It takes a special kind of talent to present this in such a slick and easy to watch way. It's always a joy to see someone doing something they are made for
It's important to remember that most sea shanties were literally work songs, and the rhythm was important for timing things like pulling on ropes etc. There's no way it couldn't have had a shuffle feel to it.
Except for those which were designed for monotonous work with no rhythm, e.g. spinning the windlass. They were just walking in circles and singing something really boring about love.
It's also important to note that since these were meant to be sung by a bunch of tired, salt-water-soaked, possibly partly sick men, melodies should typically be fairly easy to sing, or at least fairly unimportant
Check the description for an important note on the rhythmic possibilities! And yes, the locrian video WILL post this month- I’ve had a lot of issues with finishing it and started many projects in between, but I’m happy with the music and the track will be available on itunes/Spotify/etc. stay tuned =)
I'm writing making a sea shanty for chemistry class and while my tune is unoriginal, this really helped me understand the rhythms and instruments I should be using. Thanks!
Was just about to write the same. :) Maybe it's not even suggesting the waves - maybe that's just how you start feeling rhythm when you've been on the sea for decades.
"Immediately it has more of...like...a 'Beer Sloshing" effect to it... there is no better way to explain it really. You are a benefit to all of humankind. You speak very easily to the thing that we all pursue. You reignite the original joy of song and empower us to pursue it...simply because you love it all so much. I severely appreciate your work. Cheers.
i mean no offense to the tiktokers, but imo it's only for two kinds of people- young kids who want to have fun and share things, or old people who want to look cringey and weird, and i'm pretty sure i'd fit firmly in the second camp.
You have a real talent for what you do. Very few people can simplify and explain this stuff. You strike the perfect balance between explaining the “rules” of how it is done, and showing how to use those rules to actually create new things.
Also, listen to alot of traditional Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and English music. It even tends to use similar instrumentations and that 6/8 feel. Also alot of it uses pentatonic ish scales.
Yoel Rosenstein Interesting. I seldom hear the minor v that way. It always sounds wistful and melancholy to me, or slightly dramatic and very pensive or reflective. I don't usually hear it as happy.
Yoel Rosenstein Oh, that's cool. I knew what you meant! Everything I said applies to the mixolydian scale too. To me, it has a romantic, elegiac feel to it; it usually feels wistful and melancholy to me. But maybe that's just me! Cheers! 😁
That is not surprising at all. Sea shanties have their origins with Irish and Scottish sailors and have inherited the properties of Irish and Scottish folk music (ie Celtic), just simplified. And the required accent, with the rolling Rs and idiomatic vocabulary, that too has its origins in the Irish and Scottish accents.
One thing a friend pointed out long ago is how "Pirate music" and some Bluegrass/Old Time songs have a Celtic feel, which is super "dancy" and uplifting. But, for me, when it comes to Sea Shanties specifically, I prefer the a capella ones. These were songs sung by sailors at work and the techniques the singers use to empahsize rhythm and the chorus are just superb! Any instrumentation would just dilute that feeling.
Thank you for posting a "hey, if you're confused..." part in the description. The modes always manage to confuse me, but your videos have helped to clear up some of my confusion. I think. Time will tell.
Awesome video, Jake! Btw, there are some nicely performed shanty songs on the soundtrack for "Assassin's Creed: Black Flag" game in case anyone is interested in the genre (I guess), although they are mostly performed acapella (they are supposed to sound like the ship crew is singing them during traveling and everyone is too busy to play any instruments)
Hands down, you are the best music education TH-camr. You have hit the perfect mix of in depth knowledge presented with great clarity. Now it’s time to trim my sails and beat closer to the wind. 🏴☠🍻
There are to much music channels in the plataform, but none of them give us the tips that we find here. Thanks for all the great things that you give here... and its foe free.
Hello, I usually don'y leave comments, but your work is really precious, you are a fabulous teacher, thanks to you I now understand modes and their importance in music (amongst other things). Keep it that way, I share a lot of your videos to my friends, you are the best !!! Cheers from France !!!
I’d switch between minor and Dorian depending on the tone I’m looking for while also adding musical theory from other genres (samba and middle eastern, tee here.)
