You Break it Down in a simple way I can't Thank you enough , AH his music was so complex and to begin with understanding the Chord Progressions will be a Better approach I think . again Thank you in fact you are genius to bring all this Beautiful music to share with us .
Amazing breakdown! Thank you soo much for doing this, it is one of Holdsworth’s most emotional passages of music. Would’ve loved to have seen your take on the solo too! Anyway thanks again, now I know how to play these chords I can show off to my friends haha
Thanks! I really never learn the solos but i try to figure out how AH thinks of them so I can do my own. I have to say the opening 8 measures of the solo has the greatest improvised line of all time!
Great lesson on the 13th chords and how he built this part of the song- Now that's a chord scale! I already knew how to play this part of the song from the Reaching for the Uncommon Chord book, but I'm glad I stuck around for your analysis. I always find that the best way to sound like Allan is to take his advice from the REH video, pick a weird chord, and make a chord scale out of it. I find some bizarre chords that way. Anyway, cheers!
m@n i wanna say you a immense thank you coz what you're doing here is really a beautiful legacy to Allan work N a kind of gift to the world as well in terms of harmony understanding ...from 19:30 it is 4 over one decade of online lessons (or such) purchases one of the best materials i came across ...this so called *Tensed Inversions* R just stellar IMO ...i mean this is a new way to see scales N even to find arpeggios to improvise ...these devices you R exposing here R something which R so much inspiring in order to keep growing in the fretboard knowledge which is such a crucial part of jazz improv ongoing process --- Again thanks im so glad i discovered your channel ---
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it! The tension substitution I had to give credit to my friend Juan Dhas who was where I first heard it. Its really brilliant. Thanks for the kind words and support.
Great video! Regarding the sus ♯4 chords, Rick Beato (I'm quite sure you've heard of him or his channel) labels these as lydian chords, e.g. C F♯ G would be C lyd, (C F Gb would be Csus4b5). The idea can also be applied for b2 chords where C Db G would be labeled as C phryg. This kind of deviates from the traditional labeling of chords with just numbers (and sharps / flats for that matter) but I find it very convenient to use, same as naming the quartal chords with a single "Q" only (e.g. C F Bb = CQ). I just thought you might find this useful :-)
Great comment! I have seen Steve Hunt label Alyd in his charts for maj7#11 type chords. I just watched that video Rick put out about it. I think its a great idea but the only issue I have is the name. To me lydian means 3 7 and #4 and phryg means b3 b7 b2. So those triads can be tricky for modes like Lydian Minor, Phryg b4, Phryg Dom or any other modes that are similar to it. If there was a better name for it i think its great. Fine for short hand including "Q" too
Incredible work, never thought someone would decode this. 28:20 you mention there is a recording of this swell section live? What concert was it? Some parts of the Above and Below intro go as far back as 1994.
Thank you! I always loved this piece and wanted to really make sure I nailed it as much as I could. I play it frequently. I started to mess up a bit at the end cuz my hand started to hurt from all the repetition haha. The live recording i'm talking about was from Sept 84 at the Bottom Line in NYC. Im sure if you search around online you can probably find it as I did.
@@TurrigenousOfficial Thank you so much this analysis, I found that concert online after some digging, had no idea there was a recording of this song played live other than the outro section on deluxe Wardenclyffe Tower. I think it is by far his best melodic piece, its so soul crushingly sad and beautiful.
at 3:49 you say Gmajor but play Ab major. You are doing amazing work. I am on my 5th Holdsworth tune you have covered. I keep wondering do you have perfect pitch? were you just born with great ears? did you develop relative pitch really quick and do you have any recommendations as far as developing the ear? thank you !
Oops! I missed that editing! As long as I played it right haha. I def dont have perfect pitch. My relative pitch is pretty good. But a lot of it is working out a lot of tunes, seeing the same kind of hand logic/chord shapes etc. I think of myself more like a scientist. I do have a very LIGHT version of perfect pitch and I think its called true pitch. Like I can tune my guitar a few cents close to E, but play an E on a piano and I can't tell. I use Nirvanas 'School' in my head to tune haha.
@@TurrigenousOfficial I transcribed the chords on DvD and my friends at Sharp Eleven transcribed the solo. It was dedicated to my wife of 31 years who passed away suddenly in 2019. ruclips.net/video/yeN-lf1zZTg/видео.html
Congratulations, again, for giving us this incredible work !! I think... why you don’t transcribe the final solo ? Its so damn beautiful, and would be a pleasure to see your interpretation. One of the mos beautiful Allan’s solo, for suuure. (Or, maybe, if you are selling the tabs/transcription of this song, I’ll buy it for sure) Keep rocking, man !!
Thank you! I never found transcribing the solos to be anything meaningful except for understanding how AH interprets what scales those chords come from, or some interesting outside lines. I did reverse engineer what I think AHs lead sheet would look like and playing along with it sounds great!
You should ask him again, he transcribed like 180 solos, so maybe you have some luck, he is selling the transcriptions, and he did a monumental 5 hour video that all guitarist should check.
Boy was I wrong with my comment 2 years ago 🤣. I do have parts of this solo transcribed. Some parts from the 2nd solo appear in my video like the diminished tapping part and a melodic minor line.
