of Guitar Playing

[@DericBham]

Dean “Not into A minor” Lamb

[@TomatePasFraiche]

I’m glad we are case sensitive guys!

[@yungplague5534]

Say drake

[@LeonardoPachecoBorges]

How is this comment from 6 days ago?!🤔

[@embracehorizons]

​@LeonardoPachecoBorgesthat's a solid fuckin question 🤔

[@Tomekkplk]

@LeonardoPachecoBorges Patreon I think

[@naturaljoe759]

JP’s guitar looks so tiny in his hands, and then there’s Dean rocking a fretboard you could drive a truck on.

[@salottin]

It's so strange to see Petrucci playing because of the way his guitar looks

[@thisguy2973]

He’s actually not that big, but he’s been lifting lately.

[@willemstander8400]

Looking Lean, Damb.

[@alirezabayat6388]

Nice

[@TimOertel]

"I interrupted him. Sorry, John." lololol

[@TheSadistNat1on]

"figure out which one you suck it and practice that more"- Dean. Now thats a good message that I will have playing in my head forever now, thank you boi

[@lysdexiar31]

this has been my way of thinking as i've got better over the years, whenever i write something that i can't play properly, i'll work out what's tripping me over and solely focus on that technique for a while. it works!

[@ardipithecus11]

It’s great life advice tbh lol

[@SteveFye]

I maxxed out my delay and reverb. Now I sound exactly like Pettruci! Thanks Dean!

[@Badministrator]

Whole tone is so dream sequence coded I wasn't sure if the video was real after 8:25

[@GuyManley]

He Alice in Wonderlanded us

[@ThorsShadow]

​@@GuyManleyMight I recommend the band Symphony X? Their guitar player uses that scale a TON and they even have a song called "Through the Looking Glass" about Alice in Wonderland.

[@cosmicsea89]

Yup, all major 3rds

[@SamBrockmann]

Dean "Disagree, Don't Know Notes" Lamb ❤

[@Henysipper]

I'm going out to his guitar seminar in August. It'd be cool if you were one of the instructors.

[@sunsoulaevis]

He has that approachability and warmness that lets you feel welcomed and confident. He really does instill that teaching vibe.

[@KaijuAlert]

John's dyed facial hair is a big part of the magic

[@IgnacioCentu96]

I would like to watch a series of you trying to improvise and play on the spot! Not only metal but other genres too!

[@JackTaylorGuitars]

The Petrucc' affliction shirt goes 2000's UFC af

[@GigglebunsUV]

his thing about learning those minor scale patterns is so interesting to me, because very early on in learning guitar, i figured that sort of thing out myself. the only down side then was i could only play scales on single strings for a while

[@thefriedpiper]

10:40, Lemme slow it down a little bit. *proceeds to actually speed it up*

[@labzor3107]

John Petrucci : explaining guitar in the simplest way possible, makes perfect sense even for someone who doesn't play guitar. meanwhile, Dean Lamb : "iNterValAc theORy pitCh colLecTioN noTE PorTaL"

[@canman87]

I can attest that John is a great dude in-person. Come down to the JPGU event in Vegas this August; that way I can meet you and you can meet John 😅

[@Raikuu11]

Thank u dean for doing what u do bro u give me inspiration to learn more and write more on guitar keep up the good work 🤘🤘

[@mrcolin]

I thought he was gonna start playing ballad of the wind fish at 5:33. Those 3 notes are ingrained in my memory

[@twocats2543]

Dean rules as a guitar instructor. Highly recommended his Patreon.

[@ChooRoo]

I am a Death Metal addict,, but the old pent scale still gets me off lol

[@myselph1761]

Bro's *cleaner* than *John freaking Petrucci*

[@coreyblaisdell]

I think John plays a little sloppy in a lot of demo/clinic videos, probably because he's focused on what he's saying and not what he's playing. I've taught lessons for years and it always takes me a second to go from teaching mode to playing mode. From what I've seen he's much cleaner on stage (or in recordings obv).

