Masterpiece of a performance! You nailed it! It is an incredibly challenging solo and you not only got the notes, but all the nuances, vibrato arm techniques, harmonics and excellent phrasing throughout! This blew me away entirely!
Allan invented a whole bunch of new phrasing. This isn't jazz phrasing. It isn't blues phrasing. It's allan holdsworth phrasing. Genius. And so accurately played here by you. I'm going to have a go at it. I doubt I'll play it as well though
The thing is reaching that level of harmonic complexity just improvising, without even care about what was happening with his hands on the fretboard... says it all. Sometimes we forget about this aspect, just being stunned at his speed. To me it has never been about the technicality, to be fair. I always try listening what he's creating from an harmonic point of view, the way he builds it. It's like and old friend telling you a great story in a very detailed way. Unique as the greatest classical composers were, pioneer of musical genres.
Derryl G! Guitar legend Allan Holdsworth would certainly be proud of you playing his classic melody of Devil Take The Hindmost Solo. which is definitely a FAN FAVORITE.🎼🎸well done.🎶
wow! amazing job Derryl! to my ears its the best guitar solo ever recorded. I bought Metal Fatigue when it came out around 85- and to this day I haven't heard any better than the DTTH solo
great solo indeed ....also right at the top are 415 Bradford Executive , unMerry GoRound and albeit a synthaxe solo, the solo on Spokes. Never heard any guitarist play lines like those on spokes.
Awesome, Derryl. Allan was featured in the Feb 1985 issue of guitar player magazine, and this song was on the “sound sheet” that month. (Sound sheets were thin, floppy, vinyl records that were stapled into the magazine and could be removed by tearing along a perforated line.) I wore mine out. I HAD TO figure out the line that starts in Derryl’s video between 0:55 and 1:03. I slowed it down by recording it to tape while playing it at a slower speed, and then bouncing it between tape recorders a few times. It’s the only portion of an Allan Holdsworth solo I ever figured out. It’s amazing to see the entire solo transcribed, and beyond this, the command of Allan’s vocabulary in general that Derryl has developed.
@@derrylgabel I didn't. I'll check it out. If I remember correctly, there was also a transcription in that issue of Guitar Player. But back then, I preferred learning stuff by ear, so I didn't spend much time on it. I did one bit of fingering that's different from what you do. On beat 2 in your measure 35, starting on the B natural, I did pull-offs down to A, hammer-ons to Bb and D and a pull-off to A. So all of the notes from beat 2 of measure 35 to the downbeat of measure 36 were played on the B string with just one picked note, the B natural. My goal was mostly to avoid going back and forth between the B and E strings with the pick. Relative to now, my right hand technique was slamming back then (I used economy picking exclusively). But even then, I couldn't have pulled off your cross-string picking when going from Bb to D to A in measure 35 at that tempo. This puts in perspective for me how well developed your right hand is.
Sounds like a chorus effect. Kudos on nailing this so spot on. This guy must have the patience of a saint to learn such dense musical pieces. Incredible playing.
The playing is impressive, but what really did it for me is the way you mastered the Allan "not looking at the neck and just vibing while the notes are flying by". Completely authentic.
Hello, Derryl, absolutely amazing played! Fun fact, I sent my hand-notes to Livio Lamonea for the second solo part, I worked with dismantling that solo for two weeks, like 10 hours a day, and I thought I should go insane. But finally I had it. And Livio made a perfect transcript of it :) MIT also made a case of our cooperation on that solo, and I am so glad that it is made a proper transcription of it now in order so that everyone can learn how to play that masterpiece. And you nailed it, definitely :) Sincerely Jostein Odland
Madre de Díos Santísimo!!!!! Incredible performance. So smooth, so legato, so well interpreted. You must really enjoy it while playing it. Keep up your nice content. Wish you love and peace.
Awesome work as usual Derryl ! Please one of these days play the solo for Spokes . Yes allan played it on synthaxe but , i've never heard ANY guitarrist play lines like allan did on Spokes . Just mind boggling elegance
You've accomplished something Holdsworth never actually did himself... i.e., replayed a solo that he played on his own record. As we know, he liked to truly improvise everything except the basic song structure. I like improvisation to a degree, however, when you spend years listening to his albums and those solos are so imbedded in your mind - it's hard not to hear those songs without "those" solos. Amazing job! Way beyond my abilities. I'll stick with playing Rush songs... 🙂
Thanks for your comment. I think we all can actually do more than we expect. You just have to have that motivating factor to accomplish it. You have to want it really bad. If you want to learn one of Allan's solos, then do it. You might surprise yourself. Even if you don't get it up to tempo, it's still comes with a lot of benefits. I like to improvise too and have several videos on my channel demonstrating that skill. I learn Allan's solos because I feel like he was one of the greatest improvisors of all time. I like to analyze the notes, rhythms, and phrasing to learn from Allan and hopefully apply what I learn to my own style and teach my students those concepts. Working his solos up to tempo is a fun way to build your technique. I'm sure Allan at some point in his guitar journey learned solos or lines from other musicians he admired and that helped teach him things.
