How to play the Metal Fatigue solo by Allan Holdsworth (better audio) 

Sounds awesome!

One of my favourite solos ever

Derryl is an amazing teacher! I've been taking private lessons with him for a couple of years now and look forward to every lesson we do on Skype. I couldn't recommend him highly enough!

Nicely done! The chord patterns in this song are also a good introduction to Allan's style. I have small hands, so they're a stretch for me, but doable.

This is a good solo to start out with-lol- this thing is a monster- such a great offering to help us

I'm hearing some Vaughan Williams dominant 7th sounds in the run starting at about 7' 38". It conjures up visions of the Norfolk broad marshes and bending grass in the wind. There I go getting all nostalgic for England.

how derryl only has 17k subs is beyond me

Nicely played and explained. Interesting to see this "relatively easy" solo of Holdsworth's up close. Especially those nasty sequential ascending licks he rips on. His is a sorely missed voice. RIP.

Hi, UK here - I saw AH about 20 years ago at Ronnie Scotts in Birmingham UK, just totally mind blowing. I wasn't a fan of the music itself, but a total admirer of his other wordly technical prowess. I don't know how you can even learn his solos note for note let alone play them "at speed" - phenomenal. Have you ever heard of Alan Murphy? He, like Alan Holdsworth also played with the funk pop band Level 42, also Go West and Kate Bush. His tone and style is reminiscent of AH and I wondered if you'd heard him or heard of him/ AM is sadly no longer with us either, but whilst on this planet stunned me with his musicality and technique. This solo (in my mind at least) is very Alan Murphy is tone and style. Respect to you.

Goat.

The most well explained video lesson of this solo

Great job!

That's great. I have never found a good resource for Holdsworth transcriptions. Most of the popular sources like Guitar for the Practicing Musician, etc. have the wrong technique and are almost completely useless.

You're an incredible teacher!

Awesome!!!!

Thank you Derryl!! Always inspire me to play

This is insane. Love what you have done. Easier solos!!!!!!

Just fantastic!

thx a lot !

No dislike, guess you're the man. Awesome work

In half time it sounds like Genesis with Steve Hackett during the Wind and Wuthering period 😂

Well I spent a few days learning this and really taking my time to get the phrasing right. Got up to @0:18 and that 7-10-13 stretch really strains the hand so had to stop there. Really great lesson though!

Thank you

holy shit man, been wanting to learn this for years, thanks man!

Amazingly well done!

Hey Derryl. Superb Interpretation of this Masterpiece. I would love to see you breaking down one of his solos from a theroetical point of view. Greetings from Berlin. Keep up the great work!

Love it, love it, love it!!!

Dope

next.. Panic Station Please!

Daaaaamn

Much better thanks

,Многому меня научил,спасибо Деррил

Bravo!

Mac Man solo!!!!! Please

Great!

Suberb. Thanks for the lesson. How about a transcription of 16 men of tain?

Alot of ear trickery in AH's phrasing. Some of these lines are more bluesy than when it's just blazing by.

oh man!

...and how nice does it sound at half-speed?

Really excellent job. Would you tell me what primarily gives you that "AH sound"? AH used a variety of guitars and amps and still maintained a very recognizable tone over the decades. What are you using, a pedal, rolled the tone down on the guitar, etc? Its perfect.

Darryl, What amp, PEDAL you use for your great, great SUSTAIN... every note you play sound for 5 second !!! What pedal you prefere for this? Great player, Ciao!!!

Watch from 1:30 at 2x speed Thank me later :)

What rig are you using for that nice holdsworthian sound?? 😍

wish note names were used instead of, or in conjunction with, fret numbers. Musicians really ought to be thinking of what note they are playing, not just a fret number, which is totally in the abstract.

This solo is scarily difficult

It's not the solo that baffles me, what about the intro?!!