Opeth: Mikael Åkerfeldt Masterclass
May 31st, 2008In this Masterclass, progressive death metal legend Mikael Åkerfeldt discusses and demonstrates several songs from Opeth’s Watershed as well as Still Life, the album that grabbed the attention of producer Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree. His collaboration with the band produced their next three albums, including the melancholy Damnation – represented here by ‘Hope Leaves’ and ‘Ending Credits.’
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Some chords commonly used by Opeth:
The Lotus Eater
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© ‘The Lotus Eater’ written by Mikael Åkerfeldt
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What is Opeth’s tuning?
Almost always Standard Tuning. Occasionally Drop-D. Other than that, the Ghost Reveries album was almost all in Open Dm Tuning .
damn dude.. that would be so awesome to jam with michael.. your so lucky!
What scale´s Opeth use in solos????
Mikael uses natural minor (1-2-b3-4-5-b6-b7) a lot, and throws in the b5 for bluesy effect. He also does a number of runs from scale degree 4 down to 2, as in the final lick of the Baying Of The Hounds solo.
More recently, they also started including more diminished sounds (though more often arpeggios, rather than scales), as well as harmonic minor scales (1-2-b3-4-5-b6-7)
Terrific clean sound!!! Wish amp are you using guys?
Thanks! We provided Mikael with a battery-powered Vox AD-5. Great amp!
Wow!
What a killer tone from such a small amp!
Regards from Chile!
impressive, you jammed with Mikael Akerfeldt. Is he as kind as he looks?
He (and fredrik and axe, which i ‘ve met alongside mikael) is a tremendously kind, polite, friendly, and genius person. Haven’t jammed with him but have shook his hand and talked to him for 5 mins or so and he was astonishingly friendly :)
why are there only tab for the lotus eater?
What you see above is all we tabbed for this masterclass. At the time this feature came out, we weren’t doing full transcriptions yet.
Can you transcribe face of melinda, and the other videos soon?
We’ve got our hands full with new material at the moment, but I’ll keep this in mind and hopefully we can update some of these older masterclasses, as well!
Hi! Please say whati is the song “trouble” about wich Mikael sad when you played an Ending credits ?
Hi there once again. What is this song that Mike called “trouble” (If I correct heard) when you learning Ending Credits?
According to Mike, it’s a song by 70′s prog-rock band Camel. I haven’t had luck finding that song, so let me know if you do!
Thanks. I try to find this song. And let you know if I’m lucky!!
What kind of telecaster is that one? thnks :D
I think it’s just an American Standard, but I’m not sure.