The John Petrucci Guitar Method - Episode 5: 4 Different Ways to Navigate a Scale Position

In episode 5 of "The John Petrucci Guitar Method" John discusses four different ways to navigate through a scale position.

[@imagemusic4241]

Very helpful info. Particularly because, as a music teacher I've been trying to think of new ways to teach students to navigate scale positions more efficiently. Love Petrucci and love Dream Theater.

[@projetofaq]

The second shape he talks about can be seen on the second solo of SCARED (AWAKE album). There he implies the sixteenth feel along with a change of the accentuation. You can hear the very interesting effect at 08:43

[@maciejk5596]

he's so huge, look at the sofa he sits on

[@guyinpajamapants6892]

Lmao!!!!!

[@erosbifebeef5115]

This comment needs at least 69 likes

[@kalelezequiel140]

Instablaster

[@mrsmithwestern8405]

Yeh they must have made him a huge guitar Too bad about tue sofa

[@tonyflorez703]

😂😂😂😂

[@mattweaver6462]

Thank You John, your teachings are the best. But when you add them to your relaxed and calming Soul, it just makes it a pleasure to practice! Thanks Again, ☮️

[@stevencook7029]

John is simply amazing!!! I love watching all videos,and he oozes knowledge like now tomorrow,i would love to learn from him,John I can't get enough of your videos keep it up,looking forward to seeing you in October!!!

[@emmalouise6055]

Do love this guys technique. Thanks for sharing your tips of the guitar!

[@C1Rob1990]

This is just amazing. I just started, chords etc still very new to me, but i never seem to find the reason why things are done a certain way making it hard for me to imagine/realize why or how something is done. When John explained the reasoning behind his training technique around @13:00 it just instantly made sense on why he is doing it this way... I really wish more people explained stuff this way...

[@rmshredz]

That feeling when you know it'll take a few days for you to get through a 16 min video...

[@remistaom]

Good for you. I was thinking in months...

[@Freddyonacid]

Orlando Miranda not bad, I was thinking years 🤘

[@rafaeloliveira_9265]

Decades?

[@rocktron]

yea it was intense🤣

[@kimbarsegyan]

Centuries

[@asdasx392]

I am surprised at so many negative comments (although it seems some are facetious). Are people afraid that is they practice this technique, they would become a shredder? That would be horrible. Anyway, I thought this video was brilliant - way better than any lesson I ever had. I wish I had known this technique back in the 80's when I started playing.

[@bahritkharakor9257]

JP an awesome guy and an amazing guitarist...Love this guy any way!!

[@user-yk1pn3tc6i]

Exactly i agree!🥰

[@gluonparticle9327]

Talk about practice makes perfect! Amazing JP!

[@WyattsMetalLife]

I'll use these methods and apply them to my playing

[@adrianplaysguitar]

Great lesson! Really worth it

[@chadh9658]

Appreciate the Mind Expansion Rock On and Cheers! I'm Heading Now to The Basement to Play with Myself.

[@MHZHellGuitar]

incredible stuff! anyone else realize that the 6 note version of the 3 notes per string is basically one of the main patterns Michael Keene plays in his shredding stuff?

[@pucksheet4456]

This is gem 💎

[@user-yk1pn3tc6i]

Master John Petrucci's everything is perfect, the coolest, the greatest of all times!👏👏👍🥰🥰🥰

[@telecaster9988]

Please invite Paul Gilbert to do series like this

[@dtfreak]

Both have done it before. Paul Gilbert recently did a series for Sweetwater. All episodes are here on KZbin. He also did a series for Guitar World years ago called Shred Alert!. Guthrie Govan did one for Guitar World years ago. It is called Professor Shred.

[@SmewthePew]

I'm waiting for the bicep workout tutorial; John, your sleeves are the perfect tightness.

[@jedicouncil66]

You sound like Goldmember.

[@SmewthePew]

Thanks

[@roba1899]

Fretboard Visualization by King Petrucci .. yesss.

