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Did Allan Holdsworth Learn Scales Like This?

If you’re a long-time reader of this blog, you’ll know that I’m a huge Allan Holdsworth fan, and have studied […]

I’ve been a huge fan of 4NPS (four-note-per-string) scales ever since I first saw them on the Allan Holdsworth REH […]

Nowadays, I play in fourths tuning (EADGCF) around 75% of the time because I love it, and the rest of […]

In Part 1, we looked at dividing the fretboard up into string pairs in order play horizontally up and down […]

In honor of the passing of one of my most influential guitar heroes, Allan Holdsworth, and perhaps one of the […]

One of the great things about the guitar is the myriad of ways to play the same thing in various […]

Our latest eBook, ‘Shred Guitar Mechanics: Fretboard Dexterity through 4NPS Scales’, is the product of extensive research into the benefits […]

Earlier this month we looked at 4NPS (four-note-per-string) scales as used by the likes of Allan Holdsworth in this article. […]

I first saw this on Allan Holdsworth’s REH DVD where he recommends learning scales using four notes per string instead […]