Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
A 19 minute song! One I really like. It's a whole album worth of music in one song, with really pretty guitar parts, chorus harmonies, and some old-fashioned shredding. Took me a whole week to record this, worth it? You tell me... There's one part in this (the string skipping bit in unison with the keyboards) that I just couldn't get right no matter how many tried I gave it. It's close enough, no need to tell me.
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Stolen from Dream Theater Wiki:
The Count of Tuscany is the sixth and final track on Dream Theater's 10th studio album, Black Clouds & Silver Linings. It was performed as an encore on the Black Clouds & Silver Linings tour, and also in Top Of The World tour.
The lyrics are anecdotal, recalling an event on the Train of Thought tour whereby Petrucci and his guitar technician were taken to visit an Italian Count's mansion. User dci1812 of the MP.com forums posted on August 16th 2009 that he believed he had worked out the identity of the Count:
"MYSTERY SOLVED!!!
The count is: Count Sebastiano Capponi whose family is in the wine business.
Sebastiano's brother, Niccolò, the "bearded gentleman historian" of the song, was a source of information for the Thomas Harris film "Hannibal", and is mentioned in the book. He also makes an appearance in the movie as one of the panel members for Dr. Fell's (Lecter's) selection as curator of the CAPPONI Library."
– "Story behind the Count of Tuscany"
More information about Capponi can be found at http://www.music.iastate.edu/courses/471/capponi.htm
It is one of the few Dream Theater songs which have all the musical elements (progressive, metal, melodic and pop) that they are known for Timing at approximately 19 minutes, it has many different parts associated with it.
John Petrucci recorded this song using a 6-string guitar in standard tuning (E-A-D-G-B-E). Many fans describe the opening solo and its higher octaved version in the end as one the most melodic guitar solos ever written by Dream Theater.
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A 19 minute song! One I really like. It's a whole album worth of music in one song, with really pretty guitar parts, chorus harmonies, and some old-fashioned shredding. Took me a whole week to record this, worth it? You tell me... There's one part in this (the string skipping bit in unison with the keyboards) that I just couldn't get right no matter how many tried I gave it. It's close enough, no need to tell me.
#guitar
#johnPetrucci
#dreamTheater
Stolen from Dream Theater Wiki:
The Count of Tuscany is the sixth and final track on Dream Theater's 10th studio album, Black Clouds & Silver Linings. It was performed as an encore on the Black Clouds & Silver Linings tour, and also in Top Of The World tour.
The lyrics are anecdotal, recalling an event on the Train of Thought tour whereby Petrucci and his guitar technician were taken to visit an Italian Count's mansion. User dci1812 of the MP.com forums posted on August 16th 2009 that he believed he had worked out the identity of the Count:
"MYSTERY SOLVED!!!
The count is: Count Sebastiano Capponi whose family is in the wine business.
Sebastiano's brother, Niccolò, the "bearded gentleman historian" of the song, was a source of information for the Thomas Harris film "Hannibal", and is mentioned in the book. He also makes an appearance in the movie as one of the panel members for Dr. Fell's (Lecter's) selection as curator of the CAPPONI Library."
– "Story behind the Count of Tuscany"
More information about Capponi can be found at http://www.music.iastate.edu/courses/471/capponi.htm
It is one of the few Dream Theater songs which have all the musical elements (progressive, metal, melodic and pop) that they are known for Timing at approximately 19 minutes, it has many different parts associated with it.
John Petrucci recorded this song using a 6-string guitar in standard tuning (E-A-D-G-B-E). Many fans describe the opening solo and its higher octaved version in the end as one the most melodic guitar solos ever written by Dream Theater.
patreon.com/joeobrown
