Pull Me Under Guitar Lesson (Full Song) - Dream Theater

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In this Pull Me Under guitar lesson video, I will show you how to play this progressive metal classic by the incomparable Dream Theater in it's entirety.
The tuning standard tuning.
"Pull Me Under" pretty much has it all. John Petrucci uses clean arpeggiated guitar riffs, jazzy clean guitar chord voicing, huge metal riffs, chaotic single note riffs, seamless legato licks, melodic yet scorchingly fast guitar licks and more in this marathon of a song.
All of this requires a pretty epic lesson clocking in at well over an hour, but that is needed for such an in-depth look of this masterpiece.
I will tackle each section in the order that it they appear on the original recording. One thing that makes "Pull Me Under" so unique, is that most of the time, when you get to a verse section, the guitar riffs are completely different than the other verses. The same thing goes for the pre-chorus sections. It is really cool how they still make it all work.
I think the genius of John Petrucci is revealed the further you get into the song. I hope you enjoy this in-depth look at this prog metal classic!
Good Luck! #pullmeunderguitarlesson #dreamtheater #guitarcovers
Carl...

[@claudio.alves89]

Verse Riff 14:35 ; Spinning around 24:05 ; Pre Chorus 25:47 ; Chorus 36:54; Pre Solo 44:28; Solo 49:55 End 1:00:30

[@e_xcalibur578]

May god bless u

[@jonathancompan4508]

Valeu bro

[@claudio.alves89]

@@jonathancompan4508 Aow irmão, bons estudos cara! 👊👊🤝🤝

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[@lelandmisael2425]

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[@hrobinett23]

I’ve never had a real guitar lesson in my life. If you want to learn guitar Carl Brown is the man. Being self taught and picking up on Carl’s habits and techniques can take you such a long way. Thank you so much, Carl. You’ve been a huge help in my journey.

[@sirspongadoodle]

i would suggest taking lessons though..

[@dyerseve45]

​@@sirspongadoodleCarl has lessons. Every kind imaginable.

[@sirspongadoodle]

@@dyerseve45 they arent the same man, i suppose guitar is easier compared to something like the violin, however its like a pimple on your face, unless you know its there you wont beable to get rid of it…

[@AreEnTee]

Bravo Carl. You deserve a 2-3 week break for not only learning this, but teaching it in ONE VIDEO THATAS AN HOUR LONG. For doing this, ur the best teacher

[@tonguctuzcu788]

Carl you definitely deserve more subscribers than this. You put a lot of work in your videos and I think you’re the best guitar teacher on KZbin

[@tonguctuzcu788]

Your right man

[@xxjj4082]

You are a really AWESOME teacher. I have passed the word around in my world, hope it catches on in yours.

[@Oceansideca1987]

This mans patience and will to teach makes the world a better place .

[@maharjanlaxman]

You really deserve more subscriber Views Likes You are Awesome This is Awesome.

[@staceypineda4634]

Indeed..

[@surajpariyar12]

Sahi kuro bro #Nepali

[@akhilnewton7545]

Wow😍🤩 A lesson as long as a short movie 😬🤪

[@willyck948]

don't forget replays wile practicing😉

[@akhilnewton7545]

@@willyck948 Yep Yep 😂

[@merqury5]

This lesson is really impressive. Teaching a real life version of how to actually play such a complex song.

[@copycatdragon]

You are the best guitar teacher and I wouldn't lie if i told you made me a guitarist from zero. Thanks for your great job.

[@Jason17300]

We don't deserve Carl.

[@cryptojihadi265]

Damn straight!

[@KM-co5mx]

Carl is the greatest guitar teacher 🤩

[@bartib1151]

@@KM-co5mxsure thing about that!!! He’s the sole reason I got better!

[@martlgr]

He’s literally got me covered for every song I want to learn! Absolute legend!

[@koyote2e511]

You are a beast Carl, the guitar community should have a bronze statue of you in their town centre, commemorating the dedication that you have shown them in the many many hours you have, and continue to allocate in ensuring they are controlled and allowed to shine in using them all to their full potential, all hail the guitar slayer and your new king.