Jake you are THE man. I hope you see this because I want you to know what an incredible teacher you've been for me. Teaching is hard enough in person but to do it so well through video takes some seriously talent and you always kill it. Thanks so much man
Wonderful tutorial! Thanks for creating this video and sharing your knowledge! Yes, instruments like Accordion always work for Sea Shanties. A German knick name for the Piano-Accordion is: Schiffer Klavier ( Mariner’s Piano ) .
I'll be honest, a lot of the videos this guy releases are a bit over my head as I am still a noob when it comes to musical theory but as soon as I saw the thumbnail with him wearing his moms blouse for a pirate bit, I instantly clicked and gave a thumbs up. Total commitment on his part. Ill be back when I learn enough to use more of what he is teaching. Cheers.
Just here to comment how accurate the adjectives you use to describe scales always are. It's amazing, the way you illustrate the feeling of each mode always feels very familiar and grounded. Also, one last detail on the structure of sea shanties: I'm pretty sure they were all sung from memory. That's why the songs have this repetitive structure everyone can sing along (for example, the Wellerman constantly alternates between the verse and chorus, also very frequently). I think that's also an important point when composing these songs. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for this tutorail...I was inspired to write one and that lead me to you but I never expected this wonderful sea shanty lesson...you have a gift!
I had to write a mead-sloshing sea shanty for a play I'm in and this helped me TREMENDOUSLY! Thank you so much mate. We just performed last week and it was a hit :D
Fantastic lesson. This is going to be an awesome addition to International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Make sure to come back here and share you new songs.
A couple years ago I could have watched this video and it may as well have been in Chinese. Now I can actually understand it which comes as a huge surprise to me. I owe so much of this this to Jake and cannot thank him enough for all he has given me in my musical journey. Even though I am just a bedroom guitar player it has opened things up so much. A truly gifted teacher thanks again Cheers
I was super curious about this trend! Thanks for breaking it down! I take so much from this channel for my own song writing, I can't even explain what this has all meant for me. You are the best in the biz, without a doubt.
I believe the unique rhythm of sea shanties comes from their purpose- they were work songs the crew sung to help keep their movements in sync when doing certain jobs on the ship
I went to like the video after 40 seconds because the quick cut made me laugh out loud and I'd already liked the video so unconsciously that I had absolutely no recollection of doing it. Jake's content is so good I don't even think about liking anymore, I just do it
I used your chord recommendations and rhythm guide on my DND group, and absolutely love how it turned out. You should have a spot for people to brag on you and your awesome video(s) (or maybe you already do?).
Something for you. The melody and notes of the song "The Wellerman" go "There a that to sea", so, it's kinda like "and a and a " and the end of its verses and choruses end with the vowel "Oh", or can I say, the end of the verses have words that end with "Oh", to rhyme with the last words of the chorus, which is "Go".
Okay, take the 2:22 beat, and then like, maintain it over "He's a Pirate", and be floored. No WONDER it is such an iconic PIRATE song, it fits this format PERFECTLY.
This video helped me realize something completely off topic. I write songs and have kind of struggled with modal interchange and how to make it flow naturally I never thought to use just the minor pentatonic to write a melody, but it opened modal interchange up for me. It made me realize that a melody using the notes from the minor pentatonic scale will work with chords from Dorian, phrygian, aeolian, and locrian And it made me realize that a melody from the major pentatonic will work with chords from ionian, lydian, and mixolydian Basically saying if I write a melody using the c minor pentatonic I can use chords from c aeolian, c dorian, c phrygian, and c locrian depending on how I want the mood to feel And if I write a melody with the c major pentatonic I can use chords from c ionian, c lydian, and c mixolydian depending on how I want the mood to feel. Thank you, you have helped me so much just now.
A few months ago I was telling my gf how the PotC theme is only good because it is a sea chanty, and that each are all fundamentally similar, so it was good but not exactly unique. She wasn't happy about that Edit: I tried supporting it with one of the Runescape songs (don't remember the name, but if you played you probably know) and she didn't want to hear it
@@Ryan_Perrin Play some Santiano then. They have quite a bit of variation, although in general it's still true, they are all rather similar. I love them :)
Except for the instrumentation box. The main theme ("he's a pirate") has a whole lotta posh instruments in it and no voices. But it would be a lot less epic without all the horns and strings, so...
