Holdsworth not of this world! His voicings are the most hauntingly beautiful sounds I’ve ever heard. I dearly miss this great humble man’s music who I had the pleasure of meeting. He was a very Humble Genius! As always 🍺’ski your ear astounds me & top notch lesson.
My hands are too small for most of Allan's stuff ! I'd like to thank Allan for ever here, so high guitar emotions, RIP my friend. Thanks David, these chords were mysteries until today, cheers from France.
I got to see Holdsworth three nights in a row I the early 90’s, his chords were the main attraction for me. The other thing about Holdsworth is that he said he tried to mimic a saxophone in phrasing while soloing. He was unique, like Jeff Beck, that’s pretty rare in the guitar world.
I first heard Allan Holdsworth on Georgetown University radio WGTB in the mid to early late 70s with bands like Gong and Tony Williams Lifetime. Immediately after, he became one of my favorite players ever. Mainly a soloist, most of his rhythm playing around that time was based around power chords, but he still had a unique way of playing them. It wasn't until I heard his IOU album in the early 80s that I got a chance to hear his very unique style of chords voicings.
I had a few Carvin guitars back in the day, and I remember always checking out Holdsworth's signature guitar a few times when I was at the store. Probably one of the most unique guitars I've played. It looked so strange but was also strangely comfortable to play. Not my cup of tea, but it was a legitimately great instrument!
Totally agree. As much as I love his catalog I always find myself returning to i.o.u. From the time I first heard it to the recording itself I've been intrigued. I've yet to hear anything else like it. Life altering moments.
You're right. Small immersions from time to time, and begin to shift slowly into his unique universe. Even if we grab only 1% of his habbits/chord shapes, it's definitely not a waste of time. Regularly challenging yourself is actually the only way to open your musical mind (a little bit). Well done!
Before I actually watch this video, I was extremely lucky to work with a former drummer and friend of Mr. Holdsworth who took me to a gig in Manchester UK, a really small place, Gary Husband was on drums, after the show our mutual friend introduced us and without drawing breath Allan said, "Ahh, you must be Mick, I have heard so much about you" I honestly thought I was at the gates. I was a fan before seeing him and I was a greater fan afterwards. A very nice down to earth man who appreciated his friends. What an experience! I'll watch now and edit later, Good luck!! HA HA... Great job. Even in the 2020's Allan Holdsworth is still ahead of his time. You can hear his influence on so many players and he is still relevant. Great video.
Anything on Holdsworth is really interesting and appreciated. Allan's chord scales technique is truly amazing. He was a one of a kind genius. Thank you David.
Awesome hearing you play these IOU cuts. There was almost no recordings of him prior except a few things, UK, Jean LucPonty, Tony Williams. It was torture waiting for this album because he was playing stuff that no one on this planet had played or could play, plus Eddie was raving about him. Plus this really showed where he was going with his writing. Eddie, Shawn Lane, Scott Henderson, Bill Connors and many others were influenced by him. Thanks for posting, great as always.
He does some good work with Soft Machine. Saw some video of them with Allan playing a white SG. He also played on a few Bruford records that are ridiculous
Derryl Gabel here on UA-cam is one of the closest that I've seen that has studied Allan Holdsworth. Dave you impressed me on tackling a guitar genius of Allan. I was hoping you would do a video on him. Allan has an impressive chord and solo vocabulary that nobody could match. Allan is definitely out of this world. Totally miss him. All we have are concerts here on UA-cam that I watch often. Great job Dave! 👍🎸
I really enjoy sometimes watching your more involved and advanced lessons like this without my guitar in my hands, sometimes I soak up more that way because I'm not trying to play what you're playing right away. Fantastic lesson Dave, thank you for this one.
Truly an amazing artist. I'm with you Dave, his music and technic is extremely difficult to learn and play and I consider you closer than I'll ever come.
