The Iconic Keys Behind “The Dance of Eternity” by Dream Theater 🔥 (Jordan Rudess Breakdown)

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Join Jordan Rudess as he unveils the secrets of "The Dance Of Eternity" by Dream Theater!🔥 Discover the GENIUS behind how this progressive metal masterpiece packs with over 128 time signature changes in just 6 minutes! From lightning-fast runs to mesmerizing melodies, dive into the brilliance of this prog-metal masterpiece with Rudess himself. Don't miss out on the exclusive breakdown of one of the MOST difficult and iconic pieces in the prog-metal scene!
🔥 Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:22 The Beginning of "The Dance Of Eternity"
3:32 The Iconic Ragtime Solo
5:08 The Piano/Guitar Solo
5:56 How Does Jordan Rudess Play Through The Tough Parts? - Breathing is important!
6:42 The Unison/3rds Section
7:50 The Weird Section
9:08 The Unison/Time Signature Section
9:52 The Outro
10:45 "The Dance Of Eternity" Transcription
10:56 Jordan’s Performance of "The Dance Of Eternity"
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@PianoteOfficial 2 ай бұрын

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@yggdrasx 4 ай бұрын

Cant wait for James LaBrie to break this down too

@PianoteOfficial 4 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@otacon04psn 4 ай бұрын

Tamburine solo tab

@billwell9266 4 ай бұрын

my favorite LaBrie work

@ayyubadompo6416 4 ай бұрын

😂

@genildojunior 4 ай бұрын

Best Labrie performance

@bvq330 4 ай бұрын

We got Mike on Drumeo breaking it down, and now Jordan? This is amazing!

@renaudharrystelolahy3725 4 ай бұрын

What a time to be alive 😁

@bvq330 4 ай бұрын

@@renaudharrystelolahy3725 Indeed

@PianoteOfficial 4 ай бұрын

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@asimijaz23 4 ай бұрын

Where do we get to see John Petrucci

@laaaliiiluuu 4 ай бұрын

@@asimijaz23And John Myung but he never speaks so never mind 😂

@nuggnugg8464 4 ай бұрын

Love the fact that Jordan refers to John Petrucci as "The Guitar Player"

@sixmillionaccountssilenced6721 4 ай бұрын

Jordan also refered to Ron Thal as a guitar God. :DD Btw, try Thal's ending solo on Jordan's side project Tarkus. One of the craziest prog guitar solos ever.

@uraniumcranium2613 4 ай бұрын

@@sixmillionaccountssilenced6721 Ive Got The Runs Real Bad by the other Ron (Jarzombek) is one of my faves. Its more fusion but Brett Garsed/Shawn Lane solos on Hey T Bone is hard to top for me. Love me some Holdsworth too.

@kevinmaurer3562 4 ай бұрын

I mean he’s not wrong

@mrgrubbage519 4 ай бұрын

He's talking to keyboard players. They don't know who tf Petrucci is.

@jessep8281 4 ай бұрын

@@mrgrubbage519 *gasps*

@JorgeCanela 4 ай бұрын

I would like to point out the intelligence behind his arrangement of the keyboard parts, when it comes to polyphony and pitch range. He is playing in a very dense mix, lots of drums and guitars, so he he is very careful not to use too many voices simultaneously and choose which region he is playing in, to avoid frequency conflicts with the other instruments. Not doing this leads to problematic mixes and intelligibility issues (not being able to understand the instrument parts easily). He is truly a master. Now we need John Petrucci and John Myung explaining their own parts too...

@dpclerks09 4 ай бұрын

Well said.

@lupash 4 ай бұрын

oh yeah if you're a keyboard player you have to face phase cancellation issues daily while playing live specially, and if you're not aware of that, it's gonna be a mess at any stage. Even though we have to say for professional musicians with high end instruments and tools, it's gonna be way easier, specially if they have a good sound engineer with them all the time, and that's the main point of your post by the way, which is a theme way often underlooked.

@aloysfudanshi 4 ай бұрын

you'd have to get J.Myung to speak, impossible !

@jeremythornton433 4 ай бұрын

I'd really love to check out a video of his sound design. His programs are wonderful. He has just the most amazing sounds.