WOWW!!!!! Incredible. The tone the feel the accuracy, everything. I couldn't hear one 'off' note. One of my fav Holdsworth pieces. Rock on Darrel! I got to practice those CDs I got from you!
Great playing as always from a great player more people should know... same with Brett Stine who Derryl mentions, and who I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) has set out to transcribe every recorded Holdsworth solo (!)...........thanks and keep up the outstanding work
@@derrylgabel BTW, I think I saw you leave a comment for Bryan Baker on one of his videos? Now that Allan is gone, he's me favorite of the fusion guitarists out there now because he very much plays his own lines and ideas, something that's increasingly hard to do with so much parity at the top and so many monster fusion guys (of which you are no doubt one) out there now... plus he's got the pedigree as a child classical guitar virtuoso and I believe the youngest guitarist to ever get a full scholarship to Berklee at 16...
Takes a lot of work. You listen to the solo so many times that you can practically sing it. At least sing the melodic parts. Then, start memorizing and playing it phrase by phrase. Then, start practicing with the track at a very comfortable tempo and gradually over time, increasing the tempo. Usually, when I do something like this, I'll immerse myself in the project, and that's all I will play and work on until I've filmed it at tempo.
Go here for the transcription synced with the video
www.soundslice.com/slices/pHf4c/
you are the best Derryl !!!
Thanks.
Derryl,
1 Peter 5:8 is in the thumbnail.
Was Allan a Christian? I sure hope he believed in Jesus.
Acts 16:31
...Eccelso...sono ammutolito...per imparare questo solista,mi ci vorrebbero 3 anni... bravissimo...👏👏👏👍💪💪👍
Amazing to think that Allan improvised that on the spot. A genuine genius and so missed. RIP.
Is it? Because it *really* sounds like an improvised solo, and not necessarily in a good way, always found it a tad aimless
@@JohnDaubSuperfan369lmdBo! A tad aimless from Allen is LIGHT years beyond anything YOU could EVER conceive of I'm CERTAIN 😅
@@JohnDaubSuperfan369 aimless? on the contrary, I find this is one of Holdsworth's best conceived solos architecture-wise
Masterpiece of a performance! You nailed it! It is an incredibly challenging solo and you not only got the notes, but all the nuances, vibrato arm techniques, harmonics and excellent phrasing throughout! This blew me away entirely!
Allan invented a whole bunch of new phrasing. This isn't jazz phrasing. It isn't blues phrasing. It's allan holdsworth phrasing. Genius.
And so accurately played here by you. I'm going to have a go at it. I doubt I'll play it as well though
The thing is reaching that level of harmonic complexity just improvising, without even care about what was happening with his hands on the fretboard... says it all. Sometimes we forget about this aspect, just being stunned at his speed. To me it has never been about the technicality, to be fair. I always try listening what he's creating from an harmonic point of view, the way he builds it. It's like and old friend telling you a great story in a very detailed way. Unique as the greatest classical composers were, pioneer of musical genres.
and here i am again, just to say: phenomenal. Awesome work. Thanks for the effort of learning, editing and posting for us to enjoy!
My pleasure!
That six second phrase on 0:55 blew my mind 37 years ago...
Absolutely monstrous in the best way possible :)
Derryl G! Guitar legend Allan Holdsworth would certainly be proud of you playing his classic melody of Devil Take The Hindmost Solo.
which is definitely a FAN FAVORITE.🎼🎸well done.🎶
Probably not. Holdsworth was critical of people learning his solos note for note instead of creating their own thing.
"Guitar like a saxophone." Spot on, sir!
wow! amazing job Derryl! to my ears its the best guitar solo ever recorded. I bought Metal Fatigue when it came out around 85- and to this day I haven't heard any better than the DTTH solo
Absolute Truth is Possible!!!
Ditto, amazing and blew my mind when it came out! This is so good too!
great solo indeed ....also right at the top are 415 Bradford Executive , unMerry GoRound and albeit a synthaxe solo, the solo on Spokes. Never heard any guitarist play lines like those on spokes.
WOW, absolutely stunning...the solo that made me "get" Holdsworth, still one of my favourite solo's, you really nailed it
From 1985 - almost 40 years ago... unbelievable now. Well done!