Jake! I can't believe how I've never noticed that amazing painting(to the right of you) in the back! Looks really clean and intentful, with a hint of brashness. Amazing lesson aswell. 👍
Thank you mate ! I truly enjoyed the information in this video ! I learned something :). I have been starring at Studio One while chewing on my keyboard trying to get the rhythms correct and timing (same with guitar in hand) while trying to re-score a piece called Barbary Jack. You gave me the missing piece ! Thank you again !
I never wanted to know how to write a sea shanty but thank you for explaining it in a very entertaining way! You truly made me want to compose one and caught my attention to this genre of music! Excellent educational video!
If I might add some things, sea shanties are very diverse from the "more adventurous" side of things. Not that it isn't jumpy, cuz it is in a lot of different ways, but there are pretty much every theme you can think of and it doesn't necessarily need to be adventure, or "sea-related". Number one tip is to think of sea shanties as popular music, so make lyrics like if you were working there, living that dirty, low-life pirates used to be in. Take this and put in the drunken context and you get yourself an amazing lyrics to shant with boys Second, some indications for further knowledge over sea shanties: Go to the Sean Dagher channel, he's a professional shantyman and he aces at it; listen to pirate music, the best ones out there are in the Assassin's Creed IV - Blackflag soundtrack (the entire soundtrack is just absolute masterpiece); read the wikipedia on sea shanties so you get even more immerse inside this beautiful music Hope that helps, y'all!
Please make a complete video lesson about all types of time signatures ur lessons are so helpful to me I am the guy who eagerly waits for every new lesson of ur's iam watching ur lessons from starting onwards so please make a video lesson about all types of time signatures 🙏
Thanks for this. I have been trying to write a sea shanty for ages. I kept giving up because it never sounded right. Now I know why. I'll let you know when I finish one.
Wow I just stumbled on this video and man, I just wanted to say thanks and congrats. You have great content, a nice fast pace and a perfect radio voice (with a crisp Midwestern accent indeed). I learned a lot even though I've been playing music all my life. This was legit one of the best tutorials I've ever watched. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 Keep rockin'!
Men you are good, really good! I wish I could have watched your videos when I was sixteen, I would have learned so much more than I did on books. Great work in general on your channel.
When I was a kid, my stepdad used to listen to Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" after I went to bed. I loved that song but it took me years to find out what it actually was. I'm so happy that Wellerman is a thing now...
I love these, because it gives me, as someone without any really feeling/intuition for composing, somewhat of a template of what I need to know for just this style. The old n’ gold Metallica scale-video helped me tons when writing my first hardcore ep. I’d love to see you break down ”skramz” in a similar way in the future!
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When you talked about instrumentation, I'm surprised you didn't mention the accordion!
Definitely an oversight on my part!
He even has a real accordion!
You have to listen to this live performance, th-cam.com/video/sTo-u62xbtw/w-d-xo.html
Accordion wasn't even invented in pirates era, but somehow it works every time
@@Vertlain I had no idea!
best music channel on youtube; no advertisment, no clickbait, just music
since you are here, let me tell you how much i love THE STOLLING_RONES
Easily the #1 most underrated channel, I can't believe he doesn't get more views
The only occasional ads are for stuff that I actually want (his big course, which I'm gonna sign up to when I have the time to do it justice).
True
absolutely, it's just no-nonsense (but still approachable and entertaining!) music info, no BS.
That was a smooth transition from the intro
It was that smooth, I didn't even noticed the transition
Smooth like butter
@@emilyrln You got a BTS song stuck in my head by saying that 😑
@@ECH147Sorry! 😅
@@emilyrln🤣🤣🤣 You are forgiven. Getting songs stuck in peoples heads is something I do on purpose so it was kinda karma. LOL
Beer-sloshing effect, my new favorite way to describe a shuffle 😅 Thanks Jake!
Σαν γερμανικό τραγούδι.
i was gonna comment this lmao
You have to listen to this live performance, th-cam.com/video/sTo-u62xbtw/w-d-xo.html
It takes a special kind of talent to present this in such a slick and easy to watch way. It's always a joy to see someone doing something they are made for
It's important to remember that most sea shanties were literally work songs, and the rhythm was important for timing things like pulling on ropes etc. There's no way it couldn't have had a shuffle feel to it.
Yes, Exactly. I came here to say this! The songs were definitely work songs. It’s better to forget about pirate and think shanty,
Except for those which were designed for monotonous work with no rhythm, e.g. spinning the windlass. They were just walking in circles and singing something really boring about love.
