Allan Holdsworth
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Movie Reviews of Allan Holdsworth
Movie Review: Must have for students of Allan Holdsworth
Summary: 4 Stars
In my opinion, this is a great insite into the musical mind of the master.
Great video of Allan in the studio with his band, including lottsa closeups on Allan's hands in action. As with most true greats, his humbleness shows during his explanations of how he thinks of chords and scale composition which, for me, is opening doors in how I rethink the guitar.
The only downside of this DVD is that not all of the video material is transcribed in the attached .pdf file. Also, the page layout is such that there are only two stalves per sheet, making printing out the solos an arduous task. I would recommend purchasing Allan's 'Just for the Curious' to obtain more transcriptions (with some duplication) for more songs from this DVD.Allan Holdsworth
Movie Review: Not Bad
Summary: 4 Stars
Allan Holdsworth is absolutely amazing, just don't ask him to explain how he does it, because he won't (or can't) tell you. This video is extremely useful in that it allows you to see the fingering of some of Mr. Holdsworth's best tunes, however, a detailed explanation that all of us Holdsworthian afectionatos would dream of getting is not there. Rather, it outlines the scales he uses and then shows you him playing a song. The nice part definitely is the fact that most of the time it shows you a close up of his fingers. So if not for anything else, I would definitely purchase the DVD for at least that, because it might not be an explanation but sometimes demonstrative examples speak louder than explanations ever could.Movie Review: Some useful info, but too much of a departure
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm a professional touring guitarist as well as a clinician, and as one that has years of studying under his belt, I find this video to be too much of a departure from any musical language that I know. Some things are applicable to more conventional playing (such as 4 note per string scales and symmetrical playing), but Holdsworth isn't a great teacher. One must work to decipher useful things from this DVD, but for anyone in search of radically new ideas, it is worth the work. For everyone else, there are a few useful tips and scales. As I find with most videos, if you learn only one useful thing from it, it is an incredible value.Movie Review: Alluring Allan without da Book!
Summary: 3 Stars
As usual, the music is not for the squeamish! Having seen him
perform "live", it does not disappoint. Technically & sonically outside the usual, he & his band are both inspiring and antiseptic. His matter-of-fact explanations for his excursions onto the complete fretboard layout of
each chord, vs. just throwing in substitutions, is actually very simple to
comprehend. Of course, his acknowledged different approach to applying it
left me scratching my head - and cursing my hands - but what a great dilemma to have! I would rate it 5 stars if the referred-to booklet was to
be found, either in the jacket or separate package or . . .
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