Awesome, Derryl. Allan was featured in the Feb 1985 issue of guitar player magazine, and this song was on the “sound sheet” that month. (Sound sheets were thin, floppy, vinyl records that were stapled into the magazine and could be removed by tearing along a perforated line.) I wore mine out. I HAD TO figure out the line that starts in Derryl’s video between 0:55 and 1:03. I slowed it down by recording it to tape while playing it at a slower speed, and then bouncing it between tape recorders a few times. It’s the only portion of an Allan Holdsworth solo I ever figured out. It’s amazing to see the entire solo transcribed, and beyond this, the command of Allan’s vocabulary in general that Derryl has developed.
Yes, I remember seeing that issue. Did you see the transcription that I pinned at that top and now also in the description?
@@derrylgabel I didn't. I'll check it out. If I remember correctly, there was also a transcription in that issue of Guitar Player. But back then, I preferred learning stuff by ear, so I didn't spend much time on it. I did one bit of fingering that's different from what you do. On beat 2 in your measure 35, starting on the B natural, I did pull-offs down to A, hammer-ons to Bb and D and a pull-off to A. So all of the notes from beat 2 of measure 35 to the downbeat of measure 36 were played on the B string with just one picked note, the B natural. My goal was mostly to avoid going back and forth between the B and E strings with the pick. Relative to now, my right hand technique was slamming back then (I used economy picking exclusively). But even then, I couldn't have pulled off your cross-string picking when going from Bb to D to A in measure 35 at that tempo. This puts in perspective for me how well developed your right hand is.
Allans note production is beautiful. Fantastic video thank you so much.
Excellent. That is my favorite holdsworth solo
Incredible! Thanks for sharing that.
Amazing! Great job! The attention to detail was incredible too!!
Wow! Outrageously great!!
Gobsmacked.
🍻🍻💃🏽🕺🏽
This is very special. Thank you.
Sounds like a chorus effect. Kudos on nailing this so spot on. This guy must have the patience of a saint to learn such dense musical pieces. Incredible playing.
Thanks for listening! Here's just me, bass and drums ua-cam.com/video/qgsby3PLsYU/v-deo.html
That was so accurate but perfectly natural its outstanding and mind blowing. The sherif of Holdsworth Town just reminded everyone who's the boss!
😄 Thanks John! Listen to this. Just me, bass, and drums www.soundslice.com/slices/pHf4c/
The playing is impressive, but what really did it for me is the way you mastered the Allan "not looking at the neck and just vibing while the notes are flying by". Completely authentic.
Hello, Derryl, absolutely amazing played! Fun fact, I sent my hand-notes to Livio Lamonea for the second solo part, I worked with dismantling that solo for two weeks, like 10 hours a day, and I thought I should go insane. But finally I had it. And Livio made a perfect transcript of it :) MIT also made a case of our cooperation on that solo, and I am so glad that it is made a proper transcription of it now in order so that everyone can learn how to play that masterpiece. And you nailed it, definitely :) Sincerely Jostein Odland
Unreal, man! Fantastic!
My favorite Holdsworth solo and you nailed it! Chad's drums on this track are equally amazing
Man you absolutely nailed it. This might be my favorite guitar solo ever.
One of mine too, for sure🎉
FANTASTIC
bro, amazing
Excellent!!
Awe inspiring amazement!
Allan had mind-melting style. Great video!
You REALLY nailed it this time! Absolutely fantastic Derryl, well done.
Madre de Díos Santísimo!!!!! Incredible performance. So smooth, so legato, so well interpreted. You must really enjoy it while playing it. Keep up your nice content. Wish you love and peace.
Inspiring!! You put the work in Darryl and this was spectacular. I'm sure Allan would grab a beer and cheer you from the audience on this one
Great to hear you again - Alan’s masterpiece!
No words for this... outstanding interpretation.. incredible
Absolutely beautiful 🌹#goat aka #greatest_of_all_time
Crikey! Saved me a job that I haven't got time for! Amazing stuff.
Sheeeeeesh such greatness!~
Mamma mia... 😬 Absolutely impressive! 👍👍👍
Perfect job. Bravo!
really impressive 👏
Just perfect, thanks for showing exactly how it’s done! 🙌🏾🌟
Superb!!!!!!
Bravo 👏👏👏
One if not the best guitar solo of all times. Great job mate !
This is just so perfectly played, I love it
Fantastic!!
That's quite a transcription, a long one too. Well done, man.
AWESOME!!!!!!
Brilliant as usual, Derryl!
Fuuuuuuuuuuuu........that is unreal. Well done!
One of my all time favourite solos and boy o boy have you pinned it. Bravo maestro
Sir Gabel, master the best. A big hug.
Hug back!
FLAWLESS! 😲
Mind blowing...excellent job
Thank you! Cheers!
Just speechless Brother…. Speechless.
Bravo!
Awesome!
It would be amazing to see you do the solo of "Panic Station" !!