[@ryanpetrak]

Got to see John & Mike Portnoy when they revisited Berklee to put on a hell of a clinic. It was fantastic, almost makes me wish I never transferred haha

[@KRISPCREAM]

Dean is my guitar zaddy 🥵

[@elBanananas]

0:37 he truly is the nicest guy

[@Thrillhouse84]

I met him back in 04 after a show and he was great! Petrucci and Portnoy were friendly and affable and even came across a bit humble. James and Jordan were nice but definitely came across more pretentious and haughty. John Myung was of course nowhere to be found

[@jimlee7374]

@@Thrillhouse84 I almost died laughing... The Myung part of the joke really got me

[@asciicatface]

On that second law Petrucci was talking about, I recall seeing an interview with Billy Sheehan (phenomenal bass player) once where he said playing live is one of the best things you can do as a musician. That whole part of knowing the fretboard eventually clicked with him while playing on stage once, I love the hand motions he used it was like his fretboard was exploding at him lol, and all of a sudden he understood where notes of the same chord lived up and down the strings. It may come a bit more naturally to a guitar player as they learn to solo and play around the neck more, but I guess it may be learning to improvise and how to improvise that really made things click, at least with Billy, rather than just exercises over and over again. Although that's just my guesstimate of what he was saying there, so nothing hard and fast obviously lol

[@GermanFafian]

Nice. I did have the fortune to interview John twice for a Spanish Guitar Magazine back in 2000 and 2003 and he is a really nice quiet person. Portnoy was nice too but a bit more outspoken and extroverted. Myung was beyond shy and quiet 😅 Actually the whole band was quite nice to everyone around.

[@ContaminatedBeef]

5:33 hey that's ballad of the wind fish

[@LeeBailes]

LOL'd so hard at "I am interested in A minor." and your realisation of how that sounded. 🤣

[@dudarino666]

I learned early that my next octave is up 2 strings and up 2 frets. If the b string is involved its up 2 strings up 3 frets. Or down 1 string up 5 frets. This creates little scale boxes of 5 notes frist string, 5 notes next string up, and 3 notes next string up. These little octave portal/boxes help you se where to play around the fret board and it becomes much more manageable for a brain. EDIT: Awesome that he mentioned the 3 finger shapes. I figured that out myself as well. Every scale is a combo of those. Thanks ADHD haha

[@non_brewed_condiment]

I literally thought you photoshopped John’s facial hair in the thumbnail, what a beast.

[@Chainsaw_HM-2]

My music theory in a nutshell… “Gain be go0O0od!!”

[@DoggoWillink]

I’m a Vektor fan so I like F minor. This took me 10 minutes to finally type out. It was truly difficult.

[@cunjoz]

"he seems like a nice guy". dude, he's like nicest guy out there!

[@cosmicsea89]

Love the beard break down 😂 (potential side series)

[@alirezabayat6388]

One day i'll be good enough to be able to live in petrucci's beard

[@xenonvinc]

5:02 dayum son

[@chasefoster8092]

NEW ALBUM!

[@dth10101]

Anyone else see the ghost at 6:38 that appears in the reflection of the poster on the right side of the screen?

[@davidramirezrodriguez3373]

Yo

[@davidramirezrodriguez3373]

Wtf

[@matthewpancoust]

WOOPS I’m the ghost that was me 😂

[@desi_anarch]

😮

[@Panda_SMM]

dean you should really start doing jazz, finding ways to put it into archspire would be hilarious

[@kaekayyy2554]

5:03 bag em n tag em bois, we got his ahh on 4K

[@boneidle6308]

apologies if im out of the loop but where is the legend of claire?

[@MattWilkins13B]

Been wondering the same thing myself!

[@filipandresson622]

I ain't learning that😭🙏

[@Mattseak]

5:00 Cancelled 😂😂

[@crabbuckets7506]

Tryna strike a chord, and it's probably A Minorrrrrrrrrr.

[@MrCD-xv3jj]

Clean as a ghost poopy

[@WarmSumol]

Whole tones kind of sound like the chest opening theme in Zelda

[@Warhear87]

Well we already knew Claire is younger than Dean so it’s not breaking news

[@ZeddyAndijani]

Couldn't help but click on the video when I read "Zaddy"

[@bb-sw6ur]

Dean I think I once heard you say you played a lot of Dream Theater covers back in the day. What are some of your favorites? Would you ever post a playthrough?

[@thehairygull]

Hi Dean

[@tmg7866]

Yeaaaaah music theory note names based

[@scottyb3b7]

I feel like JP's always-nice disposition is just a small step away from Ned Flanders

[@DecapitatedOwns666]

You used to livestream

[@JayLee-od8ob]

Soon as I see clinic I already know mean Dean is going to put one on. Edit, he really isn't too mean tho. Edit again, after listening further he actually might make my brain melt down my neck. Tastes weird but I'm trying these patterns

[@corycourtney8923]

Whole-tone is the chest opening in Ocarina of Time.

