Writing Prog Metal Djent with Lydian Dominant [COMPOSITION LESSON]

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    Table of Contents:
    00:00 Intro
    01:18 Lydian Dominant
    02:09 Writing With Lydian Dominant
    04:14 Indjencting The Djent
    08:37 Wrapping Up

Комментарии • 342

  • @SignalsMusicStudio
    @SignalsMusicStudio  6 лет назад +103

    01:19 - Forming Lydian b7
    02:10 - Basic Riffage
    03:07 - Powerchords in the scale
    04:12 - Indjecting the Djent
    06:29 - Using the major II chord
    07:25 - Inverting Powerchords
    09:40 - Adding vocals

  • @maccaslash
    @maccaslash 6 лет назад +374

    “I threw my pick. I found it.” Nope, once dropped or thrown, picks enter another dimension.

    • @RudyAyoub
      @RudyAyoub 6 лет назад +35

      maccaslash somewhere out there there is a void filled with dropped picks

    • @Cestariarts
      @Cestariarts 6 лет назад +24

      Yeah, imagine a planet like Saturn, but with GUITAR PICKS rings

    • @RudyAyoub
      @RudyAyoub 6 лет назад +32

      Abner Cestari concept album incoming. PICKS OF SATURN

    • @Cestariarts
      @Cestariarts 6 лет назад +7

      Rudy Ayoub 10/10 would buy

    • @RudyAyoub
      @RudyAyoub 6 лет назад +7

      Abner Cestari thanks, stay tuned for the release

  • @jacksonnexhip
    @jacksonnexhip 6 лет назад +90

    this channel just keeps getting better and better x.x

  • @berkefiliz3410
    @berkefiliz3410 6 лет назад +160

    Lydian + Different time signatures + Concept album
    It feels soo Dream Theater-ish

    • @ingreynelg
      @ingreynelg 6 лет назад +3

      Berke Filiz actually reminds me of 2002's Moonbabies from Planet X. That band to me is top notch in prog-metal sometimes they even djent back in late 90's when djent was still fresh, too bad no new material since 2007.

    • @berkefiliz3410
      @berkefiliz3410 6 лет назад

      I'll surely check that band as well
      Thanks!

    • @rogercruz1547
      @rogercruz1547 6 лет назад +3

      But there's time travel involved, it's definetively Ayreon.

    • @moadot720
      @moadot720 5 лет назад

      It's Lydian Dominant, not Lydian, AS YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE IN THE TITLE AND IN THE VIDEO, but it does sound similar.

    • @tonypeake467
      @tonypeake467 3 года назад

      @@ingreynelg absolutely love planet x. Do you know any YT vids where Planet X is discussed. Haven't come across much

  • @Gabrol
    @Gabrol 5 лет назад +27

    do not be embarrassed by how long you've been working on your conceptual album, you're taking your time to make it sound as good as you can

  • @sihplak
    @sihplak 6 лет назад +150

    This makes me think of Dream Theater... Like, a whole lot of Dream Theater. Great vid!

    • @LouisSerieusement
      @LouisSerieusement 6 лет назад +6

      this makes me think of "Liquid Tension Experiment - Another Dimension " which was before dream theater XD ; this guys were good

    • @gerben880
      @gerben880 6 лет назад +20

      LTE was in 1999, DT was founded in 1985, so that song wasn't before DT at all lol

    • @LouisSerieusement
      @LouisSerieusement 6 лет назад +3

      my bad ; it's confusing because it's almost the same band ; I love LTE, some synth sounds are a bit cheap nowaday, but the overall composition in awesome

    • @92Nanaki
      @92Nanaki 6 лет назад +2

      LTE is where they picked up Jordan Rudess

    • @Cobalt985
      @Cobalt985 5 лет назад

      Reminds me of The Count of Tuscany :)

  • @moistness482
    @moistness482 5 лет назад +80

    Locrian - weird/creepy
    Phrygian - evil
    Aeolian/minor - sad
    Dorian - folk/funky
    Mixolydian - folk/fun
    Ionian/major - happy
    Lydian - on drugs

    • @blackcitadel37
      @blackcitadel37 3 года назад +4

      Superlocrian: demonic invocation ritual

    • @MaimiZhang
      @MaimiZhang 3 года назад +2

      Pop: let's make major sad, and minor happy. 😅

    • @dssunited
      @dssunited 3 года назад +1

      @@MaimiZhang Hey There, Delilah: "You called?"

