The "Djent" Chord!!! (Prog Metal Chord Lesson) 

@@Kevin2341 haha, honestly that’s all you really need to know

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Amen

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I think the prog heads have taken on Djent as another heavier option. Classic djent ain't Prog. I like both but not too keen on the watered down djent prog metal stuff.

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Yep, modes are their own sound!

@@mikiresa2892 you’re welcome!

You're welcome!

You’re welcome! Lots of other videos in this vain if you enjoyed this.

That’s a fair assessment haha

Thank you, and welcome! I have dozens of videos in this vein if you enjoyed this one!

@@TheProgSchool​​⁠yeah I see you’ve got a long list of videos and been at this for years. The chords in this video have already sparked a couple of ideas, I’m definitely going to be working through your other videos.

No worries, I remember tabs being confusing myself for a a while

Welcome!!

Thank you!

@@janedoe4711 😂😂

Thanks, and welcome!

I really enjoy a lot of Tesseract, especially One and their latest album. I’ve done a couple of Tesseract lessons on the channel already.

cool!! another band that is so good is IHLO they use 6 string in the track Coalesence.. an it has an ouitro as good as nocturne!!

I always think of the double perfect 5th as being the ‘Prog Rock Power Chord’, but it is super common in Djent as well. I just picked a super common chord in this genre for this lesson. If Misha said that then that’s probably more correct!

That wouldn’t surprise me at all

The mu chord doesn’t typically have the major 7 like this chord does. The mu chord is an add9 chord voiced in a specific way. They are pretty similar though

Lots of repetition and practice. It also helped me to try and use some of these chord shapes in my own music.

I did mention I was dropping to D. Although maybe I should have mentioned when I alternated between the tunings. Though that should hopefully be easy enough to figure out based on the sound.

@@TheProgSchoolIt is easy for me and you but maybe for someone who doesn’t as good of an ear it could prove to be a hinderance.

@@TheProgSchool It may be a good idea to mention that sort of thing, as the type/quality of the chord does change depending on the tuning. Plini always uses drop Db as his tuning for example, and on the onscreen tab for his section he was playing the bottom 5 strings for the chord shape. This does indeed change the chord to a Min11 chord, as the notes then become F C Ab Bb Eb. Mark Holcomb also played all 6 strings in the very first clip you had in the section showing the chord in use by various artists, and in that guitar world video you included he was tuned to drop C. In fact, most of the artists in that montage were in some sort of drop tuning, except for Aaron Marshall of Intervals, but in his clip he still used it to transition from a iii chord to the IV chord in that song as a standard Maj7 shape on the E string. Of these artists, Aaron is one of the few that plays in standard tuning as opposed to a drop tuning. There was one guy I don't recognize who was playing an Abasi in there too who may or may not have been playing standard tuning as well. That aside, the lesson is great, but the vast majority of the prog/djent artists you listed use this chord in its Min11(sometimes with the 9th if they include the high e as well) rather than its major inversion counterpart you spent the majority of the lesson on. To those reading this, its the same as if you were to play 3 5 5 5 on the D G B and E strings yields an Fmaj7 chord, but if you play 5 3 5 5 5 on the A, D, G, B, and E strings you now have a Dmin9 chord -- one note being misheard or misrepresented can change the identity of the chord completely.

@@thenoobasaurus7840 You're right that I probably should have spent more time on the m11 version of this, but I wanted to start small and add more as I went. Also not everyone will be in a dropped tuning all the time so I wanted to start with a shape that was possible in standard tuning. As far as alternate tunings go it's tough to not make it super confusing. I prefer to stick in standard for the sake of teaching as all of these concepts work no matter how far the tuning is dropped. I also don't gear my lessons towards beginners. If someone is wanting to learn a more advanced topic like this and can't tell by listening whether I'm in dropped D or standard than there are probably other things they should learn first. I really appreciate the detailed comment though, it's never my goal to purposely confuse anyone!

Allan Holdsworth used every chord haha

@@Kitty-dv3mk I don’t remember exactly. Lots of random tunes

It’s a fun chord to play!

Thanks man I like your video. I was searching for the name of that chord for a long time!

@@fredquevillon3727 glad I could help!

Glad to help! I’m not sure everyone calls it the Djent chord though, that might just be me haha

I go between standard and dropped d, but I’m mostly in standard here. I mention the tuning in the video, but I probably should have specified when I switch between them. If you have specific questions let me know!

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I’m not the biggest Djent fan, but I enjoy some of the elements it’s added into Prog. Specifically from a rhythmic perspective.

You know djent is incredibly good when it’s hated a lot by boomers