[@josephgargari679]

What a weird coincidence. I was just listening to this song the other day and hoped you would make a lesson on it haha. Thank you, Carl!

[@Leonardo_Castillo]

Joseph Gargari same

[@colincheshire6366]

These coincidences make it feel like the whole world is spinning around you!

[@darrencrabtree5739]

Here we go again this guy is the king of guitar lessons he must play in his sleep he knows every song there is every time I want to learn a song I KZbin it and there is Carl Brown!

[@ski4jeepin]

Freaking awesome, man! John Petrucci is a guitar God, and you absolutely nailed it! I bow in humility!

[@mikewedell2230]

Carl you are frigan awesome love the way you got the screen set up with all 3 cameras

[@t1mb0t]

My Majesty literally just got delivered today. I can't see any reason not to start playing this on it to break it in :)

[@ultraedi]

Oh god I remember learning dust in the wind from your lessons like 5-6 years ago , crazy how time flies, props for being the best guitar teacher on the entire internet !

[@OmegaSon]

I’m not really into Dream Theater, but it’s crazy the amount of effort you’re putting into these lessons Carl. This one definitely proves it, if the other lessons haven’t already

[@craigspicer4296]

Carl really good effort to break this down and teach it. I learnt a number of songs from you and its been great. Dream theater is not easy to break down to teach and this is a lot of work to produce this. Once again its great what you have done here and committed to a tough industry that chews and spits most artists out.

[@brianosbment2343]

You play it really well! And the tones are amazing. John is a monster player.

[@lordviewer7305]

DT always has the most intense pre-choruses in History

[@Paeddyful]

Excellent lesson. This is a VERY difficult song to learn and after giving up once years back I'm trying to get back into it. I'm mostly teaching myself via tabs and listening but if I get stuck with either I come to this video. Thanks for putting this online!

[@ron99693]

Carl...you ever get sick of hearing 👂 YOUR THE BEST...thanks

[@palmmute]

You've taught me SO much on the guitar, thanks for making these lessons mate! :D

[@vainamoinen_]

Omg I was so waiting for this😭

[@harsh1839]

🙂

[@kenzenlee]

i cant believe that just watching ur vids for 5 mins makes me better at guitar than taking 100 hours of guitar lessons. u r so awesome !

[@sushilkhadka5430]

Is there anything you can't teach ?? Best teacher in whole youtube. Keep it up. Hope to see some pantera; cemetery gates or so.

[@williamjones5005]

Keep the lessons coming Carl! Great job as always. Next you could do "Five Magics" by Megadeth, or I noticed you have no Disturbed songs, so maybe "Stricken"

[@jamisonc7500]

HELL YEAH! Omg this is a long lesson. You should do some stuff from their new album. Thanks again Carl!

[@shawcremeans1773]

I think so to

[@cristorres9547]

Images and Words is perfect

[@MetalLizardJesus]

Today I found God. Liked and subscribed. PERFECT lesson so far. Love your teaching style and camera setup, just makes it so much easier to learn quickly. Much love man.

[@jebknott1550]

Carl I don't know how you do it but you have a great gift, not only for playing or learning almost every note for a song, but teaching. When I first started playing guitar I was looking on how to play but not very many people can teach to play like you do, you break down the song into parts that make it easier to understand, you explain it very well and do it note by note. Thanks Carl, I don't know how far I would have gotten if weren't for you, but I wouldn't have had this gift if it weren't given to me by God. 3 years have I learned from watching you, thanks.

[@gerben880]

Awesome. Knew most of the stuff but wasn't so sure about the chorus and a few other parts. Thanks for the work you put in

[@noahwelshmusic]

More Dream Theater please! Outstanding as always Carl.

[@xxjj4082]

That's an AWESOME SONG!! JP is a very talented guitar player. Thanks for the lesson.

[@oskarruut1009]

I have waited for this my whole life. Thx you are amazing!!