    • @yarlodek5842
      @yarlodek5842 2 года назад +4

      Altered: I’m gonna die
      Lydian Dominant: I’m in SPAAAAACE!

    • @uroboric
      @uroboric Год назад

      I wonder why minor is considered sad. It doesn't really sound sad imo

  • @jordanjamesmusic7631
    @jordanjamesmusic7631 6 лет назад +30

    Commented on one of your videos a couple of months ago, saying that you deserve recognition... I have no idea you reached 42K subscribers, jeez. Congragulations man! I look foward to your videos all the time, you always put out really amazing and interesting content! Sending love from Liverpool, England! :D

    • @jordanjamesmusic7631
      @jordanjamesmusic7631 6 лет назад +1

      Also: When you do those 'Inverted Power Chords' (the 5th below), I always like to add an octave, check out the intro to Sylosis - Empyreal, it's the best way to make your 6 string sound like a 7/8 string :D

  • @bielanski2493
    @bielanski2493 6 лет назад +16

    "Music is NOT PRESCRIPTIVE." okay, subbed forever. Your amazing diction and content notwithstanding...

  • @nicko-7749
    @nicko-7749 6 лет назад +6

    Yes! I’ve been waiting for another one of these!

  • @nicholasbrodersen8491
    @nicholasbrodersen8491 6 лет назад +10

    I love these Songwriting Vids! I love the prog-metal stuff too! It's pretty hard to hear and understand the nuances of Prog-metal so I really appreciate Vids like this! Thanks for the knowledge!

  • @gagangayari5981
    @gagangayari5981 6 лет назад +4

    I really love your videos because you unleash the idea behind the song.Please keep on doing such videos

  • @yoatzinpenaflor1262
    @yoatzinpenaflor1262 6 лет назад +7

    3:48 "but screw that" hahahaha Excelent video!!

  • @joerandazzo2889
    @joerandazzo2889 4 года назад

    i have to say I love your videos and have been watching for years you've helped break down basic music theory for me and have so much content like this that helps open my eyes to more ways to play. Thank you so much for these videos and keep up the great work!

  • @CrisKRA
    @CrisKRA 4 года назад +4

    Almost 2 years and I'm still waiting for that concept album

  • @qwantinmoe6215
    @qwantinmoe6215 6 лет назад +40

    This shit's gonna be the next Metropolis Pt.2

    • @truedarklander
      @truedarklander 6 лет назад +10

      Sooooooo... Metropolis pt3?

    • @monkeybusiness673
      @monkeybusiness673 4 года назад +2

      @@truedarklander Nope, the next pt2...So Metropolis pt.2 pt.2! Or maybe "Pt.2 chapter II"?

    • @nanamacapagal8342
      @nanamacapagal8342 4 года назад +1

      Metropolis Pt.3

    • @CrisKRA
      @CrisKRA 4 года назад

      I'm pretty he meant that the album is gonna be as big as Metropolis Pt 2. I dont't know if he realeased anything

  • @afronprime51
    @afronprime51 6 лет назад +2

    This is by far my fav music channel. thank you once again my friend it was funny, informative, and inspiring this from someone not some much into djent.

  • @thierryvienna6144
    @thierryvienna6144 6 лет назад +58

    YES! Please do Phrygian dominant, diminished and Byzantine

    • @johanribelles174
      @johanribelles174 6 лет назад +3

      Go check "shades of black" if you like mixing those scales.