Thank you for the video sir
very well played
Infinitos aplausos para Derryl Gabel.
Bravo mon ami👏👏👏👏🤟🤟🤟🔥🔥🔥🔥
Stunning. A real tribute. Fantastic playing !
Thanks for listening
Awesome work as usual Derryl ! Please one of these days play the solo for Spokes . Yes allan played it on synthaxe but , i've never heard ANY guitarrist play lines like allan did on Spokes . Just mind boggling elegance
Awesome job!!
insane!!!! wow
Amazing, parabéns 🇧🇷
Impresionante, amigo!! Es mi solo favorito de Allan... Congrats!!
Derryl is such a quick study..definately becoming one of my best students..😁😁😁😉
You are so Amazing, Humble & Inspiring. Love everything you Do.
Blessings!!
Bravo!!! The crème de la crème of guitar solos. Would love to hear about the tone quest for this. Cheers
Coming soon!
My all time favorite solo of Allan’s. You nailed it down. Amazing.
For starters...WOW, love it!
Fluid speed
Master class of guitar
😁👍🎸
Great job!
Crazy 😮
You've accomplished something Holdsworth never actually did himself... i.e., replayed a solo that he played on his own record. As we know, he liked to truly improvise everything except the basic song structure. I like improvisation to a degree, however, when you spend years listening to his albums and those solos are so imbedded in your mind - it's hard not to hear those songs without "those" solos. Amazing job! Way beyond my abilities. I'll stick with playing Rush songs... 🙂
Thanks for your comment. I think we all can actually do more than we expect. You just have to have that motivating factor to accomplish it. You have to want it really bad. If you want to learn one of Allan's solos, then do it. You might surprise yourself. Even if you don't get it up to tempo, it's still comes with a lot of benefits. I like to improvise too and have several videos on my channel demonstrating that skill. I learn Allan's solos because I feel like he was one of the greatest improvisors of all time. I like to analyze the notes, rhythms, and phrasing to learn from Allan and hopefully apply what I learn to my own style and teach my students those concepts. Working his solos up to tempo is a fun way to build your technique. I'm sure Allan at some point in his guitar journey learned solos or lines from other musicians he admired and that helped teach him things.
Fabulous clean amazing copy! There is no one like Holdsworth and we are so glad you are helping to keep him alive
Fantastic Derryl, a joy to watch. I learned about a third of that. Will be studying your fingerings. Thanks for sharing
Wow!! Mind Blown! Incredible Derryl!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Simply awesome and inspiring. Thank you for all you do.❤
I did one too and it ain't easy. Well done!
Fantastic solo cover. Just perfect tune👏👏👏👏👏
Go get em Derryl, sound quality is top shelf. 🔥🔥🔥
Always amazed by your incredible talents and playing Derryl!
WOWW!!!!! Incredible. The tone the feel the accuracy, everything. I couldn't hear one 'off' note. One of my fav Holdsworth pieces. Rock on Darrel! I got to practice those CDs I got from you!
Holy shit!!!!!!! You nailed it man
Bravo Derryl what a lovely tone and feel, thats solo changed my perception of electric guitar years ago. Cheers from Chile
Great rendition of this amazing solo Derryl
Incredible Derryl!
dam!! awesome!
Absolutely on the nose. Brilliant job Derryl :)
Mastering the Master...well done again Derryl! Thanks for this..
Great Recreation of Holdsworths Solo... I'm still learning things from you...
Bravo Derryl! All the best!
Just fantastic Derryl!!
Great playing as always from a great player more people should know... same with Brett Stine who Derryl mentions, and who I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) has set out to transcribe every recorded Holdsworth solo (!)...........thanks and keep up the outstanding work
Thanks for your comment. John Vullo is the guy who set out to transcribe every Holdsworth studio recording.
@@derrylgabel Okay, thanks for the correction-- and as always the great playing--
@@derrylgabel BTW, I think I saw you leave a comment for Bryan Baker on one of his videos? Now that Allan is gone, he's me favorite of the fusion guitarists out there now because he very much plays his own lines and ideas, something that's increasingly hard to do with so much parity at the top and so many monster fusion guys (of which you are no doubt one) out there now... plus he's got the pedigree as a child classical guitar virtuoso and I believe the youngest guitarist to ever get a full scholarship to Berklee at 16...
I am amazed .!!!!! ......................................how do people like you Derryl memorize this ????????????????????
Takes a lot of work. You listen to the solo so many times that you can practically sing it. At least sing the melodic parts. Then, start memorizing and playing it phrase by phrase. Then, start practicing with the track at a very comfortable tempo and gradually over time, increasing the tempo. Usually, when I do something like this, I'll immerse myself in the project, and that's all I will play and work on until I've filmed it at tempo.
Great job man. Amazing!!!!