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Cosmin Lupu24th April 2013Hey kahall - Imagine how long it has taken me to record the vocals and shoot the vids when having to be a pirate - 4 shoots bursting out laughing and then, maybe, a good one
kahall24th April 2013I don't know why, I really don't, but every time I watch this around 0:30 I crack up. Every time. Are you saying "Stop blowing holes in the side of my ship?"
- Cosmin Lupu19th April 2013
Thank you man!
Flatliner19th April 2013Very nie and fun lesson keep up the lessons!!
- Cosmin Lupu9th April 2013
Thank you Andre!
Andre Nieri9th April 2013It's both funny and scarry! Great tune!
- Cosmin Lupu5th April 2013
Hey Kahall, thanks man
- kahall5th April 2013
I thought what? Pirate Metal? That's not going to be any good. But I was wrong. Its a fun change of pace, good for warming up, talk like a pirate day or treasure hunts.
Fayeed Tan4th April 2013Thank you brother Fayeed!
Sorry to scare you, but hey, isn't that what pirates do? Yo ho!
right! ROFL HEY! - Cosmin Lupu3rd April 2013
Thank you Sinisa!
Sinisa Cekic3rd April 2013Hahaha,great tune, + you have some director's skills !!
- Cosmin Lupu3rd April 2013
Thank you brother Fayeed!
Sorry to scare you, but hey, isn't that what pirates do? Yo ho! - Fayeed Tan3rd April 2013
Watched this on a large screen with loud volume, that first "HEY!" made me jump! hahaha
I always liked pirate tunes brother and this one is just FANTASTIC!! - Cosmin Lupu3rd April 2013
Thank you gentlemen! Ah, Darius, how I miss the sea...
thefireball2nd April 2013haha that was awesome!
St Anger2nd April 2013CHEERS ! Skull & Bones Rules ! Hey
Darius Wave2nd April 2013Ha ha! Cosmin...You're the maaan
Looks like You've spent too much time on the open sea 
Dieterle2nd April 2013Yes, Good One !
- Cosmin Lupu2nd April 2013
Thank you Javier! I know Garry had this sort of influence, but I remembered this just now when you told me about it
Javier Aviles2nd April 2013Good video. Reminds me a little of my dear Gary Moore on his album Wild Frontiers.
- Cosmin Lupu2nd April 2013
Thanks man!
This was VERY fun to rehearse and record! 
sieg6662nd April 2013A fun sounding piece with a catchy triplet melody. Good one.
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Ahoy mates!
For all ye jolly gentlemen and ladies, I have come up with a merry pirate metal lesson combining pirate music and themes which resemble the songs that were sung by sailors and pirates in the past centuries with a strong epic metal backing!
Let's see a more exact definition of the style:
Pirate metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal revolving around pirate like themes and folk songs. The term pirate metal was originally promoted by German Speed/Power metal band - Running Wild, after the release of their third album called "Under Jolly Roger". Other modern pirate metal bands include Alestorm, using elements of folk and power metal in their music and Verbal Deception - using elements of melodic death metal and folk metal.
This lesson will help improve your knowledge about:
- Modes
- Alternate picking
- An ensemble view on the genre
Homework included: Transposition exercise based on playing the chord progressions in this lesson in a different key - check out Video Part 9.
Tempo: 150 BPM
Scale: C minor, G Phrygian Dominant, G Phrygian, Ab Lydian, Bb Mixolydian, F Dorian
Tuning: E Standard - E A D G B E
Time signature: 4/4
Tone settings: AMT SS20 Crunch Channel, having the Bass at 11 O'clock, the Mids at 11 and the Highs at 1 O'clock, while the gain is somewhere around 10 O'clock.
Effects: DAW added reverb (Variverb pluggin) + Suhr Shiba Drive for boosting the tone.
Guitar: PRS Paul Allender (Bridge position)
Jump to start: Home or `s` , you can also click/tap the lesson part again (the numbers above player)
Go to next part: PageUP or End.
Volume: ArrowUp / ArrowDown keys
Go to any part: Number keys (combinations also possible)
Pause or play: `k` or space key
Fullscreen: `f`, esc to close
Increase / decrease speed : `+` or `-`
