John Myung
'A Nightmare... for the Fingers' has been written to illustrate all of the challenges typically encountered when tackling the parts John Myung has recorded with Dream Theater. These include upper register melodies, hard-hitting unison riffs, arpeggiated lines, and time signature and tempo changes. In addition to all of that, this track also includes a blisteringly fast, distorted bass solo...
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This course contains the following videos, each of which can be selected from the video player above:
1. 'A Nightmare... for the Fingers' Play-Through
This video is a full demonstration of 'A Nightmare... for the Fingers', performed on a Music Man Bongo bass.
2. Course Overview
This video gives a brief overview of the course.
3. A Section
In this video you'll learn how to play the A section, which is bars 1-8.
4. B Section
In this video you'll learn how to play the B section, which is bars 9-16.
5. C Section
In this video you'll learn how to play the C section, which is bars 17-32.
6. D Section
In this video you'll learn how to play the D section, which is bars 33-41.
7. E Section
In this video you'll learn how to play the E section, which is bars 42-50.
8. F Section
In this video you'll learn how to play the F section, which is bars 51-67.
9. G Section
In this video you'll learn how to play the G section, which is bars 68-92.
10. H Section
In this video you'll learn how to play the H section, which is bars 93-112.
11. Tone
This lesson covers John Myung's tone and offers advice on how you can achieve something similar.
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