[@willroland9811]

I'd go Emperor Petrucci... Ceaser? Yea, the Italian thing works...

[@robertrogers601]

This is awesome! I wish there were tabs for these methods.

[@roygertel]

Jim Morrison came back as a guitar hero !! Miss u Jim ❤

[@TheFlacidFlamingo]

7:30 He's human! He's Human!

[@willroland9811]

Is not...just baiting us...

[@NAZGVL_147]

Brb, gotta practice all of these

[@wakingupfrom]

i wonder what amp that is in the background with the tape hiding the logo. Cough Mesa Boogie coughhh coughhhh. excuse me just getting over a cold

[@ortizvillarreal4070]

That yellow JP6 though 😻

[@keshabbose5447]

It's a very very good lesson. You are a really guitar lover 💕 kindly accept 🙏

[@johnny_b_dude]

Props for the dudes claping :D

[@MaynardOwns]

The Gmaj7 thing reminds me of curb your enthusiasm

[@tahzeebmusic6477]

Legend says if you shave John's Beard he skills will get Factory Reset

[@MetalLizardJesus]

His playing is almost as majestic as his beard!

[@sahilplaysguitar2784]

I am so much in love with his signature tone. Would you be able to tell me what pedals can replicate his signature tone?

[@atakdragonfly1675]

Mesa

[@jentaylorwarren9095]

He programs custom delay settings for each song

[@peterthompson3705]

Great

[@JOUA1400]

COOL!!!!!!!!!

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

Love this guy, it's a shame I'll never be 5% as good as this lol. I wonder if his middle name is Moses.

[@rotnmold7861]

Moses led many to the promise land....

[@tuguspuspayoga7900]

his middle name is Peter according to the Wikipedia, and it is correct

[@jedicouncil66]

@@rotnmold7861 I love the book of Exodus. The movie by Cecil B. Demille is astronomically good.

[@DatAnydeks]

Good to see the guitar over the left knee. Probably best.

[@yorichixX]

Guess it's the most efficient way to play! Cause ultimately u have to play live, and in standing position, and this way way of playing she u sit emulates the standing position if u see closely!

[@GibsonDE]

Nice half stack in the back. I wonder which brand it is...(and why they mask it)

[@JimDewdGuitars]

John plays Mesa but that stack looks like a Marshall solid state , and I’m sure they cover it because of monetary reasons so they don’t have to pay the brand for having it on their video or that’s what I’m guessing the reason is.

[@lucianodebenedictis6014]

#totallynotmarshall

[@germinal_ok]

It looks like a Marshall Silver Jubilee, a tube amp

[@willroland9811]

John is a devout Mesa guy, and endorser. I've rarely seen a clip he doesn't manage to work in a plug, but he's right. Nothing sounds like a boogie...only thing close is a Kemper profile of a boogie. Damn Kemper. Simulated world, friggin matrix bullshit...

[@deandewitt5403]

This video makes me wanna dust off the ole guitar and give it another shot. So many times I tried to go back to it, pull out my scale sheets and my 5 patterns, and try to play them up and down with my metronome. After a couple weeks, I guess I would get kind of stuck or "bored". I'd think to myself, great I'm playing scales, now what do I do. And gradually just put it aside again.

[@kimbarsegyan]

That's why I play actual music 90% of the time.

[@danangyudhoprakoso2651]

5:03. This is The Life solo lick at end.

[@utubeluike760]

gr8!!

[@octaviocalderon2830]

Che una pregunta, donde se consiguen las anotaciones de las figuras?

5:02 kinda sounds like jailhouse rock bass :D

[@RyanC232]

Yo.... i am going to give this to my guitar teacher so he can explain what in the world Professor Petrucci is brewing here. This is the olympic pool for me and i was doing ok in the 6 foot area

[@ceedee9186]

Anyone noticed that he uses the thumb and do pick slanting when ascending?

[@centurionmusic11]

Lowkey sounded like he was playing Cliffs of Dover

[@awkwardturtle77]

Something clicked when he talked about the shape of chords. For a visual learner, that feels like a key to a locked door.