It's also important to note that since these were meant to be sung by a bunch of tired, salt-water-soaked, possibly partly sick men, melodies should typically be fairly easy to sing, or at least fairly unimportant
@@DTux5249 exactly, if a half drunk withered middle age man can sign it youve hit gold for shareability
„A pirates first love is the c“... I‘m still giggling 🤭
punny, I am laughing.
Check the description for an important note on the rhythmic possibilities! And yes, the locrian video WILL post this month- I’ve had a lot of issues with finishing it and started many projects in between, but I’m happy with the music and the track will be available on itunes/Spotify/etc. stay tuned =)
Locrian, the final enemy of the series.
@@jehmarxx LOCRIAN: Left Over Crap Resulting In Absolutely Nothing :P
finally I hear someone else calling dorian adventurous
You have to listen to this live performance, th-cam.com/video/sTo-u62xbtw/w-d-xo.html
Now i cant unhear it
You know. The halo soundtrack is mostly written in E Dorian if you wanna listen to something else adventurous
@@koldun1175 I know halos main theme and that it is in dorian.I mean come on were on the internet
@@gabrielacevedo9604 fuck yoz
Thanks for making this video. I can now lose the two friends I still have.
1-2 1-2 could also work, because it’s the beat of when you’re waiting, sitting, or otherwise need to stim.
I'm writing making a sea shanty for chemistry class and while my tune is unoriginal, this really helped me understand the rhythms and instruments I should be using. Thanks!
For chemistry class ?
two years later and i am formally demanding you explain why you needed a sea shanty for chemistry class
Three years later and I wanna know too
Another theory: The shuffle suggests the chopping of the waves, or the bow of a ship pitching against them. 😉
yep exactly. the "rolling" feel
Was just about to write the same. :)
Maybe it's not even suggesting the waves - maybe that's just how you start feeling rhythm when you've been on the sea for decades.
"You won't find those aristocratic instruments on a pirate ship."
*Davy Jones has entered the chat*
What do you mean?
@@mathajar9563 i think davy jones is a character from potc and if i remember correctly he has an organ on his ship?
@@corbs241 oh ok thanks for giving the context
Arrgh, The Blarney Stone brings a tear to me eye.
sharpen your boot and bludgeon yer eye
Saw them a year ago in Denver for Halloween
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"Immediately it has more of...like...a 'Beer Sloshing" effect to it... there is no better way to explain it really. You are a benefit to all of humankind. You speak very easily to the thing that we all pursue. You reignite the original joy of song and empower us to pursue it...simply because you love it all so much. I severely appreciate your work. Cheers.
This channel is criminally underrated
Jake: I'm not on tiktok I swear
Me: *respect*
i mean no offense to the tiktokers, but imo it's only for two kinds of people- young kids who want to have fun and share things, or old people who want to look cringey and weird, and i'm pretty sure i'd fit firmly in the second camp.
@@SignalsMusicStudio *more respect*
@@SignalsMusicStudio *respect meter off the charts*
"tiktok bad youtube good"
Oh i agree! Tiktok ew.
Please do one on the medieval genre, both early and late medieval.
You have a real talent for what you do. Very few people can simplify and explain this stuff. You strike the perfect balance between explaining the “rules” of how it is done, and showing how to use those rules to actually create new things.
I can't wait to see what this man looks like in 12 years.
I cant tell if he's 19 or 29
Rick Beato
Probably the same
@@mykhedelic6471 LOL. Well said.
@@shaboobatv2949 yes, that's my implication.
i didn't know i wanted to write a sea shanty, but now its just a matter of time until I do. Thanks, Jake!
I've had a melody in my head about a certain rum cocktail for years. Time to write the whole song.
I love the way that Jake makes the creativity of music fun in different genres. AWESOME VIDEO!
Gonna start composing in a scale of Arrr Dorian
You mean
*Dorrrrrrian*
Your videos are incredibly explanatory and user-friendly, making the content easy to grasp and implement.
Also, listen to alot of traditional Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and English music. It even tends to use similar instrumentations and that 6/8 feel. Also alot of it uses pentatonic ish scales.
Most of these tips work for Celtic music too, just with Mixolydian or Dorian
Nothing says more "I'm going on an adventure" than the minor v chord in the mixolydian scale. It sounds happy but not as sappy as major.
