A comprehensive study of Allan Holdsworths improvisational ideas, patterns, scales, charts & tunings
Hey everyone! Finally, after 19 months I finished this massive video. I had no idea it would be over 5 hours long, so I suggest treating it like a "video book" in a way. Feel free to download it and do whatever you want with it. 0:00 - Introduction 7:19 - About this video 17:23 - About improvisation 29:09 - How Allan thinks of scales and harmony 1:05:26 - Common Allan themes 1:16:00 - Major tonality lines 1:20:55 - Minor tonality lines Major Scale: 1:26:00 - Ionian 1:34:16 - Dorian 1:42:49 - Phrygian 1:49:45 - Lydian 1:53:58 - Mixolydian 2:02:31 - Aeolian 2:09:01 - Locrain 2:11:59 - Multipositional lines 2:13:51 - Octave phrases 2:15:12 - Pentatonic 2:29:38 - Melodic Minor 2:38:49 - Diminished scale 2:57:19 - Add b6 scale 3:09:38 - Add b6 / Harmonic Major / Harmonic Minor similarities 3:14:26 - Harmonic Minor 3:18:15 - Harmonic Major Messaien 3rd Mode: 3:20:03 - Me