    • @thierryvienna6144
      @thierryvienna6144 6 лет назад +1

      Thanks man, it's exactly the sound that triggers me so hard. I'm his #1 fan for sure. That Zulegmat is fucking insane. I could live the rest of my life just listening to his music

    • @Melodeath00
      @Melodeath00 6 лет назад +5

      No it's really not. Same set of notes, but it's a completely different scale with a different sound and use.
      That would be like saying that E Minor and G Major are the same, which would be utter nonesense.

  • @TheKoryHimself
    @TheKoryHimself 6 лет назад +12

    My body is ready for your album. I believe in you

    • @fuzzywumble
      @fuzzywumble 6 лет назад

      the way you said that x.x i am dead now i died i'm dead

  • @mikefearon3577
    @mikefearon3577 6 лет назад +1

    I know you get this all the time, but you truly do have a way of making fairly complex subjects and making them accessible. You are a great teacher.

  • @TooSlamToGiveADamn
    @TooSlamToGiveADamn 6 лет назад +3

    Great video! I learn so much from your lessons. As a self taught guitar player, it’s amazing to start to think like a musician after so many years.

  • @marielove5606
    @marielove5606 6 лет назад +1

    Whoah! Thanks for letting us see that little snip! Can't wait for release!

  • @Downtempovibrations
    @Downtempovibrations 3 года назад

    Loved this video, thanks for sharing

  • @bradsmith6662
    @bradsmith6662 6 лет назад

    Awesome lesson and channel! Subscribed after seeing about 2-3 videos! Keep up the good work!

  • @milkord
    @milkord 5 лет назад

    Awsome video, clear explanation and the voice is on point

  • @MrRagAndBoneMan1
    @MrRagAndBoneMan1 5 лет назад

    mate,,, your videos are fantastic,, your teaching technique is fantastic... your knowledge on everything is fantastic... i have watched loads of your vids,, and i can feel the light in my head starting to light up... FANTASTIC,,,, cheers :)

  • @bluelake2308
    @bluelake2308 4 года назад

    Very strait forward and very useful lesson!

  • @brendanmobbs6808
    @brendanmobbs6808 6 лет назад +1

    You're quickly becoming my favourite music channel, keep up the solid work man! More composition videos would be incredible.

  • @randymarsh5150
    @randymarsh5150 6 лет назад

    Man your videos are so descriptive and easy to understand,thank you

  • @WishfulSinful1969
    @WishfulSinful1969 5 лет назад

    Thank you so much for all you do!!! I am learning a lot from your videos!!

  • @axehound3718
    @axehound3718 3 года назад +1

    Bro!!!!
    I couldn’t remember what your channel was called and it’s been two years since I was subscribed to you (account got deleted).
    Just wanted to say for the way my brain works you are the best music teacher on the web. You have a great way of simplifying complex theories!
    Thanks you!!!!

  • @joebloks2381
    @joebloks2381 6 лет назад

    This is actually helping me to get better! Thanks Jake!

  • @3kzy233
    @3kzy233 6 лет назад

    Awesome dude! It sounds great :) Keep up the splendid work and keep on shredding! Stay awesome!

  • @MrRiwi73
    @MrRiwi73 6 лет назад

    I'm an intermediate guitar player, just starting to get into theory. You have helped me so much! Thank you. Keep up the great lessons!

  • @narpzcodm
    @narpzcodm 5 лет назад

    Your videos really help me learn music easily and much easier!

  • @jaime_abad
    @jaime_abad 6 лет назад

    This was very informative and you sound very confident and positive. You just got a new subscriber.

  • @Yusufmasron
    @Yusufmasron Год назад

    I like your approach Jake.. Thanks for the video.

  • @CaptnBadassary
    @CaptnBadassary 6 лет назад

    This is badass. Subbed and hoping to see much more in time.