@MuhammadAli-vp7qt 4 ай бұрын

John myung perhaps never will explain and breakdown his bass parts, the guy is to quiet and shy to do so.

@julessimon7665 4 ай бұрын

This guy is 67 years old. It's so crazy. Coordination, memory everything are impeccable. Mangini and Rudess please share your secrets. Both are older than 60 and still vigorous like a young boys.

@drury2d8 4 ай бұрын

Hours of playing instruments daily since they were kids. At that age average kids are still playing with their boogers.

@DavidOakesMusic 4 ай бұрын

It's all about being as relaxed and loose as possible. Especially with drumming. If you grip the sticks - you can't play fast efficiently.

@clarenceoveur9497 4 ай бұрын

You can tell age is finally starting to catch up, his playing here is not as clean and effortless as once was, BUT, still a solid 9/10 performance, especially considering 6 decades of intense shredding lol That's called technique and taking care of your body!

@MrLieka 4 ай бұрын

They practiced A LOT, in a video they were saying they basically had no social life since the band started, no party or time out every week-end, constant work, focus and improvement

@bassbuffricky 4 ай бұрын

@@DavidOakesMusic So true! Same goes for the bass guitar parts. Tense up and you lose it...

@flaflu82 4 ай бұрын

"A measure of seven to confuse the listener and, you know, make it progressive"

@bilbomcbaggins 4 ай бұрын

Prog metal summed up in a sentence

@bassbuffricky 4 ай бұрын

That sneaky measure of 7/8 is actually one of the easier parts. Once you feel it, you can't unfeel it, lol

@garylayton5719 4 ай бұрын

What’s funny is that’s the part that stumped several of the drummers when they auditioned for the band back in 2011. 😂😂

@BrunodeSouzaLino 4 ай бұрын

Once you're used to hearing the sound of 7/8 (which everyone always accents 4+3), you can easily spot when someone is playing in that signature.

@Kumquat_Lord 4 ай бұрын

I remember seeing mike portnoy's cheat sheet and they called that section the "rush cadence" which is absolutely perfect

@graggogabarchavov Ай бұрын

As difficult as Dance of Eternity is to play on the instruments, it's actually widely considered one of the easiest Dream Theater songs to sing.

@risiblecomestible3319 Күн бұрын

James LaBrie's best performance for them!

@Scherzo-mk4ih 4 ай бұрын

It’s ridiculous how this song is top tier for all 4 instruments… And they even play it waay faster live because they get carried away

@jacobthatcher385 4 ай бұрын

It's what makes it a truly amazing song!

@147pablox 4 ай бұрын

Only with Portnoy. He is the one who gets carried away

@DanielVerberne 4 ай бұрын

I don't think they play it much faster to be honest, at least from all the live versions I've heard. However, you're right that a bit of extra live energy does boost the tempo a bit.

@AustinBlairDrums 4 ай бұрын

It's funny when he was going through the parts in the first half of the video you'll notice that he kept playing them faster than the recording LOL

@UnclePhil1112 4 ай бұрын

Not to mention the pure level of focus, stamina and adrenaline they all need, to perform a song that has over 108 time signature changes.

@martinkrajc472 4 ай бұрын

I am not musician, so the name of the chapter ,,the weird section" describes 90% of their discography, but I love them. The best band ever.

@bidibum 4 ай бұрын

Very relatable 😄

@Vourligan2 4 ай бұрын

Could also be the Super Mario section.

@seangardner4968 4 ай бұрын

Jordan Rudess Breaks Down "Stream of Consciousness" please! Thanks for this!!

@gusata 4 ай бұрын

please

@hudsonmedeiros1152 4 ай бұрын

That would be awesome

@gabrielbraga98 4 ай бұрын

Yes!

@gabrielbraga98 4 ай бұрын

I would also love a Breaks down by John Petrucci from stream of consciousness. one of my favorite instrumentals

@aakashmondal789 4 ай бұрын

yessss

@mrnobody1231 4 ай бұрын

The intro of "One Last Time" always plays in my head whenever "The Dance Of Eternity" Ends

@scorpiusbalthazar4327 4 ай бұрын

I love the One Last Time reprise in Finally Free.