Yoel Rosenstein Interesting. I seldom hear the minor v that way. It always sounds wistful and melancholy to me, or slightly dramatic and very pensive or reflective. I don't usually hear it as happy.
@@glennpagemusic Sorry, I meant to say that mixolydian is happy, not the minor v lol. Cheers.
Yoel Rosenstein Oh, that's cool. I knew what you meant! Everything I said applies to the mixolydian scale too. To me, it has a romantic, elegiac feel to it; it usually feels wistful and melancholy to me. But maybe that's just me! Cheers! 😁
That is not surprising at all. Sea shanties have their origins with Irish and Scottish sailors and have inherited the properties of Irish and Scottish folk music (ie Celtic), just simplified. And the required accent, with the rolling Rs and idiomatic vocabulary, that too has its origins in the Irish and Scottish accents.
Adam Neely has (as usual) done an absolutely excellent fascinating dissection of "The Music Theory of Sea Shanties" on youtube. Wonderful!
One thing a friend pointed out long ago is how "Pirate music" and some Bluegrass/Old Time songs have a Celtic feel, which is super "dancy" and uplifting. But, for me, when it comes to Sea Shanties specifically, I prefer the a capella ones. These were songs sung by sailors at work and the techniques the singers use to empahsize rhythm and the chorus are just superb! Any instrumentation would just dilute that feeling.
If I had a half a clue how to play a guitar, what he is talking about it would make total sense! This guy is a great teacher 🤯
that was the coolest intro ever
Hey man, please come back on the loop and start posting again, we miss you!!!
Thank you for posting a "hey, if you're confused..." part in the description. The modes always manage to confuse me, but your videos have helped to clear up some of my confusion. I think. Time will tell.
I CAN NOT DESCRIBE HOW HAPPY I AM THAT SEA SHANTIES AND "NAUTICAL_SOUNDING" SONGS ARE POPULAR AGAIN
Listen to the mollusk album by Ween
Awesome video, Jake! Btw, there are some nicely performed shanty songs on the soundtrack for "Assassin's Creed: Black Flag" game in case anyone is interested in the genre (I guess), although they are mostly performed acapella (they are supposed to sound like the ship crew is singing them during traveling and everyone is too busy to play any instruments)
THAT INTRO IS BY FAR MY FAVORITE THING ON TH-cam PLEASE RELEASE THE SONG I WILL PAY TAKE MY MONEY OMG!!!
Hands down, you are the best music education TH-camr. You have hit the perfect mix of in depth knowledge presented with great clarity.
Now it’s time to trim my sails and beat closer to the wind. 🏴☠🍻
The i to IV is such a wonderful hopeful sound.
There are to much music channels in the plataform, but none of them give us the tips that we find here. Thanks for all the great things that you give here... and its foe free.
Hello, I usually don'y leave comments, but your work is really precious, you are a fabulous teacher, thanks to you I now understand modes and their importance in music (amongst other things). Keep it that way, I share a lot of your videos to my friends, you are the best !!! Cheers from France !!!
I’d switch between minor and Dorian depending on the tone I’m looking for while also adding musical theory from other genres (samba and middle eastern, tee here.)
Jake on the left, board on the right, backdrop combination feels so homy, I can’t explain it! Great vid as usual !
These C-F background synths gave such awesome Jarre vibes!
Jake you are THE man. I hope you see this because I want you to know what an incredible teacher you've been for me. Teaching is hard enough in person but to do it so well through video takes some seriously talent and you always kill it. Thanks so much man
This is so awesome. A bunch of my friends and I go to MTK NY every year to fish, cook, and drink. This will be added to the itinerary.
Wonderful tutorial! Thanks for creating this video and sharing your knowledge! Yes, instruments like Accordion always work for Sea Shanties. A German knick name for the Piano-Accordion is: Schiffer Klavier ( Mariner’s Piano ) .
I'll be honest, a lot of the videos this guy releases are a bit over my head as I am still a noob when it comes to musical theory but as soon as I saw the thumbnail with him wearing his moms blouse for a pirate bit, I instantly clicked and gave a thumbs up. Total commitment on his part. Ill be back when I learn enough to use more of what he is teaching. Cheers.