[@FMTAZ]

Does anyone know what chords he plays at 8:25? I didn't get his explanation on how he came up with those chords from the scale.

[@mysterybotts]

I know this is a long time ago, but the 2 note per string patterns he plays here actually makes 7th chord arpeggios it E minor. The first one is a C major 7 chord, so the chord he playe was a C major 7 chord. The ones he’s playing are common voicings with the root notes on the low E or A strings.

[@GregoryPearsonMusic]

When John says he plays these in all positions - does that mean he starts on any fret on which the particular scale note falls on the low e string? Or is it something else?

[@ModernGolfer]

Petrucci explains it in the video. Simply watch the entire video and take note.

[@mysterybotts]

He’s referring to the 7 forms of the 3 notes per string major scales, if I’m understanding you correctly. Here’s a good video that walks you through them, once you have them down you’ll understand how to do these exercises he shows all around the neck, because he starts the video assuming we know them. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6LOYpV_jZdsj5Y

[@GregoryPearsonMusic]

@@mysterybotts thanks

[@lucasvarela9632]

Look for the root note on a different string and start it from there

[@yorichixX]

That intro is which song, I m sure I heard that but i dont remember the song name

[@axelman8547]

In holland there is a guy, coming from Spain ones a year with a boat, to ride his horse in a diffrent town each year. This guy comes to bring gifts for the little children. When johns hair and beard would grow grey/white, he would look exactly like him. Would be awesome to see this dude beying JP riding his horse, with his guitar and playing the Rocks out of the streets he is riding on... The kids wouldnt even notice that it is a diffrent guy, only he got bigger arms this year ;) With guitar would make the horseride a lot cooler for the daddy's to be there \m/ \m/ Great tutorial... makes me notice i dont know shiiiit about the neck, besides the knowledge my left hand sucks on stretching. Helps me improve alot though

[@diaraam]

Lol! 👍 I can help you out a bit, seems we are stuck inside for a while these days! 🙄

[@wiebenijenhuis1825]

Bro really just compared John petrucci to Sinterklaas

[@notsure1135]

Looks like the album cover to An American Prayer.

[@brannonarmitstead3342]

It’s funny how some of these people are saying they would never implement this into their playing. Bitch you really think you’re good enough to practically implement this technique into your playing lol

[@samkingsly1636]

Please do an interview with Andy timmons

[@DamLee88]

the gillette series: how to shave my beard!! great john! the guitar lord of all times!!

[@user-dk7zn4kj5r]

Hello you John Petrucci

[@breakshot7451]

i always love listening to captain blackbeard

[@nicksavvas8546]

Where do you find the figures? Is this from wild stingdom?

[@nethbt]

Can anyone answer this question? Why are MusicMan guitars so feathery light?

[@willroland9811]

@Adika Titut Triyugo the Majesty is mahogany with maple cap. Gotta give that to Les Paul, it works. Outside that I've seen more Stingray basses than anything else, and they sure as hell ain't light. You can feel the quality inn thier builds just picking one up.

[@BigStarch96]

Guitar world can I please ask a massive favor. Can you get all the lesson tabs put into a pdf form on the website so I can download and print them.

[@thepurplesprouts804]

BigStarch96 they r on the website mate

[@BigStarch96]

These petrucci lessons aren't in pdf form. Or I'm just blind

[@jfo3000]

BigStarch96 Just do 'alt-prtscn', open MS Paint, 'cntl-v' Then save the image file. Give it a name that will make sense 5 yrs from now so you can find it...like "Petrucci guitar world lesson 2018 01" the 01 is file 1, 02, 03, etc gives you 99 potential image files to print out as book and get it spiral bound.

[@6u174r808]

Right?

[@quix99]

Your ears dont work playa?? Fuck the tabs

[@r.a.k5111]

What's that intro solo from!?