Now I'm excited !! Thanks so much David. ^-^ R.I.P. Alan Holdsworth. You forever changed how we guitarists play. I'm still trying to be as "not such a good player" as you thought you were (I admire that humbleness).
Love hearing about how you use a tonality as a connection to write your own music... Its the thing that dosent get taught very often... Playing covers is great but again... Writing a great song is the whole point... At least to me it is...
Thank you David for another inspiring lesson. After workout like that Alan would be the first person to encourage you to have a pint or two of your favorite ale.
Another great lesson. I'd like to see you review the chords of John McLaughlin of the Mahavishnu Orchestra...Meeting of the Spirits, Birds of Fire, The Life Divine, etc.
I was 15 back in 1985 when I bought „Metal Fatigue“. What a great album! Dave, your channel is absolutely awesome, thanks for all the videos. The chords of Stevie Salas would really make my day.... unfortunately, there won’t be enough requests for him😕.
Great lesson Dave, you piqued my interest to check out Holdsworth in more detail with this lesson. Also, I can definitely hear a huge influence on Akerfeldt's playing with the unusual chord voicings
I had to look it up, Velvet Darkness was the album i got when i first heard of him. Later found out he never intended that material to be released so it made him really mad. He thought it was too unpolished and not what he wanted out there. I liked it because its more wild stuff i could never play but sounded cool. I bought Metal Fatique and liked it but still, i never tryed to hard to learn his stuff. i learned more just now than i ever knew i could. Super great lesson!
19:17 on my other channel "TurrigenousOfficial" I have about 40 Allan Holdsworth lesson tunes, which I tried to make as accurate as possible. That chord BUGGED me for so long because I could NOT figure out exactly how its played, especially because its only part of the swell intro and theres no video of him playing it! It took me a couple of years but I was able to track down a version and im PRETTY sure its actually played (x,x,5,5,8,11,x) then the Bb moves to A on the B string. I always heard it as an Ebmaj7 with the 5 moving to the #11.
Wow! Wonder if Holdsworth ever dabbled into the old exhaustive text that is Ted Greene's Chord Chemistry? Came out in the 70's and im still studying it!
I don't see any Allan Holdsworth influencing EVH because EVH never used Allan Holdsworth Stretched chord voicings or used Allan Holdsworth lead phrasing. Maybe make a video lesson on how EVH was influenced because I don't hear it in van halens albums. I prefer Soft Machine before Allan got into the band but I know Frank Zappa was a major fan of Allans which I'm not sure why he never asked Allan to join his band or make a album. It was very rare for Zappa to actually like some ones playing because of the level of musicianship he was after.
EVH repeatedly namechecked Holdsworth in interviews and was responsible for him getting a record deal for Road Games. Eddie said that his solo on “Push comes to shove” was inspired by Holdsworth.
@@bengriffin1089 I don't hear any EVH riffs or EVH solos that sound like Holdsworth and yes EVH says he was influenced by Holdsworth but I don't hear it in EVH playing
i'm sorry but you are incorrect- around 9 30 in the video. you are calling it a C maj9 add 11, but adding a Bb on the high E string to the C chord would make it a dominant chord- i.e. the full chord you are making will be called C11, and NOT maj9add11 (as that would imply the natural 7 rather than the b7). Hope this doesn't come across as a dig. Peace.
Looking Glass ...the name of the song ... NO Wonder that people like Eddie van Halen , Steve Vai and others named Allan Holdsworth the Best Guitarist of all times (nobody knows)
The ballsiest chord play yet!! God bless your joints dave!!
Holdsworth not of this world! His voicings are the most hauntingly beautiful sounds I’ve ever heard. I dearly miss this great humble man’s music who I had the pleasure of meeting. He was a very Humble Genius! As always 🍺’ski your ear astounds me & top notch lesson.
I did the same thing when I heard Eddie say that Holdsworth plays shit he can't figure out. Nice job!
My hands are too small for most of Allan's stuff ! I'd like to thank Allan for ever here, so high guitar emotions, RIP my friend.