@weefek 3 ай бұрын

Same.

@themaun 3 ай бұрын

I cannot listen to the songs separately. One Last Time was the first song I heard from DT by accident (I was looking for a song with the same name) and until today is one of my favourite songs from them.

@Swedish_Drummer 2 ай бұрын

@@scorpiusbalthazar4327Ooh, that's just mesmerising! And right before the brutal ending of the song and the story, I love it. ❤️

@diegosolis9681 4 ай бұрын

5:39 Gotta love how he tried to show an example of something sounding horrible and still made it sound decent. I love this guy.

@Starkiller5121 3 ай бұрын

I like to think he is at such a high level of musicality, that he just accidentally creates good sounding passages when he's trying to mess up.

@saahassarithabala2630 2 ай бұрын

Was actually searching for this comment!

@RandyLott 4 ай бұрын

Not only is Jordan a masterful technician, his sound design and arrangement skills are incredible. This is not normal!

@ryan8608 4 ай бұрын

His hands are insanely fast! It doesn’t even look humanly possible at times.

@PianoteOfficial 4 ай бұрын

I know! He's incredibly fast🔥

@opethvarium418 4 ай бұрын

Love Jordan! Such a classy guy and he's just so talented!! Blows my mind every time

@abbyzahir8215 4 ай бұрын

This dude had Usain bolt leg on his finger 😂.. that's why

@estudiotamboril6025 Ай бұрын

So fast for a human eyes

@ytsejam7 4 ай бұрын

4:52 Juilliard! Of course! Genius!

@dvortex668 4 ай бұрын

the best metal keyboardist ever!

@Doug.Helvering 4 ай бұрын

Wonderful video. Awesome playing Jordan!

@pauloppold3468 4 ай бұрын

Glad you saw this! Right up your alley!

@joelzaloummusic 4 ай бұрын

It’s the daily Doug!

@KeRaySh 3 ай бұрын

If you told me this song was playing during the final boss fight of a JRPG from the early 90s I wouldn't doubt it for a second.

@jeremybourque7482 4 ай бұрын

Whats super cool is how humble he is. One of the best on the planet at what he does but still feels like he needs to prove himself and show off to his new band mates. Anyone can relate to those security feelings. He could be arrogant and back it all up but he chooses to be confident, sure of his abilities, but humble.

@silverqumera 4 ай бұрын

I have mixed feelings about this. Man cant stop raising Juilliard or Perfect Pitch every 5 minutes. Like we get it man, all of us know you went there and have that ability, no need to raising that every damn second

@sickofyou4408 4 ай бұрын

@@silverqumera he mentions juliard like one time in this vid 😂 don't be bitter

@somethingofascientistmyself 4 ай бұрын

The guitarist he’s referring to must be sick at playing!

@SheetFiber 4 ай бұрын

lol

@muhammadfirdaus2290 4 ай бұрын

Yeah. I think the guitarist should join a band

@Liverpool-axeman 4 ай бұрын

If you don’t know who John petrucci is you have been in a musical cupboard your whole life.

@shmoese Ай бұрын

@@Liverpool-axemanHe was joking

@cinnamonrollypoly Ай бұрын

@@Liverpool-axemanlol, there's always one person that doesn't get the joke.

@StefanoBorini 2 ай бұрын

That ragtime is pure genius. It propels you in a different time and musical dimension. It's fantastic.

@adrowd40 4 ай бұрын

I'm really proud to be friend of this Legend!! Great play Jordan!!!!

@nikospantelis6492 4 ай бұрын

The ragtime solo sure is a funny break from all the craziness before and after, but it also fits with the 1928 which is the year the concept takes place. I always thought about it this way and i don't know why no one from the band never mentioned this.

@DanielVerberne 4 ай бұрын

Hey, I'd never picked up on that aspect either. I doubt Jordan had that in mind, but the fact that it fits and you pointed it out is the very essence of Dream Theater fandom! As a group, we DO tend to like picking out the tidbits, the little details and sometimes those details ARE most definitely intended that way! (Octavarium of course is full of little tidbits)

@michaelcumming2097 4 ай бұрын

I always thought that was the whole point of the solo. It never occurred to me that he just did it for a laugh.

