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Allan Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth was a British jazz and rock guitarist, violinist and composer. He contributed to numerous bands, including Soft Machine, U.K., The Tony Williams Lifetime, Pierre Moerlen's Gong and Bruford, in addition to solo work in multiple genres. Holdsworth was known for his esoteric and idiosyncratic usage of advanced music theory concepts, especially with respect to melody and harmony. His music incorporates a vast array of complex chord progressions, often using unusual chord shapes in an abstract way based on his understanding of "chord scales", and intricate improvised solos, frequently across shifting tonal centres. He used myriad scale forms often derived from those such as the Lydian, diminished, harmonic major, augmented, whole tone, chromatic and altered scales, among others, often resulting in an unpredictable and dissonant "outside" sound. His unique legato soloing technique stemmed from his original desire to play the saxophone. Unable to afford one, he strove to use the guitar to create similarly smooth lines of notes. He also became associated with playing an early form of guitar synthesizer called the SynthAxe, made by a company he endorsed in the 1980s. From Wikipedia (

Songs

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City Nights
Allan Holdsworth
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Tokyo Dreams (Live)
Allan Holdsworth
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Devil Take the Hindmost
Allan Holdsworth
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Low Levels, High Stakes
Allan Holdsworth
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Metal Fatigue
Allan Holdsworth

Albums

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The Nineteen Men of Tain

2022
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Flat Tire (Music for a Non-Existing Movie)

2001
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Secrets

1989
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Proto-Cosmos (feat. Chad Wackerman & Jimmy Haslip)

2022
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The Sixteen Men of Tain

2000
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With a heart in my song

1988
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Eidolon

2017
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Heavy Machinery

1996
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All Night Wrong

2002
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Hard Hat Area

1993

Singles & EPs

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Sand

EP • 1987
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Atavachron

EP • 1986
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Road Games

EP • 1983
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Metal Fatigue

EP • 1982

Videos

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Allan Holdsworth - Looking Glass - Frankfurt '97 - HQ audio

holdsyfan • 1.9M views
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Allan Holdsworth - Devil Take the Hindmost (partial guitar cover)

Lorenzo Rosbuco • 1.7K views
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Allan Holdsworth - The Sixteen Men of Tain

Frottola • 534 views
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Allan Holdsworth City Nights (composed by Gary Husband) by Dan "Chewy" Mongrain (Voivod)

Dan Mongrain • 28K views
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Allan Holdsworth Low Levels High Stakes

Bob F • 154K views
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Allan Holdsworth- Endomorph

Wess • 252K views
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ALLAN HOLDSWORTH - tokyo dream (Live 1984)

BestMasterGuitar • 381K views
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Chad Wackerman and the L.A. All-Stars perform 'Fred' by Allan Holdsworth

Chad Wackerman • 48K views
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Allan.Holdsworth.And.Alan.Pasqua.Live.At.Yoshis

jazyvivaworld • 18K views
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Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue

Redhotfeferon • 256K views

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