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

[@Kevin2341]

This guy talking about chords and I'm like "ah yes, I know some of these numbers and letters"

[@TheProgSchool]

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

[@turian1moose]

Djent is probably the best thing to ever happen to prog metal.

[@TheProgSchool]

😆😆

[@staatsanwaltschaftemskirch4709]

Amen

[@progfox]

worst*

[@Reakerboy]

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.

[@Ike_AW]

"worst*"​, said the zoophile @@progfox

[@modernmetal89]

Thank you so much. I really wanted to know the music style I wanted, but thanks to the algorithm, I enjoyed it.

[@TheProgSchool]

You're welcome!

[@SamBrockmann]

I really enjoyed you properly defining the modal context. So many people, when referring to modes, act like a mode is just another scale or another key. No, modes are modes. They're their own thing. And you treated modes that way. :)

[@TheProgSchool]

Yep, modes are their own sound!

[@Scafidi616]

Dude your content was on spot, I've been searching for stuff like this for months! Thanks for this wonderful knowledge

[@TheProgSchool]

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

[@travislee9662]

Wow really glad this popped up in my feed, this video alone is a veritable masterclass…subscribed!

[@TheProgSchool]

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

[@travislee9662]

@@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.

[@jellytroid]

Great video! I always thought of this as a “pretend to be Allan holdsworth” chord.

[@TheProgSchool]

That’s a fair assessment haha

[@creepymcpeepers]

Found a kool new channel today 😊

[@TheProgSchool]

Welcome!!

[@grahamlong5969]

Love your channel and learning new stuff. I'm looking forward to getting into more of your videos. You were right about the way tabs were written, don't know what I was thinking in my precious comment. Sorry about that

[@TheProgSchool]

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

[@mikiresa2892]

Thx man

[@TheProgSchool]

@@mikiresa2892 you’re welcome!

[@Jimmy.Williams]

Nice job, very articulate with the explanations, but in a very digestible manner.

[@TheProgSchool]

Thank you!

[@leigor6020]

1:45 I think I heard that chord from an Erra song

[@TheProgSchool]

That wouldn’t surprise me at all

[@dek86s]

Nice lesson!! what do you think of tesseract? and the one note picking (like the outro of nocturne)... that acle is well know for!!

[@TheProgSchool]

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.

[@dek86s]

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!!

[@janedoe4711]

Djent is probably the thing to happen to prog metal.

[@TheProgSchool]

@@janedoe4711 😂😂

[@Justin-ax]

Just subbed I like the channel

[@TheProgSchool]

Thanks, and welcome!

[@thepagesaretorn]

Great vid! One note: I didn't catch immediately when you dropped D and when you went standard, so I got so confused when you said Dm11 with an open 6th string. Maybe I missed it? After looking at the standard notation, I kept aware for later when you were talking about the Ebmaj9/G

[@TheProgSchool]

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.

[@josku5]

@@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.

[@thenoobasaurus7840]

@@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.

[@TheProgSchool]

@@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!

[@ryanellis02]

This is sometimes called the mu chord popularized by Steely Dan

[@TheProgSchool]

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

[@dngrouscrgo]

Double perfect fifth is “the” djent chord not this one. In fact the word djent was invented as an onomatopoeia of the sound of the double perfect fifth Source: Herman Li’s interview with Misha Mansoor on the origin of djent

[@TheProgSchool]

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!

[@Yoursoulismine814]

How do you memorize all those chord shapes? I always have to sit down and write out chord progressions and look up how to play them.

[@TheProgSchool]

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

[@fredquevillon3727]

For like 18 years I barely played in drop D or else. I played standard tuned 7 string alot. 6 years ago I discovered the djent chord and now I play 6 string drop D,C#,C…way more than before.

[@TheProgSchool]

It’s a fun chord to play!

[@fredquevillon3727]

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

[@TheProgSchool]

@@fredquevillon3727 glad I could help!

[@MrOscyn]

Allan Holldsword used that chord.

[@TheProgSchool]

Allan Holdsworth used every chord haha

[@Kitty-dv3mk]

What songs are the demo clips at the start from

[@TheProgSchool]

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

[@4004karp]

is it just "dJazz metal" chords?

[@TheProgSchool]

@@4004karp basically

[@rambache]

Maybe i missed it in the video but what is the tuning he is using?

[@TheProgSchool]

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!

[@JacobGorban]

Oh my, I discovered this chord and progression by chance (by ear) a couple of years ago, which eventually led to this mixed fusionish/prog metal song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fILVZGSria-Bm6M I never quite knew how to articulate what the name of the chord is (well, not #5, for sure), or I've forgotten since then. So, to have this theoretic foundation from the lesson and learning that's actually called a "djent chord" is a welcome revelation.

[@TheProgSchool]

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

[@user-jh7ki9sn5h]

Beautiful chord... I fuckin hate it

[@TheProgSchool]

@@user-jh7ki9sn5h 🤣🤣

[@ethanperrodin6012]

Can anyone recommend me a video for guitar music theory that you don’t already have to work at NASA to understand?

[@TheProgSchool]

@@ethanperrodin6012 there are some channels out there that do a good job with the basics. Signals music is one I often recommend. This channel is definitely not geared towards beginning music theory, but I appreciate you watching anyway!

[@Sphereal]

Djent is probably the worst thing to ever happen to prog metal.

[@TheProgSchool]

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

[@eliteleaf5305]

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