I don't wanna sound like I'm boasting at all cause I'm not and certainty no great musician but I totally get what Allan says I think (or I'm completely misunderstanding!). I kind of always thought of chords this way; for example I never understood the argument "proper music instructors" gave about the m7b5 versus minor 6th chord. To me its the same chord, the notes being inverted doesn't matter to my ears, I hear the same thing. Of course the context its in matters and can give a different overall feel or mood, but the chord at heart (for lack of a better term) is essentially the same.
Brilliant video and very clear. Actually you were wondering why you kept making errors, maybe it was because unusually for you, the speed you were talking at made me worry you were gonna swallow your tongue! I played the whole video at 0.75 speed, as I was on headphones and I was getting heart palpitations. Hope that did not sound like criticism, just an observation etc. Anyway keep up the fantastic work, which will be of use to upcoming Allan fans for years to come.
I thought I replied to this haha. Anyway, no offense. You're probably right! My camera can only record about 10 mins at a time (4 gigs) so I try to get in as much as possible. Since this was a LONG video and I had so much to say, I wanted to get through it as quickly as possible. Ill keep this in mind next time! The next video wont be so long at all. In fact, looking at what left I could do, I don't think any one of them will be this long, except Home and one other. Thanks for the comment!
@@EgoShredder My dad used to take photos so the camera is his. When I started using it I tried to figure out why and its something hard coded in the camera to take video 4GB at a time. Theres a reason for this but I cant remember. I think higher end cameras remove this
I'm speechless and totally in awe, which rarely happens though :-) THANK YOU
Haha im flattered. I try my best. Thank you so much!
You Break it Down in a simple way I can't Thank you enough , AH his music was so complex and to begin with understanding the Chord Progressions will be a Better approach I think . again Thank you in fact you are genius to bring all this Beautiful music to share with us .
Thank you so much! Im no genius. I just wanna let people know how AH does it. The genius is the simplicity of the concept Allan uses.
@@TurrigenousOfficial YT needs more people like you who R often not enough exposed
@@lushkordz6643 Well maybe if one of the big names finds one of my videos, like a Rick Beato that could change!
Gracias por todo mi estimado!. No sabes cuanto he aprendido de Allan y a la vez de ti, muchas gracias por tus videos tan dedicados. un gran saludo
My pleasure! Thank you so much for the kind words and glad you've learned some cool stuff :).
Amazing breakdown! Thank you soo much for doing this, it is one of Holdsworth’s most emotional passages of music. Would’ve loved to have seen your take on the solo too! Anyway thanks again, now I know how to play these chords I can show off to my friends haha
Thanks! I really never learn the solos but i try to figure out how AH thinks of them so I can do my own. I have to say the opening 8 measures of the solo has the greatest improvised line of all time!
Please put all these lessons and chord shapes on a book and sell it! Great great song! Thanks for sharing!
I did haha. But not the songs, just the shapes. Still waiting on AHs family to move forward with it.
@@TurrigenousOfficial Thanks for lettinfg me know! I'll buy the book for sure as soon as it's available
@@oseliniThank you! I hope its kinda soon. Ive been waiting a long time.
Best song title ever
We got another geezer!
Beautiful! 🎸👍😎🤚
Great lesson on the 13th chords and how he built this part of the song- Now that's a chord scale! I already knew how to play this part of the song from the Reaching for the Uncommon Chord book, but I'm glad I stuck around for your analysis. I always find that the best way to sound like Allan is to take his advice from the REH video, pick a weird chord, and make a chord scale out of it. I find some bizarre chords that way. Anyway, cheers!
An eye opener, great material...inspiring!!!
Thank you! :)
This is such an outstanding analysis. Thank you!!!!!!
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it.
m@n i wanna say you a immense thank you coz what you're doing here is really a beautiful legacy to Allan work N a kind of gift to the world as well in terms of harmony understanding ...from 19:30 it is 4 over one decade of online lessons (or such) purchases one of the best materials i came across ...this so called *Tensed Inversions* R just stellar IMO ...i mean this is a new way to see scales N even to find arpeggios to improvise ...these devices you R exposing here R something which R so much inspiring in order to keep growing in the fretboard knowledge which is such a crucial part of jazz improv ongoing process --- Again thanks im so glad i discovered your channel ---
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it! The tension substitution I had to give credit to my friend Juan Dhas who was where I first heard it. Its really brilliant. Thanks for the kind words and support.
Great video! Regarding the sus ♯4 chords, Rick Beato (I'm quite sure you've heard of him or his channel) labels these as lydian chords, e.g. C F♯ G would be C lyd, (C F Gb would be Csus4b5). The idea can also be applied for b2 chords where C Db G would be labeled as C phryg. This kind of deviates from the traditional labeling of chords with just numbers (and sharps / flats for that matter) but I find it very convenient to use, same as naming the quartal chords with a single "Q" only (e.g. C F Bb = CQ). I just thought you might find this useful :-)
Great comment! I have seen Steve Hunt label Alyd in his charts for maj7#11 type chords. I just watched that video Rick put out about it. I think its a great idea but the only issue I have is the name. To me lydian means 3 7 and #4 and phryg means b3 b7 b2. So those triads can be tricky for modes like Lydian Minor, Phryg b4, Phryg Dom or any other modes that are similar to it. If there was a better name for it i think its great. Fine for short hand including "Q" too
Incredible work, never thought someone would decode this.