Everyone should listen to the Mollusk album by Ween if they are looking for a sea shanty/nautical sound
pls pin this comment
Just here to comment how accurate the adjectives you use to describe scales always are. It's amazing, the way you illustrate the feeling of each mode always feels very familiar and grounded.
Also, one last detail on the structure of sea shanties: I'm pretty sure they were all sung from memory. That's why the songs have this repetitive structure everyone can sing along (for example, the Wellerman constantly alternates between the verse and chorus, also very frequently). I think that's also an important point when composing these songs.
Keep up the good work!
Thank you for this tutorail...I was inspired to write one and that lead me to you but I never expected this wonderful sea shanty lesson...you have a gift!
The transition, give this man an award.
Man! I am addicted to yours videos.
Cheers from Brazil
Should be a requirement for all guitar lessons to be like this 🏴☠️
I had to write a mead-sloshing sea shanty for a play I'm in and this helped me TREMENDOUSLY! Thank you so much mate. We just performed last week and it was a hit :D
Fantastic lesson. This is going to be an awesome addition to International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Make sure to come back here and share you new songs.
"The darkness of the minor iv chord." Awesome.
A couple years ago I could have watched this video and it may as well have been in Chinese. Now I can actually understand it which comes as a huge surprise to me. I owe so much of this this to Jake and cannot thank him enough for all he has given me in my musical journey. Even though I am just a bedroom guitar player it has opened things up so much. A truly gifted teacher thanks again
Cheers
this channel is gold and a great source of inspiration to start making some good music
Dude, I would have paid actual money for you to make the entire lesson into a song!
I was super curious about this trend! Thanks for breaking it down! I take so much from this channel for my own song writing, I can't even explain what this has all meant for me. You are the best in the biz, without a doubt.
Really miss this fellas videos! So good
I believe the unique rhythm of sea shanties comes from their purpose- they were work songs the crew sung to help keep their movements in sync when doing certain jobs on the ship
I went to like the video after 40 seconds because the quick cut made me laugh out loud and I'd already liked the video so unconsciously that I had absolutely no recollection of doing it.
Jake's content is so good I don't even think about liking anymore, I just do it
Jake i watched this many many times and never get bored.
I used your chord recommendations and rhythm guide on my DND group, and absolutely love how it turned out. You should have a spot for people to brag on you and your awesome video(s) (or maybe you already do?).
best video intro of 2021 hands down.
Another great video. Thank you Prof. Lizzio, and thank you patreon supporters!
Something for you.
The melody and notes of the song "The Wellerman" go "There a that to sea", so, it's kinda like "and a and a " and the end of its verses and choruses end with the vowel "Oh", or can I say, the end of the verses have words that end with "Oh", to rhyme with the last words of the chorus, which is "Go".
I think accordion with that shuffled rhythm adds an interresting pirate sound too
Im like obsessed with pirate songs. This is perfect thank you!
The best introduction to a TH-cam video I've ever seen, holy shit that was impressively well done and also hilarious at the same time.
Okay, take the 2:22 beat, and then like, maintain it over "He's a Pirate", and be floored. No WONDER it is such an iconic PIRATE song, it fits this format PERFECTLY.
This video helped me realize something completely off topic.
I write songs and have kind of struggled with modal interchange and how to make it flow naturally
I never thought to use just the minor pentatonic to write a melody, but it opened modal interchange up for me.
It made me realize that a melody using the notes from the minor pentatonic scale will work with chords from Dorian, phrygian, aeolian, and locrian
And it made me realize that a melody from the major pentatonic will work with chords from ionian, lydian, and mixolydian
Basically saying if I write a melody using the c minor pentatonic I can use chords from c aeolian, c dorian, c phrygian, and c locrian depending on how I want the mood to feel
And if I write a melody with the c major pentatonic I can use chords from c ionian, c lydian, and c mixolydian depending on how I want the mood to feel.
Thank you, you have helped me so much just now.
Just realised the Pirates of the Caribbean theme ticks off all these boxes haha
A few months ago I was telling my gf how the PotC theme is only good because it is a sea chanty, and that each are all fundamentally similar, so it was good but not exactly unique.