[@ellismossey]

Pull Me Under by Dream Theater

[@tonybermudez6553]

Why he says “seventh position shape of e minor?” I know b is the Phrygian mode of e minor or g major, I can’t see why is the seventh position

[@michaelharris6441]

And I’ll only apply his facial hair grooming methods to mine.

[@auvikrahman8242]

whats the solo that plays before the video starts

[@ioannisdenton]

Auvik Rahman "pull me under" their most popular track.

[@wakingupfrom]

in example 42 he's not using strict alternate picking, and in effect he makes a mistake and isn't 100% clean

[@JimmyWatfordGuitar]

Hey says, Seymour, at 0:53. Who is he referring to?

[@brunocunha3076]

I believe he said Steve Morse.

[@JimmyWatfordGuitar]

Ahh, thank you. Your right. I don't know what I was thinking. I was probably going through these scales and going deaf to the english language at the time.

[@DasilvaJunior95]

Please invite Michael Romeo... xD

[@Mr02041999]

Does anyone know the name of the intro song?

[@JediAtticus509]

Pull Me Under.

[@Cas-yr1rq]

the camera man is blessed

[@iluvyunie]

He's probably only recording with one hand

[@blakeclarkson9954]

John and Glen Danzig must have the same stylist!

[@Felipe..Vieira]

or the same personal trainer

[@simezra]

THICC

[@giuliko]

To make it a little more interesting = to make it a little more impossible for any other human beings.

[@AlexisGitarre]

where do i find the notation to this?

[@thepurplesprouts804]

AlexisGitarre guitar world website

[@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power]

beard is glistening 😂

[@monocyte2210]

Whats the intro song please?

[@mikeymenace]

Pull me under

[@monocyte2210]

@@mikeymenace thank you man!

[@nickname9657]

ODIN GUIDE OUR SHIPS.......................................................................................................................................................................

[@florabidwad9065]

What is the solo??name please

[@montesforeman5079]

Flora Bidwad “Pull Me Under” from the album “Images and Words”

[@kevincasals2008]

Which guitar is that

[@nackle_]

Ernie ball music man majesty

[@wrishabhwalia2980]

Dumbledore when he was young

[@daysgobye]

Ok.. So, the first one's a c7.. no wait!

[@SKIPPYBABBIDY]

Shit. I have been playing guitar for 9 years and I never learned any music theory, scales ( I learn a few when I started but I don't remember any). I really need to learn scales!!!!

[@johanneschristopherstahle3395]

Scales can be a great tool for analysing music. When writing/developing music, trusting your ears is far more important. Scales can be a shortcut to find out what could work, but they can limit yourself if you forget to break the rules from time to time, you imprisoned yourself in the scales you're using.

[@SKIPPYBABBIDY]

Johannes Christopher Stähle oh ok. Thanks for the tips!

[@johanneschristopherstahle3395]

+ you may learn how to choose notes that work together well without referring to the modes. You can perfectly come up with your own scales if you just invest some time into soloing over different chord progressions and listening very careful. It's a different approach and certainly not as fast as using the modes. But at the same time you learn how to mix your own colours instead of using the ones others have prepared for you.

[@johanneschristopherstahle3395]

Well actually I do love music theory myself, though it hasn't been much help for me when it comes to songwriting. It seems like my hands just know which chords to play.

[@MaynardOwns]

Yeah on top of the scales learn the intervals. Knowing intervals is just as if not more important

[@ronaldbroyles9335]

Wow john now lm gonna play like u🙋not really 😂

[@chowder1272]

Sounded like eric johnson..

[@johndavidm.villafuente1969]

He goes to the gym!

[@denismacfarlane255]

It was always in the back of my mind that Jesus was a prog metal guitar genius.

[@willroland9811]

And a carpenter, prior to his career as a prophet...

[@atakdragonfly1675]

He might have been, but he's no John Petrucci.

[@calebmole4059]

10:48 lol

[@user-dk7zn4kj5r]

Thank you Daddy Bonne nuit you Daddy

[@elliottbradshaw]

You misspelled GOD in the title..