@FitzMastaflex 4 ай бұрын

Soo many amazing parts to this epic tune but that transition into ragtime and back out always has me in awe.

@bassimprovjams3772 4 ай бұрын

Never clicked on a video so fast! I couldn’t imagine this song without the ragtime section it fit so well with the 1920s theme and the black and white I remember the day scenes came out and I heard Dance my jaw was dropped then Myungs bass solo!

@capyxx04 4 ай бұрын

Most of you might already know "The Dance of Eternity" is from the album "Metrospolis Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory", and that this is a concept album. If you like the song but have never listened to the whole album from start to finish, I sugest you do. It's a great listening experience, I just love it.

@kronedog 4 ай бұрын

I second this. It’s a fantastic listen.

@Aramatheis 4 ай бұрын

Thirded. Probably my favourite DT album as a whole

@nicholasvinen 4 ай бұрын

Fourthed. And my with my name, it was especially weird listening to it the first few times (if you've heard it, you'll know why).

@wormangel 4 ай бұрын

There's no other way of listening to it other than from start to finish, in my humble opinion. Masterpiece!

@uraniumcranium2613 4 ай бұрын

I love it, this is the sort of basic stuff that got me into crazier stuff like Ron Jarzombek. If you havent heard it, this song is a good primer for Solitarily Speaking Of Theoretical Confinement. If JP is the grand daddy of tech prog, RJ is the mad evil genius.

@UPIL.INDONESIA 4 ай бұрын

other bands: "let's make an easy listening songs!" Dream Theater: 10:06 "let's confuse the listener!"

@pricediver 4 ай бұрын

Jordan is just OUT OF THIS WORLD. He is probably an alien

@TheCyberMantis 4 ай бұрын

Nope. He's a wizard.

@erikofc.9547 4 ай бұрын

It would be super nice if they make John Myung breaks down the bass part of this majestic song.. Who's with me?

@AtomizedSound 4 ай бұрын

Yes!

@Mattseak 4 ай бұрын

Me!

@bassbuffricky 4 ай бұрын

Moi. 🙂 Although I have already figured out a lot by myself...

@jeremythornton433 4 ай бұрын

Count me in too!

@pedrovianna2917 4 ай бұрын

We need to ask Scott Bass lessons for it! That would be awesome!

@captainzeppos 4 ай бұрын

"...to just confuse the listener and make it progressive". This is the coolest thing I've heard from a progressive musician in all my years.

@DanielSell 4 ай бұрын

Rudess is in my opinion the GOAT keyboard player in prog rock, PERIOD. They dude is simply impecable, his brilliance goes beyond bounderies and he's a great inspiration. Thanks Pianote for the video.

@jeffreyscott4997 4 ай бұрын

Keith Emerson is the GOAT. Rudess is the Worthy Successor.😊

@redwinedrummer 4 ай бұрын

Drumeo has Mike, and Pianote now has Jordan. Let's get them all!

@GillBoldberg 4 ай бұрын

The insane playing is one thing but the fact he’s usually reading music and changing sounds at a rapid pace is something people forget about.

@elyssa.c90 4 ай бұрын

No matter how many times I listen to this song, it just never gets boring.

@canman87 4 ай бұрын

Jordan truly stands in a class of his own. I've heard great covers of this song across all the instruments, but covering it and being a part of creating it and playing it on stage in front of thousands are very different things. One of the best keyboardists/pianists of our time, if not of all time.

@SwedeOfEnbound 4 ай бұрын

When I listen to the entire album, which is my #1, my soul feels whole. And I do it rarely because that is a feeling I do *not* want to dilute.

@KsatriaBatangHitam-dq4tg 4 ай бұрын

my first DT album. #1 album in my heart. 🔥🔥🔥

@SwedeOfEnbound 4 ай бұрын

Go get a real job.

@yojimbo301 3 ай бұрын

Now get John Petrucci on Guitareo and John Myung on Basseo to complete the arrangement. Please! (edited: found out Basseo isn't a thing.)