She wasn't happy about that
Edit: I tried supporting it with one of the Runescape songs (don't remember the name, but if you played you probably know) and she didn't want to hear it
@@Ryan_Perrin Play some Santiano then. They have quite a bit of variation, although in general it's still true, they are all rather similar. I love them :)
When you realize the Pirates of the Caribbean theme is just the lick in 6/8
@@thalamusDecimation HOLY SHITTTTT
Except for the instrumentation box. The main theme ("he's a pirate") has a whole lotta posh instruments in it and no voices. But it would be a lot less epic without all the horns and strings, so...
Jake!
I can't believe how I've never noticed that amazing painting(to the right of you) in the back! Looks really clean and intentful, with a hint of brashness.
Amazing lesson aswell. 👍
FINALLY..I can knock this off my bucket list.
Thank you mate ! I truly enjoyed the information in this video ! I learned something :). I have been starring at Studio One while chewing on my keyboard trying to get the rhythms correct and timing (same with guitar in hand) while trying to re-score a piece called Barbary Jack. You gave me the missing piece ! Thank you again !
Im working on an album about the story of a pirate. And i actually wanna make it sound good unlike my other music. So thank you
I never wanted to know how to write a sea shanty but thank you for explaining it in a very entertaining way! You truly made me want to compose one and caught my attention to this genre of music! Excellent educational video!
If I might add some things, sea shanties are very diverse from the "more adventurous" side of things. Not that it isn't jumpy, cuz it is in a lot of different ways, but there are pretty much every theme you can think of and it doesn't necessarily need to be adventure, or "sea-related". Number one tip is to think of sea shanties as popular music, so make lyrics like if you were working there, living that dirty, low-life pirates used to be in. Take this and put in the drunken context and you get yourself an amazing lyrics to shant with boys
Second, some indications for further knowledge over sea shanties: Go to the Sean Dagher channel, he's a professional shantyman and he aces at it; listen to pirate music, the best ones out there are in the Assassin's Creed IV - Blackflag soundtrack (the entire soundtrack is just absolute masterpiece); read the wikipedia on sea shanties so you get even more immerse inside this beautiful music
Hope that helps, y'all!
I was literally writing a sea shanty just two months ago, preparing it. This video is a lot of help, thanks a lot. :)
Best video you have made so far, love it
Very comprehensive and very well presented. Well done!
what an epic intro! i actually love pirate music so im very happy you made this video
No wonder I like all those music genres. It’s probably in the genes. Thank you for this great informative and inspiring video.
Yet another fun and highly informative video. Great explanation of the difference between Aeolian and Dorian. Well done! Keep up the great work!
had to rewind just to hear your awesome sea shanty again! Great videos man. Love it.
A+ for the intro. I love this channel.
Please make a complete video lesson about all types of time signatures ur lessons are so helpful to me I am the guy who eagerly waits for every new lesson of ur's iam watching ur lessons from starting onwards so please make a video lesson about all types of time signatures 🙏
Thanks for this. I have been trying to write a sea shanty for ages. I kept giving up because it never sounded right. Now I know why. I'll let you know when I finish one.
Really cool. With this theory stuff, a lot of the mystery of music making is resolved. Bravo
That Tito is just wonderful thank you so much
Working on making a Viking Sea Shanty with J-Pop Chord progressions. This video was super helpful to my conquest. Thank you! 💖
huge recommendation for anyone interested in this stuff is the Decemberists’ earlier stuff, especially “Her Majesty the Decemberists”
I keep running across those guys in particular
Wow I just stumbled on this video and man, I just wanted to say thanks and congrats. You have great content, a nice fast pace and a perfect radio voice (with a crisp Midwestern accent indeed). I learned a lot even though I've been playing music all my life. This was legit one of the best tutorials I've ever watched. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 Keep rockin'!
What an entertaining, seamless, well produced, fun and educational channel. Compelling enough for a Patreon subscription. Done.
Men you are good, really good! I wish I could have watched your videos when I was sixteen, I would have learned so much more than I did on books. Great work in general on your channel.
When I was a kid, my stepdad used to listen to Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" after I went to bed. I loved that song but it took me years to find out what it actually was. I'm so happy that Wellerman is a thing now...
I love these, because it gives me, as someone without any really feeling/intuition for composing, somewhat of a template of what I need to know for just this style. The old n’ gold Metallica scale-video helped me tons when writing my first hardcore ep. I’d love to see you break down ”skramz” in a similar way in the future!
Thanks Jake. Love what you do for all of us.