How to Play Like Allan Holdsworth: A Guitarist's Guide

How to Play Like Allan Holdsworth: A Guitarist's Guide

Ever since my first guitar teacher introduced me to the music of Allan Holdsworth in the late 90s, it has been an ongoing apprenticeship. I became fascinated, not only with his music, but with his approach to music itself, and the way he thinks about chords, scales and improvisation.

Allanâ€™s REH video was a blessing for me as I was able to glean enough insight into his playing to understand the way the great man thinks, and more importantly to begin to apply those concepts to my own playing. I struggled with music theory and orthodox approaches, so when Allanâ€™s beautifully simple way of thinking about chords and scales clicked for me, I knew I had found something that finally made sense.

I must admit, I couldnâ€™t play you a single Allan Holdsworth lick, and I wouldnâ€™t want to as the thought of dissecting his music in that way was always unappealing to me. What I wanted to do was get inside his head, grasp his way of thinking about music, and find out exactly how he was able to come up with such intricate yet outrageous lines and compositions. And that is precisely what this book is about.

Allanâ€™s playing looks incredibly complicated, and then some, to the innocent bystander, but the approach behind it is incredibly simple and easy to grasp. Itâ€™s so straightforward in fact that most players who have attempted to describe what he does completely miss the point. Once you do understand his approach, however, youâ€™ll have a new appreciation for how far heâ€™s taken it, and how far it can go.

This book is not for the faint-hearted, but you shouldnâ€™t be put off by thinking that youâ€™ll be getting to grips with a lot of tricky concepts, because you wonâ€™t; Allanâ€™s way of thinking is almost childlike in its simplicity, and when you glimpse it I can assure you that you'll be intrigued.
Country USA
Author Graham Tippett
Binding Kindle Edition
Format Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages 70
PublicationDate 2016-07-13
ReleaseDate 2016-07-13

Country	USA
Author	Graham Tippett
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages	70
PublicationDate	2016-07-13
ReleaseDate	2016-07-13

How to Play Like Allan Holdsworth: A Guitarist's Guide

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