Allan Holdsworth I.O.U LIVE In Japan 1984 Devil Take the Hindmost .mp4 

unreal,......I thought I knew a few chord's...lol...I don't know SHIT,...

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OMG so sorry, I wasn't aware he passed from this world. We are losing the God's more each day. Eddie Van Halen called him The King of Legatto runs. His hands play chords that defy gravity and his tone - no one has that tone. Listen to the solo on a song called Fred off Tony Williams Lifetime / Believe It CD. He actually plays some bluesy rock runs along with his usual frenetic leggato.

I play guitar sorta great but I don't think I could play just one of Alllan's Shovel Handed Mega Chords, no way baby. I mean, look at what he's doing, its absurd, its intimidating, its, well.................its ...................uh...............nevermind.................................beautiful. LOL.......

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Very sad to hear this news of Allan's passing. I just use my ears with what he plays/played - the emotional depth touches the sky for me. I don't understand the maths of scales, modes etc. but one thing : Do you know if Allan tuned in standard (concert) or was it altered tunings like 4ths maybe?

+funknotik Allan is first and foremost an improviser. One of the biggest reasons he left the supergroup U.K. was because the keyboardist Eddie Jobson wanted him to play the solos note for note from the records every night. So basically every time Allan plays a song he plays the solo differently. Frank Zappa did it the same way. Even though Allan's solo on the studio version of this piece is so brilliant, you have to give him credit for going out there and playing something on the spot in a new way every night.

+Gus Fogle That's insane man this guy is a genius. I'm still trying to wrap my head around his approach to theory, viewing scales as species of the major scale rather than modes, etc. I'm hunting down all his music on ebay, been obessed the last year. I want to reach somewhere near this level of improvisation

funknotik I know exactly how you feel. I spent a long time working out how he approaches harmony and improvisation. Some helpful hints that I have discovered while analyzing Allan's playing: don't obsess over matching the right scale to the right chord. Let your ears do the work for you and occasionally throw the rules out the window. Allan sounds the most like Allan when he's just doing chromatic alterations on existing scales. Chromatics are absolutely your friend while studying to play like Allan. So perhaps familiarize yourself with some 8 and 9 note scales, like the 9-note blues scale and the Holdsworth Bebop scale. The 9-note blues scale (in any key) is really applicable to so many different types of jazz chords, you'd be surprised how much it can sound like Allan if you phrase it properly. But remember there's not one "magic" scale. Allan uses so many accidentals in his solos that trying to pin it down to one or two scales is useless. Sometimes when he cuts loose he's just using chromatic alterations. Also, try out Hungarian Minor (harmonic minor with augmented 4th scale degree) while in minor keys. Another tip: analyze some Holdsworth solo transcriptions. One of the best examples is his solo on Devil take the hindmost. There is a transcription by Steve Vai out there that is easy to find. Anyway sorry for my long, rambling post but I hope this has been helpful and I say good luck to you in your quest to improvise like Allan!

+Gus Fogle The main point is to approach playing the way you perceive it, which is exactly what Holdsworth did and why he sounds innovative and unique.

He always does it differently from the record, every time!

If you mean was Eddie influenced by Allan ? yes and a long list of musicians that is massive to say the least...

How lucky are you then!? Instead you found a video of one of the greatest guitarists of our lifetime, a man who changed harmony, rhythm, and techniques used on the guitar...

Rodrigo Tabare I will give their back catalogue a listen on your recommendation sir.

@@DjJackyB I know it's been four years since the OP, but if you want to really hear Allan Holdsworth, check out his "Wardencliff Tower" album, particularly "Tokyo Dream" from that album and my favorite "Zarabeth."

Go back listening to Justin Bieber lol