[@Nicodareus]

Man, maybe it's cause i am mostly self taught, but i find outside picking to be inefficient and my brain doesn't let me do it, except when it is neccessary to end on a pinch harmonic. 🤔 Idk anyone who can do up-picked pich harmonics... there's a weird challenge for you, Dean. 😂

[@gregharder2765]

Is that the X-Men solo?! haha

[@jordansuddeath7079]

I think Dean might be on an FBI list now.

[@Flesharrower]

How do you practice improvising!?

[@TheTachy0n]

Not sure if serious as there's so much to improvisation but knowing the notes across the neck that fits in any given progression, nice sounding shapes and how to add some spicey notes to that is a start.

[@Kerosian1]

Start simple. Take a two chord vamp like C to G and start playing the C major scale over the top. Learn what notes you like over both chords, play around with different notes. Find notes you don't like and how to move up or down to get out of them. From there it's just expanding the complexity of what chords you're playing over and what scales you play above each chord. Just takes time, but your ear will give immediate feedback as to what's right/wrong. The further you get with it the more things you'll be able to use, eventually you can justify any note over any chord by having the vocabulary you learned.

[@mordtefpv5896]

Im laughing my head off. Just realised i look the same as John. Just more grey, and my sideys dont reach me beard lol,,, lomao. Goin the pub tnite and im Damned aware my Sideys dont reach me Beard now lol.

[@walkerthompson3320]

When did JP ever economy pick!? I thought he was one of the alt pick only guys

[@elementsofphysicalreality]

It’s funny sometimes watching all the average guitarists try to figure it all out and make up excuses and justifications. I used to not like DT because I heard Animals as Leaders and BTBAM first. But all of these years later and I have gained respect for Petrucci. His playing style is similar to mine. But it took many years for me to realize how dumb everyone is. All of these years of searching and realistically there’s hardly any guitarists out there worth respecting.

[@disciplesofsteel4375]

Why does it feel like a sin to hear Dean play the pentatonic

[@devinstaats-walker9211]

Minor, g string,s and using three fingers in the same preface….yeesh.

[@Mr.V_Guitar]

at 05:00 🤣🤣

[@Q.theProducer]

Shred M.D episode 2?????

[@dreamplace7469]

facial hair experience..😂

[@JTTheBackwardGuitarist]

🤘😈🤘

[@crapcannon86]

i see john and i just envisioning him saying "two chicks at once"

[@Xplora213]

For the love of god, please learn your notes. You CAN survive without knowing them, you can utilise patterns for your entire career… but you will quickly realise you can’t compose anything beyond the absolute basics and you can’t move beyond basic guitar music. I have no idea what the major third is from C without sitting there and visualising the fretboard and the third fret on the A string. You will eventually need to progress past this. I have been playing for 27 years this coming November. I still don’t know my notes LOL 😂

[@henrikduende]

Looks like you pick more from the thumb joint than the wrist. Could never figure that out. John is a bit odd. He moves a lot for a guy with insane technique

[@desi_anarch]

Petrucci is Guitar Jesus

[@jason2841]

I listen to Dream Theater for the unique facial hair experience.

[@tonybermudez6553]

Did you learn economy picking with Petrucci? Petrucci the least thing he uses in guitar is economy picking, he only uses alternate picking, he doesn’t use economy picking at all… 🤔

[@Thrillhouse84]

John youre a guitar genius but everyone knows a minor and a g string should not be anywhere near each other

[@kevincharlier1208]

So grown up bearded man talking about using 3 fingers in A minor ? 🤔 Gotta love guitar man 😂

[@yungplague5534]

Did Isaac do your tats by chance?

[@Rick1000-s5w]

There are no rules in guitar playing

[@ihatedill2447]

[@azgerrr]

I don't understand how one can like chocolate cake. It's like eating dirt

[@swarthygiant1463]

If you’re into A minor take the G string. Got it

[@swarthygiant1463]

Using three fingers at a time lmao

[@treegoblin5479]

You can't be very good if you need so many strings

[@TheSadistNat1on]

dude are you talking about Dean? lol. For one, Petrucci uses 8 strings too. for two, Deans picking is literally better than john petruccis, which says a lot

[@treegoblin5479]

@TheSadistNat1on kinda sounds like cope

[@TheSadistNat1on]

@ what? do you know anything you're trying to say haha. literally what sounds like cope and wtf am I trying to cope?? gawd u stink

[@embracehorizons]

​@treegoblin5479 1- edgy comment. 2- all disagreement is cope. Lemme take a wild guess at 3... a snide comment about not being as smart as I think I am.... fuck off.

[@fstapled9204]

this is not how guitar playing works, like, at all. please explain to me why you think having more strings means you "can't be very good"

[@faustinogiancola9814]

A minor hahahahahahhahahahahahahaha