In this next video guitar lesson of our “Lick Of The Week” series, we will learn a cool guitar lick in the style of John Petrucci, the legendary guitarist of the prog-rock band Dream Theater.

John Petrucci’s soloing style incorporates many different elements. One element he seems to always go back to is his love of throwing chromatic lines within his solos.

This kind of a guitar lick can really create a lot of tension when used properly within a solo. It creates a sense of total chaos.

The key to learning this guitar lick and incorporating it into your playing is to understand how it can be understood as a bunch of smaller repeating elements. Most very complicated licks can be understood this way in some shape or form.

If you watch the whole video guitar lesson you should easily be able to create similar chromatic lines yourself.

To learn more about the gear I used in this video just click a link below.

Line 6 POD HD 500 Guitar Processor | Fender Eric Johnson Stratocaster® Electric Guitar

DiMarzio Fast Track 2 Pickup | DiMarzio DP188 Pro Track Pickup

DiMarzio DP184 Chopper Pickup | D’Addario EXL110 Electric Guitar Strings

Jim Dunlop Ultex Jazz III Picks | Monster M ROCK-12 1/4″ Instrument Cable
Download the FREE TAB PDF for this lesson below.

John Petrucci Style Chromatic Scales TAB PDF

Hope you have fun with this one. After you get the patterns down it also makes a great alternate picking exercise.

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John Petrucci Style Chromatic Scales “Lick Of The Week”