@nicholasvinen Ай бұрын

Why isn't it a thing, though?

@user-go5tx3qg2j Ай бұрын

Lol

@ronchiles399 4 ай бұрын

This would make a great piano study in place of any repertoire.

@PianoteOfficial 4 ай бұрын

100% agree.You need solid piano/keyboard technique to play something like this!🔥

@wingcap1448 4 ай бұрын

Maybe for rhythm, but technically any Chopin or Liszt etude is much more difficult. Most classical musicians would probably struggle to get it really rhythmically precise to be together with the the drums, but in terms of technical difficulty this is nothing compared to classical repertoire.

@gabrielwalker4411 3 ай бұрын

@@wingcap1448No it isn’t nothing This and The Chopin and stuff are both hard Some maybe be harder then this for different reasons but it still is Extremely hard!!!

@wingcap1448 3 ай бұрын

@@gabrielwalker4411 It‘s not nothing, mainly because of its rhythmical complexity and required precision. In classical music normally you don‘t have to be that mathematically exact. But in terms of sheer technical difficulty, sorry but it just doesn‘t seem that challenging. One hand rarely has to play more than 1 voice, and there is close to no polyphony except a baseline going on at the same time. No tricky jumps, no awkward hand positions required for anything. Tempo not that fast. The only technically somewhat challenging parts are the octaves during the ragtime solo and the thirds around the 15 minute mark, but the latter also shouldn‘t be that hard at that tempo. Arpeggios and scales don‘t count as difficult unless they are extremely unusual or awkward for some reason, those are standard for any professional pianist/keyboardist.

@gabrielwalker4411 3 ай бұрын

@@wingcap1448 Yeah I’d Agree with ya I’m sorry if I seemed a little rude. Jordan has told me also some of the toughest stuff he’s played is some of the Chopin and List etudes

@matteo6763 4 ай бұрын

Mega Yippee. Long live to the king of prog. rock keyboard players of the last decades!! And not only, great solo albums maaaaan, very inspired 🤩

@LukeSky0 4 ай бұрын

Jordan Rudess hears "The Dance Of Eternity" for the first time... 😁😁😁

@el.teacher.del.liceo01 4 ай бұрын

What is really great about Jordan is when he is enjoying some piece of music he smiles so hard that it seems he has to laugh. Love it.

@dwaterson21 4 ай бұрын

The fact that he's practicing how he's going to BREATHE during sections of this song shows that he is among the best to ever play a keyboard. Pure musicality.

@theminiscript6595 4 ай бұрын

Jordan Rudess is a musical and technical freak 🔥🔥🔥

@Boxxkarr 28 күн бұрын

This dudes keyboard skills are the best I've ever seen! He can octave jump, pitch bend, add and subtract effects all on the fly, while just crushing amazing riffs, and making it all look easy!!

@thyagolea0 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for all Rudess!!! You are amazing!!!

@afronprime51 4 ай бұрын

I hear ELP, YES, RUSH and KANSAS. All on show off mode. I love it, total prog rock homage.

@OddVenture7 4 ай бұрын

WOWOWWOOWOWWOOWOW!!!!! This is AMAZING.... THANK YOU FOR THIS PIANOTE TEAM!!!!❤❤❤

@jjptech 4 ай бұрын

Something that I love I when I see this absolute masters, struggling a little bit to get to the parts done. There is when you remember that they are humans too. You see he making a REAAALLY strong effort to make the song clean, focusing, remembering, singing the parts. He is in Maximum Effort Mode

@vosoryan 4 ай бұрын

Not only is this perfect final boss music, but its also the final boss OF music itself

@ModelMike5150 4 ай бұрын

Saw them in Houston 1992, and they quickly became my overall favorite band at age 21. SFAM is by far one of the best Prog Albums ever! I’m still blown away 24 years later watching this! Many new Dream Theater and side projects of each of the members thanks to this channel.

@sk8xnick 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for that video! Honky-tonk solo was the one that hooked me up when I first heard that song 17 years ago. And all the time I was waiting for that video!

@DeepMindMeditation 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing and making this video. Love Jordan Rudess' knowledge, music, personality and mastery. Great videos!