[@jonathanmcdermott6217]

Lol 8:32 he reaches for his bar and it's not there

[@ElijahMendiola]

give us the REal stuff john .youre sandbaggin me

am i the only one thought that his guitar is kinda smaller than a standard size or he is just a big guy??

[@mattkeen3811]

JP is huge. Not particularly tall (About 5'11''), but he has been seriously into weightlifting for about 10 years.

[@d.j.burton9952]

Ive played a majesty at the store before and they’re a little compact, that could be a placebo effect from how light they are though. I met JP at G3 earlier this year and he felt just a bit shorter than me (I’m 6’1”) but he is definitely a larger man lol.

[@whoshotya117]

I dont get it.

[@beaupapin9305]

John petrucci is a messianic figure

[@andym28]

Oh God having done 20 years of all this don't bother if you want to be a musician as opposed to a scaley shredder. Still enjoy Marty Friedman type stuff though very melodic and emotive while interesting.

[@ejRecording]

petrucci is like a Friedman , listen to DT and really listen

[@bryvoss99]

good thing there is already a Friedman

[@Ranametalera]

Andy M im glad we have both a live for us, they are the best and yeah i think Friedman its more melodic...

[@paulspark7287]

Go check out Petrucci's solos on "Explorer's Club - Age of Impact". Some of his more emotional/melodic solos on that project IMHO.

[@willroland9811]

John is as melodic as anyone, he just happens to have the technical skills of some sort of deity...his gig is progressive, that's thier thing, and thier fan base. Can't let that friggin Mozart wanna be on the keys out run us can we? No, of course not. His choice of notes and phrasing are awesome... Alex Skulnick is another one that's misbranded, though he's gone a long way to demonstrate that fact. Shredding thrasher to trans siberan orchestra to 3 piece jazz...that's a lot of ground.

[@lukeskywalk9773]

He looks like the little gnome from lord of the rings

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

rubbish that dwarf was Welsh lol

[@Babs42]

Dwarf, get it right at least!

[@TheRealReTox]

His look is pure Guitar Jesus

[@cystpopped854]

TheRealReTox amen

[@syonys6222]

I'm sorry I hate the head stocks on music man's

[@styxxhs8048]

Syonys yeah i kind of wish they had a pointy-er one, to choose from.. oh well.. id sacrifice the headstock to be able to afford and have one a majesty 7-string.. heres to shorter term goals i guess!

[@giallotf1855]

Syonys meh, i'm not a fan too, but i think it suits into the general idea of the guitar.

[@willroland9811]

And they're SUCH awesome instruments too...dammit Leo, did you have to be EVERYWHERE? Pointy guitars have strings too man!

[@willroland9811]

@@styxxhs8048 I can't get into the Majesty, the teardrop thing kills it for me. We should petition music Man to build us one pointy guitar with a redesigned head...the sales would redirect the concept. I can't afford to get a GOOD Jackson anymore, custom shop kicks off about 4K with no custom shit added...

[@Thisischrisrao]

I'll disregard these methods and not apply them to my playing

[@thepurplesprouts804]

Why do u watch it then

[@Thisischrisrao]

for the beard

[@roba1899]

Wit will get you everywhere ..

[@mrjudgypants]

Immolation Liquidation well that attitude won't take you anywhere

[@AlexTomasi]

nice.. go to play your ac dc things ;)

[@dis.infectant]

Mere child's play. Let Marshall Harrison show you how it's actually done.

[@anthonywhite4831]

·d i s·i n f e c t a n t· then maybe you should be on his channel learning how to play

[@HeadbangoO]

Arpeggios and scales. are. not. melody. All these are fine exercises to work dexterity, but don't confuse that with melody or you'll end up like any shredder that goes "blah" through every songs and doesn't say (play) anything memorable.

[@alesis100]

another guitar player well past his shelf life.

[@willroland9811]

Dude got Alesis for a moniker and talking bout shelf life? LMAO, I guess you oughta know...btw, when is your instructional vid gonna be featured? Album release party? Something? Quit trolling bitch, nobody made you watch it...