Thanks David, these chords were mysteries until today, cheers from France.
Your lessons are all top notch.
This one in particular was a bit stretchy LOL.😃 ROCK ON.🎸
This is your most challenging chord play. Alan was the most unique player ever 😎🤘
I got to see Holdsworth three nights in a row I the early 90’s, his chords were the main attraction for me. The other thing about Holdsworth is that he said he tried to mimic a saxophone in phrasing while soloing. He was unique, like Jeff Beck, that’s pretty rare in the guitar world.
I first heard Allan Holdsworth on Georgetown University radio WGTB in the mid to early late 70s with bands like Gong and Tony Williams Lifetime. Immediately after, he became one of my favorite players ever. Mainly a soloist, most of his rhythm playing around that time was based around power chords, but he still had a unique way of playing them. It wasn't until I heard his IOU album in the early 80s that I got a chance to hear his very unique style of chords voicings.
I had a few Carvin guitars back in the day, and I remember always checking out Holdsworth's signature guitar a few times when I was at the store. Probably one of the most unique guitars I've played. It looked so strange but was also strangely comfortable to play. Not my cup of tea, but it was a legitimately great instrument!
Totally agree.
As much as I love his catalog I always find myself returning to i.o.u.
From the time I first heard it to the recording itself I've been intrigued. I've yet to hear anything else like it.
Life altering moments.
David .. thank you .. I had heard of Allan , but never really ventured into those territories ...so you are turning me on to something new.
GREAT lesson!! “IOU” was a major influence on my guitar playing very early on. Holdsworth was a truly unique talent.
You're right. Small immersions from time to time, and begin to shift slowly into his unique universe. Even if we grab only 1% of his habbits/chord shapes, it's definitely not a waste of time. Regularly challenging yourself is actually the only way to open your musical mind (a little bit). Well done!
Before I actually watch this video, I was extremely lucky to work with a former drummer and friend of Mr. Holdsworth who took me to a gig in Manchester UK, a really small place, Gary Husband was on drums, after the show our mutual friend introduced us and without drawing breath Allan said, "Ahh, you must be Mick, I have heard so much about you"
I honestly thought I was at the gates.
I was a fan before seeing him and I was a greater fan afterwards.
A very nice down to earth man who appreciated his friends.
What an experience!
I'll watch now and edit later, Good luck!!
HA HA... Great job.
Even in the 2020's Allan Holdsworth is still ahead of his time.
You can hear his influence on so many players and he is still relevant.
Great video.
Anything on Holdsworth is really interesting and appreciated. Allan's chord scales technique is truly amazing. He was a one of a kind genius. Thank you David.
Holdsworth was amazing.
Add to it that he would improvise that way.......
....damn
Thank you, David 😊
As we all stretch our skills and climb our own mountains and keep dreaming.
Scott
Awesome hearing you play these IOU cuts. There was almost no recordings of him prior except a few things, UK, Jean LucPonty, Tony Williams. It was torture waiting for this album because he was playing stuff that no one on this planet had played or could play, plus Eddie was raving about him. Plus this really showed where he was going with his writing. Eddie, Shawn Lane, Scott Henderson, Bill Connors and many others were influenced by him. Thanks for posting, great as always.
He does some good work with Soft Machine. Saw some video of them with Allan playing a white SG. He also played on a few Bruford records that are ridiculous
Derryl Gabel here on UA-cam is one of the closest that I've seen that has studied Allan Holdsworth.
Dave you impressed me on tackling a guitar genius of Allan. I was hoping you would do a video on him. Allan has an impressive chord and solo vocabulary that nobody could match. Allan is definitely out of this world. Totally miss him. All we have are concerts here on UA-cam that I watch often. Great job Dave! 👍🎸
Yeah.
Gabel is up there.
There's a few...
Yoshinori Seki, Robert Ritchiesse and Turrigenous are basically AH devotees.