  • @camf8372
    @camf8372 Год назад

    Jake, I really really appreciate you. Because of you, I understand theory much better.

  • @ryanchappell1506
    @ryanchappell1506 5 лет назад

    Ive been playing for over fifteen years but I never had any lessons or music theory lessons. You make it crazy easy to understand all these modes and scales and how to apply them!

  • @nickb7874
    @nickb7874 6 лет назад

    just started watching your vids you have a good way of teaching where anyone can understand

  • @desolatesoul2304
    @desolatesoul2304 5 лет назад

    Really helpful instructor. Love your theory man.

  • @tronlady1
    @tronlady1 5 лет назад

    Amazeballs! Love it!!

  • @ToneD5150
    @ToneD5150 5 лет назад

    Well done! Thanks, love your lessons....

  • @travelingmusicvideos7680
    @travelingmusicvideos7680 6 лет назад +1

    great stuff!!

  • @swarnimshashank2981
    @swarnimshashank2981 5 лет назад +1

    Each time you said subdivisions, Rush came to my mind :)

  • @omairsh8
    @omairsh8 3 года назад

    You're the best guitar teacher on RUclips. Keep up the great work man

  • @AgungSetiabudi
    @AgungSetiabudi 5 лет назад

    Man..you are very good at explaining music theory easily. Thanks for your dedication.

  • @aric7726
    @aric7726 6 лет назад +9

    IT SOUNDS SO MUCH LIKE DREAM THEATER

  • @rafa_rodrigues
    @rafa_rodrigues 4 года назад

    Too Awesome, your explanation is so easy, and didatic... Just get guitar and compose with this incredible theory simplified !

  • @maijapera-takala645
    @maijapera-takala645 5 лет назад

    Cool stuff!

  • @ioaletto
    @ioaletto 6 лет назад

    This is amazing!

  • @hugosilva7852
    @hugosilva7852 6 лет назад

    Very good...good work dudue

  • @cartermccracken4667
    @cartermccracken4667 6 лет назад

    Cannot wait for this album

  • @haf816r
    @haf816r 6 лет назад

    Dude, I'm surprised I haven't heard of your channel before! Definitely subbed, notifications- on! Great video looking forward to more content like this! Thanks!

  • @tillpera9559
    @tillpera9559 6 лет назад

    This was great! Will try to use some of it 🙂

  • @jamesleita3277
    @jamesleita3277 6 лет назад +135

    More prog rock in my opinion. Not much of djent

    • @alphaenemy
      @alphaenemy 5 лет назад +5

      Not with a standard tuned six string, that's for sure. Could probably pull off some cool djent stuff in Lydian dominant with a 7 string, though.

    • @Rude_i_Wredne
      @Rude_i_Wredne 5 лет назад

      You need more strings for that. Open 7th is a must, even 8/9th are really helpful.

    • @johanwodzynski8637
      @johanwodzynski8637 5 лет назад +21

      @@alphaenemy There's no need to get more strings to play Djent. With a six string in standard, if You know how to djent, You will djent

    • @skyleranderson1984
      @skyleranderson1984 4 года назад +1

      @@johanwodzynski8637 yes but with the example jake provided it was more prog and the idea of lydian dominant applied in the video leaned more towards prog if you ask

    • @kennethsmith5383
      @kennethsmith5383 4 года назад +1

      Djent is all about ambient layers, and tone-heavy bass. The guitar is the centerpiece, but the rest is what guides the ears to it, framing the melody.

  • @SunRavenMusic
    @SunRavenMusic 3 года назад

    Great video. I haven't used this scale before, sounds interesting!

  • @Waywardelements
    @Waywardelements 5 лет назад

    Very helpful thank you

  • @arthurmee
    @arthurmee 4 года назад

    Concept album? All power to you Jake. I grew up with concept albums. A friend and I are also working on one now. Great tutorials . . . a real inspiration . . .many thanks.