@TorSkywalker 4 ай бұрын

Love the videos with Jordan Rudess!

@rick9943 4 ай бұрын

As a kid I played piano for several years before hearing this song but I never wanted to practice until I heard this. This just made me want to play constantly all of a sudden.

@emanuelgabbay180 4 ай бұрын

Incredible! Thank you for this video!

@davidbalan6571 4 ай бұрын

Jordan Rudess ( born Jordan Charles Rudes ; November, 4 1956 is an American keyboardist, composer and Software developer best known as a member of the progresive metal band Dream Theater and the progressive metal supergroup Liquid Tension Experiment.

@Dedos_JH 4 ай бұрын

The "WEIRD" Section .... u mean the whole song ?

@deadwood21plus 4 ай бұрын

67 years old, keyboardist of one of the best metal band, featuring in many project, doing music software, and strandberg guitar artist. Legend.

@PianoteOfficial 4 ай бұрын

🧙‍♂⚡

@cilibrasi1040 4 ай бұрын

Witness an absolute master at his craft!! I am so grateful to be alive at a time where I have had several opportunities to see DT, and LTE perform live. Thank you Jordan for all you create and put out into the world for others to experience. Forever grateful.

@michaelbeeministries2020 4 ай бұрын

WOWW!!! That is incredible!! Every instrument is outstanding! Thank you for sharing! 🔥🔥🔥👏👏👏🌞👍

@obengbunga666 4 ай бұрын

I’m sorry to say this. But… Dude….. HOLY S***!!!! Such a monster behind the keyboard!

@sucersdungeon 4 ай бұрын

I must have watched multiple Jordan's breakdown of this song already at this point, and I never get bored :D

@petrucci973 4 ай бұрын

A human being really gotta be in a certain musical headspace to understand and love dream theater. My forever favourite band.

@Neydayofficial 4 ай бұрын

Dayum, this is awesome 🔥 We need more Jordan Rudess 😎

@PlayPtsr 4 ай бұрын

Long time ago, I listened to this song by accidents and now I'm a big fan of Dream Theater and this song is the best song I've ever listened and played 🎹🎸🤘🥁

@metatron333ascension 4 ай бұрын

It's the first time for me listening to the song while focusing on the keyboard parts. Usually as a fan you are listening to the song as a whole and not necessarily each individual parts. what i noticed is not only the complexity of the song but how many times he changes the sounds during the song. there were at least 4 different sounds he changed frequently during the song. also didnt notice (until now) in a couple spots where he was doubling the guitar part. Noticing how jordan is complimenting the other players as well was kind of fascinating.

@tripleg9181 4 ай бұрын

dude it's a gift to mankind. this video came to me in a moment of a lack of creativity and motivation, and i'm a guitarist and i don't dig this kind of stuff anymore. thanks magician, you saved another soul with your talent.

@theemoghost 4 ай бұрын

Lovely. Beautiful. Still impresses me after listening to it countless times for so many years

@Vampyre_Media 4 ай бұрын

Jordan (amd all of DT are just incredible Musicians). One of my favorite Metal bands.

@sazidhasankhan9144 4 ай бұрын

I needed to see Lisa's live reaction to this :(

@doubletee9000 4 ай бұрын

Same!

@Djcimofficial 4 ай бұрын

Absolute legend! Had the honor of meeting him a few times after some DT shows. Such a genuine person.

@lucacurti1948 4 ай бұрын

Thank you Jordan that was really cool. I saw you in italy in Firenze during the scenes from a memory tour in 1999 and also in Milano for the anniversary tour in 2020 just before the corona lockdown, just to remember my favourites. Thank you for the great work and please always add more piano sections during DT songs. Best regards, Luca

@juanaponte9360 4 ай бұрын

If Portnoy already did this on drums, and Jordan on keyboards, we need Petrucci on guitar and Myung on bass.

@edmiddlebrooks1696 4 ай бұрын

the only thing this is missing is the reaction to the full performance from the booth. In the other videos those were my favorite parts. Jordan is a lunatic of a keyboardist, an absolute genius on another level. He's a nightmare to every other keys player. Sets the bar on a whole other level... then he breaks it down and makes it look possible... until you try it for yourself.

