Dream Theater's John Petrucci and Trivium's Matt Heafy on right hand technique
Dream Theater's John Petrucci and Trivium's Matt Heafy recently sat down with Roadrunner Records to discuss guitar technique.
In this clip, right hand picking is the subject of discussion, with Petrucci demonstrating some great performance and practice tips in a A-list guitar lesson! Check it out and improve your playing today.
Also check outJohn Petrucci and Matt Heafy talking sweep picking via our friends at Total Guitar.
John Petrucci and Matt Heafy talk sweep picking
Dream Theater's A Dramatic Turn Of Events and Trivium's In Waves are out now. Special thanks to Roadrunner UK.
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