28:20 you mention there is a recording of this swell section live? What concert was it? Some parts of the Above and Below intro go as far back as 1994.
Thank you! I always loved this piece and wanted to really make sure I nailed it as much as I could. I play it frequently. I started to mess up a bit at the end cuz my hand started to hurt from all the repetition haha. The live recording i'm talking about was from Sept 84 at the Bottom Line in NYC. Im sure if you search around online you can probably find it as I did.
@@TurrigenousOfficial Thank you so much this analysis, I found that concert online after some digging, had no idea there was a recording of this song played live other than the outro section on deluxe Wardenclyffe Tower. I think it is by far his best melodic piece, its so soul crushingly sad and beautiful.
Great job thank you!
Thank YOU for watching!!
at 3:49 you say Gmajor but play Ab major. You are doing amazing work. I am on my 5th Holdsworth tune you have covered. I keep wondering do you have perfect pitch? were you just born with great ears? did you develop relative pitch really quick and do you have any recommendations as far as developing the ear? thank you !
Oops! I missed that editing! As long as I played it right haha. I def dont have perfect pitch. My relative pitch is pretty good. But a lot of it is working out a lot of tunes, seeing the same kind of hand logic/chord shapes etc. I think of myself more like a scientist. I do have a very LIGHT version of perfect pitch and I think its called true pitch. Like I can tune my guitar a few cents close to E, but play an E on a piano and I can't tell. I use Nirvanas 'School' in my head to tune haha.
Maybe my favorite Holdsworth composition. “Distance vs Desire” a close 2nd.
Agreed. DvD is one of my favs. Can't wait to do a vid on that
@@TurrigenousOfficial I transcribed the chords on DvD and my friends at Sharp Eleven transcribed the solo. It was dedicated to my wife of 31 years who passed away suddenly in 2019.
ruclips.net/video/yeN-lf1zZTg/видео.html
Congratulations, again, for giving us this incredible work !!
I think... why you don’t transcribe the final solo ? Its so damn beautiful, and would be a pleasure to see your interpretation. One of the mos beautiful Allan’s solo, for suuure.
(Or, maybe, if you are selling the tabs/transcription of this song, I’ll buy it for sure)
Keep rocking, man !!
Thank you! I never found transcribing the solos to be anything meaningful except for understanding how AH interprets what scales those chords come from, or some interesting outside lines. I did reverse engineer what I think AHs lead sheet would look like and playing along with it sounds great!
You should ask him again, he transcribed like 180 solos, so maybe you have some luck, he is selling the transcriptions, and he did a monumental 5 hour video that all guitarist should check.
Boy was I wrong with my comment 2 years ago 🤣. I do have parts of this solo transcribed. Some parts from the 2nd solo appear in my video like the diminished tapping part and a melodic minor line.
Major RESPECT man! Or should I say maj7#11 RESPECT? 😜😜😜
Haha thank you. Thats my favorite chord!
I don't wanna sound like I'm boasting at all cause I'm not and certainty no great musician but I totally get what Allan says I think (or I'm completely misunderstanding!). I kind of always thought of chords this way; for example I never understood the argument "proper music instructors" gave about the m7b5 versus minor 6th chord. To me its the same chord, the notes being inverted doesn't matter to my ears, I hear the same thing. Of course the context its in matters and can give a different overall feel or mood, but the chord at heart (for lack of a better term) is essentially the same.
Ohh goody, its here:)
Brilliant video and very clear. Actually you were wondering why you kept making errors, maybe it was because unusually for you, the speed you were talking at made me worry you were gonna swallow your tongue! I played the whole video at 0.75 speed, as I was on headphones and I was getting heart palpitations. Hope that did not sound like criticism, just an observation etc. Anyway keep up the fantastic work, which will be of use to upcoming Allan fans for years to come.
I thought I replied to this haha. Anyway, no offense. You're probably right! My camera can only record about 10 mins at a time (4 gigs) so I try to get in as much as possible. Since this was a LONG video and I had so much to say, I wanted to get through it as quickly as possible. Ill keep this in mind next time! The next video wont be so long at all. In fact, looking at what left I could do, I don't think any one of them will be this long, except Home and one other. Thanks for the comment!
@@TurrigenousOfficial Ahh good point, yeah stressful for the video maker too! My Panasonic Lumix has a 30min limit for no good reason at all.
@@EgoShredder My dad used to take photos so the camera is his. When I started using it I tried to figure out why and its something hard coded in the camera to take video 4GB at a time. Theres a reason for this but I cant remember. I think higher end cameras remove this
Debussy would of had a hard time holding it together if he would have heard this.
What do you mean? The beauty of the swell part?
Indeed.as deep as the ocean.and the solo,try not to give into astonishment. Great work John.
@@62sunburstjazz78 Thanks!