  • @DCJayhawk57
    @DCJayhawk57 6 лет назад +10

    Symphony X also comes to mind with this mode.

  • @GogiRegion
    @GogiRegion 5 лет назад +29

    There’s a reason that prog musicians are music theory nerds. You need to know the rules to break them.

    • @monkeybusiness673
      @monkeybusiness673 5 лет назад +4

      I am so going to steal that quote, mate!

    • @yarlodek5842
      @yarlodek5842 2 года назад +1

      Music theory isn’t a set of rules, more like a set of colors in your musical palate. The more strange colors you have, the weirder your painting is going to be. That’s why prog people like music theory, we want to find the most interesting scales to make weird music.

  • @victorfox2598
    @victorfox2598 6 лет назад +4

    Your vocals were as awesome the riff. Good job.

    • @chromaticswing9199
      @chromaticswing9199 6 лет назад +1

      Almost resembles Tool, save for the scale. Put this in minor, and you get Lateralus!

  • @hazen7645
    @hazen7645 6 месяцев назад

    These videos on Djent are great, wish you could do more of them.

  • @edgejarno7473
    @edgejarno7473 5 лет назад

    Hooray..Best Songwriting Teacher on the Internet..Great Work..

  • @anthiondel
    @anthiondel 6 лет назад +1

    I love the tritone between I and IV in lydian...

  • @frenchiesfrankieandhenry
    @frenchiesfrankieandhenry 3 года назад

    The fact that you found that pick after dropping it is the real magic here.

  • @nebojsazbidelj1791
    @nebojsazbidelj1791 6 лет назад

    Im legitimately looking forward to that album :)

  • @similamba1149
    @similamba1149 6 лет назад

    I love this video

  • @abrahamgarza537
    @abrahamgarza537 6 лет назад

    My favorite video.

  • @MrJohanGuzman
    @MrJohanGuzman 5 лет назад

    I want... No, I need that futuristic song! The lyrics started so great!

  • @semanticsamuel936
    @semanticsamuel936 6 лет назад

    Not only is this is a great video, but you just introduced me to Intervals - damn, Epiphany is mindblowing. I really need to practice guitar more...

  • @ingreynelg
    @ingreynelg 6 лет назад

    Man you are so great and keep growing. Love your lessons. Derek Sherinian should definetily call you for his next album, whenever that is 😂

  • @MsDavo123
    @MsDavo123 2 года назад

    I just fail to grasp odd time signature concept and this video brought me one step closer very interesting also how you explained your creative process in coming up with super proggy riff thanks

  • @davidsummerville351
    @davidsummerville351 6 лет назад

    Good info.

  • @leemaples1806
    @leemaples1806 6 лет назад

    Awesome lesson Jake. And please let us know when we can get a listen to your `over-the-top` prog rock thing you mentioned. The sounds like something right up my alley. Thanks!

  • @onevoiceinc
    @onevoiceinc 6 лет назад

    I love the Lydian dominant! I actually used it in my solo in "A New Day Dawns" a couple years ago (posted on my channel). To me, it represented a kind of chaos and inbalance that can offset a typical day (which we introverts don't respond well too, lol) before resolving back to the main major feel of the overall song. It's an instrumental, but you might like it. (And maybe it'll give you some ideas in finishing your album. Looking forward to hearing it.) I like your channel and your posts. Keep up the great work as always, brother.

  • @midnightmusic3485
    @midnightmusic3485 4 года назад

    I really want to hear this concept album! :)

  • @gergoolle5773
    @gergoolle5773 6 лет назад

    I learnt a few things from this video. ^^

  • @FeeLGooDGaming
    @FeeLGooDGaming 4 года назад

    I still love watching Chuck Bartowski's guitar lesson videos

  • @eggaweb
    @eggaweb 5 лет назад

    Great video, very well described, I immediately subscribed. I love prog rock such as Kate Bush and I'm beginning to like prog metal too.