[@elijahbatz3286]

Carl, you don't even know how long I've been waiting for this lesson. Thank you

[@sparshpriyadarshi]

you clarified cloudy inaccurate transcriptions online. Thanks ! looks like you just nailed every detail of this song

[@SyconDarkblade]

i am so happy right now carl my boi you are dedicated and deserve more

[@opprrer3328]

The song is great and the tutorial is great. Your tutorials have helped me learn songs that I never thought I would be able to play. You are the one who teached me "one" the whole song (solo and all). Im currently sick, so playing guitar is a great way for me to get better. Now I have another song to learn, and thats by the best teacher.

[@riddhidalvi5921]

I absolutely adore ur work. Do u mind doing Porcupine Tree songs as well? Love from India 💕

[@chrissguitarshow206]

Carl, i just undertook this monster almost finished note for note this really improved my style in so many ways thank you.

[@JHoliday330]

That hammer-on punctuating the first power chord reminds me of Black Sabbath ('Paranoid' in particular), and I'm hearing the low E ring out on it.

[@wyattgolden6870]

Hey Carl you think you could get some more pantera in soon like maybe domination or cemetery gates

[@jamesyellow3786]

Hey Carl, hope you doing Great 👍🏼...I would love to see some more ]V[EGADET]-[ (Five Magic’s) and maybe some Lamb Of God (everything besides Laid To Rest and Omertà) ...to complete your Metallica list with Escape 😜 ...have a great day! 💪🔥🔥

[@ranadutt9065]

great lesson of an epc track! you deserve more likes and followers...cheers brother!

[@zain8687]

That DISTORTION 😍 i love it!

[@petrosvenieris4761]

God bless you Carl!

[@toddstaires4488]

Nobody can duplicate the original tracks effects. Not even John Petrucci. It's like capturing lightning in a bottle.

[@massis1sp]

You are amazing man, thanks much for sharing this🎸🤘

[@meriadeg_]

A classic. I've wanted to play it for years. Not as hard as I imagined after all, thanks to you :) I followed and played along all the way through. And that was fun ! Keep up this excellent work, cheers !

[@merqury5]

Im back again, still haven't got it, but this is where to go to do so. He even straightened out a mistake in the official tab in the 4th measure of the second prechorus.

[@chefgaryklein7551]

Carl, you are the best,man. Thanks for this.

[@alexsanders7404]

Thank you so much! Working on this with some students now and this really helped a lot!

[@troyfrost1980]

G... Man you played that song like you own it great . Troy Frost troyster 😎Cool Riffs

[@TheMeJustMe75]

I remember getting the Guitar magazine that had the tab in it. I remember John had a column in the magazine showing different techniques.

[@nicholasmoore7659]

I have no plans to learn this song but when I saw how much time you put in I had to at least give the vid a click and a thumbs up

[@nathanteague667]

You're the man, Carl! Peace Sells!!

[@WesternCanadian]

The only dislike on this is from Dream Theatre themselves because you cracked their code :)

[@GuitarLessons365SongLessons]

haha, I'm thinking about putting a pin on this one ;)

[@alisson1900]

Amazing video, as always. Really fantastic. Congratulations. Any chance of a video showing how to play Another Day?

[@shanemeader3223]

Carl, thank you so much! I am picking up the guitar at age 49 and you are making it achievable and super fun!

[@JHoliday330]

That hammer-on punctuating the power chord as demonstrated between about the 6:50&7:10 always reminds me of the Paranoid riff from Black Sabbath. My bands covered several Leatherwolf songs back in the day, and punctuating simple power chord rhythm patterns with hammered notes and trills eventually made its way into my overall style of playing between mid '80s and when I discovered Dream Theater in the mid '90s. Credit to Howe, Gayer, Olivieri (Leatherwolf) & Iommi (Black Sabbath) for their collective inspiration.

[@adamtune]

Petrucci himself mentions that Paranoid riff hammer on blew his mind when he first discovered it! I'm pretty sure you're exactly right, that Paranoid inspired the hammer on in Pull Me Under.

