In the Style of John Petrucci

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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal

Excerpt: Hey guys, I've been on a classic John Petrucci kick lately so I decided to piece together a solo which captures the essence of Mr. Petrucci as best as possible. The solo is comprised of two sections, the first covering his blues-esque Steve Morse influence, and the second covering some of his darker sounding harmonic minor ground. There are plenty of licks ...

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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal

Excerpt: This first 16 bars of the solo move in and out of the blues scale; from a natural Bm scale to F# dorian. Based mostly around simple pentatonic positions and "box" scales, it portrays Petrucci's ability to take elements of blues/classic rock and combine it with a more technical shred approach to produce a sound quite distinct to John. Be aware of pick stroke...

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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal

Excerpt: The second half of the solo, as mentioned in the introductory video, contains more linear and minor sounding licks. It opens with some tricky scale fragments that should be treated "loosely" as opposed to being locked in completely to the 16th note notation it's written as. Listen to the original track and try to demonstrate the same "floating" feel. The sol...

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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal

Excerpt: Here is the backing track at full tempo. If you need to start slower, go to the next page to practice along with the 150bpm version. Enjoy and practice hard!

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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal

Excerpt: Here is the backing track slowed down to 150bpm. It includes rhythm guitars along with a metronome. Have fun!

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