  • @noodle845
    @noodle845 5 лет назад

    I liked your vocals over that. It's like bowie meets djent. 🤠🤘

  • @Soloist1983
    @Soloist1983 3 года назад

    Love this channel, this is a lesson I have taught, well, without graphics...
    Lydian dominant is in almost every Oingo Boingo song btw, Private Life, You Really Got Me (cover), prime examples, as well as nearly all of his scores...including the Simpsons theme 👍

  • @dennis.phonglo
    @dennis.phonglo 6 лет назад

    nice lesson... :)

  • @keschgelb
    @keschgelb 6 лет назад

    Nice one! Reminds me a bit of Ayreon.

  • @edwardmaxwell3951
    @edwardmaxwell3951 6 лет назад +1

    I refuse to accept that there is such a thing as DJENT. Back in my day we just called it Palm-Mute.
    Anyway, keep em coming Jake.

  • @OmnipotentSag
    @OmnipotentSag 4 года назад

    For informative! I think I'm actually beginning to understand odd time signatures. Thank you so much for turning that light bulb on! -=80)

  • @stipser1
    @stipser1 6 лет назад

    Getting some Ayreon vibes there. Nice one

  • @maxkolbl1527
    @maxkolbl1527 6 лет назад +5

    Inverted power chords, aka 4ths

  • @antonguerrero6300
    @antonguerrero6300 5 лет назад +1

    sounds so dream theater

  • @ZethKeeper
    @ZethKeeper 3 года назад

    That snippet from your album sounds a bit like Ayreon, I like it!

  • @tfwnoyandere
    @tfwnoyandere 3 года назад

    sickest harmonic at beginning

    • @tfwnoyandere
      @tfwnoyandere 3 года назад

      also cool song dutch from the shield

  • @hyalinamusic18
    @hyalinamusic18 5 лет назад

    You are one of the lucky few who have recovered their guitar picks before they enter the void.
    But in all seriousness, very cool video! I've never really thought something could be heavy in a major key, but Lydian Dominant is a very cool scale for that, Phrygian Dominant is another good scale (doesn't sound major, but has a major 1 chord lol)

  • @Booskop.
    @Booskop. 6 лет назад +1

    Sounds like Dream Theater meets Ayreon! Good stuff °O°

  • @Noone-of-your-Business
    @Noone-of-your-Business 6 лет назад

    Wow! You make this look so easy! And then end up with Dream Theater. I am so bummed that I have a day job that takes up the time I would need to learn all this. Kudos!

  • @heiah
    @heiah 6 лет назад +1

    I really like your content, you understand how to structure and display information really well, thank you for that. Now let’s get honest here for a moment: I have been searching around on RUclips like crazy, but no one is really able to explain and giving a applicable system how powerful melodies can be written. We have all those classical devices of classic composition, for,example the video: what is a melody by Bernstein, but There is no real systemization. What intervals are used in regards to chords and scales, popular examples, how melody and lyrics are related to another, how singers come up with melodies, if they start before beat 1, what common schemes are used in popular music nowadays? I am dying to understand this, do you think it’s worth a shot to make a video about it? I’m interested what you’d come up with :)

  • @TheTrueAlpharius
    @TheTrueAlpharius 6 лет назад +1

    Everytime you drop a pick, an alternate you from another dimension finds his

  • @thomasthrasher3438
    @thomasthrasher3438 4 года назад

    Rush meets..... Periphery.... I think????.... just messin. Great video man, you do great work

  • @thegoatriderfromthesands2646
    @thegoatriderfromthesands2646 8 месяцев назад

    The augmented b7 still works for me, but you do you!

  • @mahmoudkchaou1799
    @mahmoudkchaou1799 4 года назад

    I tended to employ the dominant lydian when I'm improvising in prog style. And it was very natural to me. I was emphasising on the major 3rd and the difference between the perfect 5th and the diminished 5th and I used to focus on the minor 7th to darken the riff for example. ^^