[@redye5695]

Great lesson, great teacher, thanks so much!!

[@panterarocks9326]

Never had a thought of trying to learn this song. But u uploaded it so now I just have to!

[@sirtogii5216]

Saw these legends yesterday so let the practice begin... Maybe in 3 years or so :-D

[@heavymetal_mayhem_13]

Some serious chuggin when it kicks in, fun song to play. As always, Excellent work Carl 👍👍👍

[@jimjones6419]

Impressive! So few full lessons on anything DT on KZbin means you earn a subscriber. Nicely done.

[@tylerwarren8139]

Can't thank you enough sir! You're a great teacher and I've always wanted to learn this. Great channel 👏 👍 👌

[@craigcarroll3333]

Carl Brown... guess what?.... You're Awesome!!!! Thank you!!!!

[@kaclaking]

Carl, a man of culture.

[@JAFOpty]

this really caught me off guard 💪🔥🔥💪🔥🔥

[@lucasrodriguez8383]

YES YES YES!!!!!!! More Petrucci!!! You're the man, carl!!!

[@noelyt212]

Nice tutorial very step by step ...👍👍👍

[@pipecat]

Excellent analysis, you deserve way more subscribers 🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟

[@jcspaziano]

Great lesson. Ive always struggled with parts of this song from Tab! Thank you!

[@noamstraus2109]

I absolutely love these full song lessons keep em comin

[@cilvaxd951]

been tryin to learn this 1 for about 15 years lol thx carl helped a lot.

[@user-lr4vj1ye7d]

Спасибо большое за такое видео. Обязательно буду учится именно по нему

[@nightfire540]

“Yea I didn’t really explain that, but if your attempting this song you probably don’t need me to” Lol😂

[@RahulBasu6886]

Learning this tune, and this was really helpful in fine tuning some sections. Great work! :D

[@tiaanjelander9234]

Carl you are truly a beast

[@RadoslawAndrzej]

U r the best teacher on yt. Greatings from Poland!

[@bettercallben9758]

Carl ! I love it! More Dream Theater please :)

[@staceypineda4634]

Carl you have the ultimate ear. I bet you trinscribe all of these

[@chubjabb8857]

This song was long overdue! Thanks for the lesson Carl

[@vmdwhoxo]

Please make full tutorial for The Count of Tuscany & On The Back of Angels too. Which is E standard tuning also.

[@fyerfytr]

Must learn this one thanks man

[@irfanhibatullah4218]

Finally some freaking Dream theater!!! Great lesson carl! Please do more

[@andreshenry]

Thanks man you helped me a lot!!!

[@drakified]

Very impressive! Wish I could play this song one day. Thanks for putting so much effort in the lesson, much apprecciated. Maybe at least I get some parts right for now :)

[@jakaleban9638]

22:30 hahahaha:)

[@fermerino1331]

Thanks so much Carl!! Awesome tutorial and happy to finally learn this one!! \m/

[@timschild7040]

This song is 3D level chess. Great video tutorial!

[@filippodeambrogi6813]

One of the best song eveeeeer

[@-Retired-]

How about Fall into the light next...... I'm currently working on it simply through ear as I can't seem to find any lessons on it!

[@gerben880]

JP does a 'favourite riffs' series from the new record on Guitar World. While FITL hasn't been featured yet, he might do it in an upcoming episode so look out for that

[@-Retired-]

@@gerben880 Thanks mate I'll look out for that as well!

[@blackcupp6727]

This intro version of Pull Me Under will forever leak underneath my bed.

[@dondocentone1334]

WTF CARL You're out-of-this-world teacher

[@Kevin-ff8ob]

I noticed when playing the riff at 22:44 that if you play it at a slower tempo it sounds exactly like a danzig riff

[@nikolayjovanovic423]

My jaw literally dropped when i saw this notification, hoooly shit!

[@shawcremeans1773]

Do peace sells pls