...Tim Miller
Tory Slusher
@@nakim55
Yes! Tory is great!
I really enjoy sometimes watching your more involved and advanced lessons like this without my guitar in my hands, sometimes I soak up more that way because I'm not trying to play what you're playing right away. Fantastic lesson Dave, thank you for this one.
Truly an amazing artist. I'm with you Dave, his music and technic is extremely difficult to learn and play and I consider you closer than I'll ever come.
Just watching this video without my guitar anywhere near me was so enjoyable. Well done 🎸
Will come back to this on the weekend this is gonna be on a whole new level
Thank You David!
Now I'm excited !! Thanks so much David. ^-^
R.I.P. Alan Holdsworth. You forever changed how we guitarists play.
I'm still trying to be as "not such a good player" as you thought you were (I admire that humbleness).
Love hearing about how you use a tonality as a connection to write your own music... Its the thing that dosent get taught very often... Playing covers is great but again... Writing a great song is the whole point... At least to me it is...
So cool the sounds that can be coaxed. Love to do likewise. Movie soundtracks are great to get inspried in this way.
Holy shit I never thought you'd actually do it lol
Hands down my favorite guitarist, Shawn Lane running real close second
lane was a monster player for sure very complex riffs.
Johnny Smith was also doing major stretch chords in the 50's in, e.g., Moonlight in Vermont.
STP's guitarist Dean Deleo uses theese #11 chords. I heard he is a Allan holdsworth fan, now ı understand
Thank you David for another inspiring lesson. After workout like that Alan would be the first person to encourage you to have a pint or two of your favorite ale.
Another great lesson. I'd like to see you review the chords of John McLaughlin of the Mahavishnu Orchestra...Meeting of the Spirits, Birds of Fire, The Life Divine, etc.
Now your taking !!
I was 15 back in 1985 when I bought „Metal Fatigue“. What a great album!
Dave, your channel is absolutely awesome, thanks for all the videos.
The chords of Stevie Salas would really make my day.... unfortunately, there won’t be enough requests for him😕.
Dave, you might be the greatest guitar instructor there has ever been.
Yeah, but he talks waaaaay tooo much.
"Allan Qui?" of Gongzilla is DAMM Great ...the speed of his solos and lines are UNBELIEVABLE
I had that book, terrific content as always.
Great lesson- thanks!
OH
THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD ONE
Great lesson Dave, you piqued my interest to check out Holdsworth in more detail with this lesson. Also, I can definitely hear a huge influence on Akerfeldt's playing with the unusual chord voicings
Gold lesson! Thanks David.
I had to look it up, Velvet Darkness was the album i got when i first heard of him. Later found out he never intended that material to be released so it made him really mad. He thought it was too unpolished and not what he wanted out there. I liked it because its more wild stuff i could never play but sounded cool. I bought Metal Fatique and liked it but still, i never tryed to hard to learn his stuff. i learned more just now than i ever knew i could. Super great lesson!
That was outstanding. THANK YOU for this.
19:17 on my other channel "TurrigenousOfficial" I have about 40 Allan Holdsworth lesson tunes, which I tried to make as accurate as possible. That chord BUGGED me for so long because I could NOT figure out exactly how its played, especially because its only part of the swell intro and theres no video of him playing it! It took me a couple of years but I was able to track down a version and im PRETTY sure its actually played (x,x,5,5,8,11,x) then the Bb moves to A on the B string. I always heard it as an Ebmaj7 with the 5 moving to the #11.
Great lesson!
Awesome, another great lesson! Thank you much bro 🎸🎸👍
Yesss dude so glad you did Allan. Love your vids
That Cmin9add11/G is absolutely gorgeous
Wow! Wonder if Holdsworth ever dabbled into the old exhaustive text that is Ted Greene's Chord Chemistry? Came out in the 70's and im still studying it!
Great lesson man. Really loved this one
Enjoyed ! 🙂
Sick video btw man. Really enjoyed this X
More Eric Johnson please Sir... and Larry Carlton..and again Steve Hillage..hugely underated
Man you pick every great player
Cool thanks!
