Djent Lesson 2.0 : What is djent? and the guitar techniques to play it!  

We all know that Misha from Periphery and Buster from Humanity’s Last Breath stole ALL their ideas from Meshuggah…but which alien planet did Meshuggah come from? Are the members of Meshuggah actually symbiotes that feast on the brains of humans with their ultra technical groove oriented metal? Find out the answers to all your deepest, darkest djent questions here in this video! I cover a brief history of djent and how it formed out of groove and thrash metal and is also a close cousin to NÜ METAL. Then we get into the dirty details about what exactly to do with your hands when you’re just getting into metal guitar playing. This is a long one, so use the chapters to your advantage to skip around and find the parts of the video most applicable to you. As always, if you have questions, don’t hesitate to leave a comment or ask a question. It’s officially guitar study time, so get out your notebooks and your metronomes, let’s turn science and reality on it’s head!
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Video Chapters:
00:00 INTRO: Welcome to my channel
00:40 Intro to Djent 2.0
01:50 Djent Qualifications: My Musical History
02:52 Thoughts on Djent Riggs
05:03 A Brief History of Djent
06:41 Protodjent: Groove Metal
08:15 NÜ METAL: Djent’s Close Cousin
09:27 Djent Techniques: Time to Djent it Up!
09:44 1. How to Hold the Guitar Pick
13:57 2. Palm Muting into the “Sweet Spot”
16:50 Essential Tools: POWER CHORDS
18:23 3. Playing the Different Rhythmic Subdivisions
23:10 4. Counting Rhythms
26:31 Right Hand Only Practice
27:51 The “String Stopping Exercise”
29:47 “Guitar Drums”
31:49 6. Alternate Picking
33:49 Djamming with Uncle Mike
35:56 Chugging Simple Patterns
37:28 7. Playing Simple Patterns Over the Bar Line
41:07 OUTRO: What’s Coming Up Next on My Channel?
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