Holdsworthian Diatonic Chords
The way Allan Holdsworth thought about chords as being groups of (usually 4) notes from a scale blew my mind […]
The Advancing Improviser: Parallel Thinking
Parallel thinking is a great weapon to have in your improvisational arsenal, not least because it allows you to get […]
The Holdsworthian Approach to Diminished Scales
In honor of the passing of one of my most influential guitar heroes, Allan Holdsworth, and perhaps one of the […]
The Improvisational Genius of Allan Holdsworth
I have a lot to thank my first guitar teacher for; in particular, the day he introduced me to the […]
The Problem with Shapes and Patterns on Guitar
It’s no secret that the guitar lends itself well to creating visual information such as chord shapes, scale boxes and […]
How to Crack Your Picking Code
If you’ve ever seen any of Troy Grady’s Cracking the Code videos, which dissect and reverse engineer (mainly) shred guitarists’ […]