Allan Holdsworth
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What Scales Did Allan Holdsworth Actually Use? (The Truth About His “Outside” Sound)
Ask the internet what scales Allan Holdsworth used and you’ll get three kinds of useless answer. The first is “everything”…
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Allan Holdsworth Chords – How to Find Them
When Allan Holdsworth played chords, it could look downright bemusing and somewhat physically demanding; what’s more, how did he even…
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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…
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Monster 4NPS Scale Runs without the Monster Stretches
I’ve been a huge fan of 4NPS (four-note-per-string) scales ever since I first saw them on the Allan Holdsworth REH…
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Holdsworthian Diatonic Chords
The way Allan Holdsworth thought about chords as being groups of (usually 4) notes from a scale blew my mind…
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The Improvisational Genius of Allan Holdsworth: His Approach to Soloing
I have a lot to thank my first guitar teacher for; in particular, the day he introduced me to the…
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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…
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Scale Patterns, Optical Illusions, and the ‘Breaking Out’ Myth
Our latest eBook, ‘Shred Guitar Mechanics: Fretboard Dexterity through 4NPS Scales’, is the product of extensive research into the benefits…
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Allan Holdsworth: A Guitarist’s Guide
Allan Holdsworth was one of the most innovative guitarists who ever lived — a player who threw out conventional theory…
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Shred Guitar Secrets: 3NPS Meets 4NPS
Earlier this month we looked at 4NPS (four-note-per-string) scales as used by the likes of Allan Holdsworth in this article.…