@progfoxmusic 4 ай бұрын

Yeah I don't really care about what the randoms in the booth think of it, would ruin the nature of the video

@elenilsonfialho3113 3 ай бұрын

Fabulous, The incredible thing I think about this musician is his simplicity and humility for being such a brilliant instrumentalist and at the same time such a gentleman in his way of being as a person! congratulations Mr Jordan Rudess.

@renanlisboa123 4 ай бұрын

What a joy to watch this. I remember when I first listened to this, it blew my mind. God bless you Jordan 🙌

@Telepuzique 4 ай бұрын

10:03 "and of course there we have a measure of seven because we kind of added a couple of notes to just uh, confuse the listener and make it progressive." :)

@garylayton5719 4 ай бұрын

Now let’s see who at Pianote can play it. I smell a challenge. 😬 I absolutely love the ragtime section of this song. So much fun.

@Gorbyrev 4 ай бұрын

Wow, that was like the ELP version of Dance of Eternity. I've been listening to that track for years yet there were subtleties in there I had not picked up. Beautiful work everyone and thank God for Mr Rudess!

@ronniefranco512 4 ай бұрын

Try watching this and Mike Portnoy's break down on Drumeo simultaneously on a separate window. It's an experience.

@amaranth3901 2 ай бұрын

This song was actually harder to write for John Myung because he had to write lyrics too.

@findmeinthecarpet Ай бұрын

Good point!

@DarthRider 4 ай бұрын

This song is gold, period ! :) I'm an electric guitar guy but the quality of the keyboard writing is out of this world, I have so much respect for Jordan

@DarthMuse 4 ай бұрын

Jordan is a monster of a keyboard player. I don't think people understand how difficult it is to come up with this sort of stuff.

@theeardrafter 4 ай бұрын

Jordan what a pianist !!! Love him and the Gutarist John Petrucci From my hometown Long Island..... Wonderful wonderful talents. God is good

@leonardoxrodriguez 4 ай бұрын

Cool! Nice challenge... Sounds amazing!

@andriyko1604 4 ай бұрын

When we listen to this song, it sounds energetic, dynamic, diverse,super-cool, melodic, unpredictable - full of unusual turns and twists, and more. When the song is broken down, we find it bizarre and not easy (for us) to put it back together. This is why we could note make up anything like this, yet we love listen to it again and again.

@LocrianDorian 4 ай бұрын

I remember it took me about a full year to really learn this song on guitar, and it's probably the most progress I've ever had on the instrument in a single calendar year. Years later, I decided to also learn the keys parts, but at least to me they are even harder than the guitar parts, and I am nowhere near as good on piano as I am on guitar. Oh well, one day!

@paramourcat 4 ай бұрын

it's cool to hear some of his impressions of joining the band and what he was trying to do at the time. he's been in the band so long now that you just think of him as one of the guys and don't often hear these kinds of things.

@MournfulMystic 4 ай бұрын

So cool to see 2 of my worlds meet..prog metal & pianote. Been a DT fan for 30 yrs

@levi5073 4 ай бұрын

Love these videos. x

@HumbertoMoura 4 ай бұрын

This guy is a legend! Much respect for him.

@PianoteOfficial 4 ай бұрын

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@paulusangreedvra5416 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Pianote for show us The Wizard playing the most hardest DT's song. Really amazing 🔥🔥🔥

@mazterford 4 ай бұрын

I really,really enjoyed this episode,Jordan is the GOAT!!!

@jamesford1426 4 ай бұрын

This is exactly what I've been wanting to see since the first time I heard the song I don't know 15 years ago I don't know this is phenomenal and thank you

@saiteasailo668 4 ай бұрын

The best keyboardist in the world

@luisdorigon334 4 ай бұрын

If he says something is "really difficult", what he is really trying to say is "impossible for humans"

@DanielVerberne 4 ай бұрын

While I love Jordan's contributions in Dream Theater, it's in his solo work that you truly see him shine. I implore all listeners to seek out one of Jordan's compositions called "Interstices". A joy to behold.