The lesson starts at 5:03 .
Check out the Kiesel HH2!
the chord at 9:46 is tough; let's see what s coming up😆
Dave....my left hand was aching, just watching the video.... ;-)....but i'll give some of the shapes a go anyway.....aaarrrggghhhh.......
first thought before clicking,"this is gonna hurt"...
Amazing work man! just a little detail regarding 9:33: I think that' s just a C11/G
Tabs would be nice. But I appreciate the tutorial
that PRS is so nice, what model is it???
S2 Vela
He mentioned this in the previous video
Great! Please ADD PICS of shapes (with cord names). Make it simple to see where your fingers are. Thanks!
Kick A$$ stuff... 🤘😆🤘
Wow. The last time I heard someone doing that much of a stretch it was for armed robbery.
Maybe if I got one of those kids' guitars or the little Paul Gilbert one I could do those chords.
...the lesson comes with a WARNING!!! 😂😂😂...hazard profile...for sure
Jim Matheos is also very fond of Allan Holdsworth.
Daryl Gabel does some Holdsworth justice.
Sometimes Allan Holdsworth revealed some magic landscapes, but also I find some of it unpleasant
1st finger 2nd fret, 3rd finger down the hall, across the street then over the wall up the stairs 3rd room on the left….aaahhhhh
I don’t have enough fingers for the lesson....
Bundles!
10:32 the quintessential Frank Zappa chord!
Yeah I can't do any of that in a musical context, but after trying I got a new sticker for my car 👍
Can you do a Barry Harris lesson, I know he a piano player but he has some really interesting theory concepts
the 6th to diminished thing
His hand s look huge not sure if it’s camera angle
Letters of Marque into
👍
Nobody know what exactly im doing. Allan Holdworth😁
I don't see any Allan Holdsworth influencing EVH because EVH never used Allan Holdsworth Stretched chord voicings or used Allan Holdsworth lead phrasing. Maybe make a video lesson on how EVH was influenced because I don't hear it in van halens albums. I prefer Soft Machine before Allan got into the band but I know Frank Zappa was a major fan of Allans which I'm not sure why he never asked Allan to join his band or make a album. It was very rare for Zappa to actually like some ones playing because of the level of musicianship he was after.
EVH repeatedly namechecked Holdsworth in interviews and was responsible for him getting a record deal for Road Games. Eddie said that his solo on “Push comes to shove” was inspired by Holdsworth.
@@bengriffin1089 I don't hear any EVH riffs or EVH solos that sound like Holdsworth and yes EVH says he was influenced by Holdsworth but I don't hear it in EVH playing
Shook hands with the once his hand almost reached up to my elbow
Waoo
I'm so jealous of your big hands😡😢
but lesson was very interesting though
Thanks!
Paul Reed Smith scale length makes it a little easier
When they can recognize the Cm9 add 11 over Gs
That damn lava lamp is very distracting ;)
All that money and that cheezy shirt? I'm gonna' call David.
Saw Holdsworth live , his left hand was not of this world .
I need to stretch
Came to watch ads and a guy with a guitar showed up
🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁
i'm sorry but you are incorrect- around 9 30 in the video. you are calling it a C maj9 add 11, but adding a Bb on the high E string to the C chord would make it a dominant chord- i.e. the full chord you are making will be called C11, and NOT maj9add11 (as that would imply the natural 7 rather than the b7). Hope this doesn't come across as a dig. Peace.
Your left hand ✋ is massive by the way..🤓
Looking Glass ...the name of the song ...
NO Wonder that people like Eddie van Halen , Steve Vai and others named Allan Holdsworth the Best Guitarist of all times (nobody knows)
Do not hold any stretch chords and meditate on them for 20 minutes.
Just sayin'
you shouldnt copy anybody. Take some principles from your idols and make something new. Thats the way.