An Allan Holdsworth Method Part Two Reharmonising Stella

[Eflatmajor7sharp11]

"...and that's not going to help My Art."

This continues to slay me.

[Eflatmajor7sharp11]

"You can hear Chad Wackerman ready to go..."

My cube mates are wondering what I'm laughing out loud about.

[Eflatmajor7sharp11]

"I've got it all...I've gone through it..."

This is so awesome.



[WeveGotNoTimeToLose]

I've naturally discovered this reassessment of chords and notes. Win.

[AshStrat1]

you sound like a good player which makes it even better , smiles

[AshStrat1]

brilliant

[jfunkfinger69]

Aha,hahaha, brilliant !

[IanSXIII]

Hahaha! That was the funniest video I've seen in a long time! You sir, deserve a medal!

[Thedemonseedsower]

I dont know whats funnier this guy's videos or the responding comments from jazzers who are completely devoid of any trace of a sense of humour what so ever. Brilliant!

[rudocurtir]

I wish you had a better camera because this is hilarious. And I like Holdsworth a lot.

[jamesedwardtheobald]

i could almost see ricky gervais doing this skit!

[dragondix]

brilliant

[GreenGuitarNerd]

I actually like those chords and runs. But he's absolutely right that it quickly just becomes mush without melody. But here it's 15 seconds max. A whole night of it? Yegads.

[guyleclairemusic]

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[guyleclairemusic]

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[progjazzfusion]

ha! chad wakerman ready to go! man I'm laughin my ass off! sad thing is i know guys who think and play like this...no soul. But I bet you really must have at one point studied allans stuff if you can play that way, even if only for laughs now. I went thru an allan stage too long ago but cant stand his stuff anymore.

[fabriceful]

hey franciscoau,ive enjoyed the banter my best wishes .

can you tell me when superimposing is it enough to just press harder on strings.

[fabriceful]

you kanga rooined it by your explanation, but thanks for insite into your mindset,the

roo thing was my attempt at humor , what you no like eh ,sure you no live in glass house.

[fransciscoau]

No probs!

[fabriceful]

I do get it,I guess its subjective.oh by the way your roo has escaped .

[fransciscoau]

All of my videos are instructional spoofs (just in case you missed this)!

My roo... in fact I have switched to an Emu.

The Ford hybrid Emu is how I get to all of my gigs!

Cheers

[fabriceful]

now i can hear what your saying im going back to vids where i cant hear what your saying bliss.

[fransciscoau]

Awesome...my work here is done!

[ricaard]

Holdsworth also calls basic, traditional chord voicings "ugly and horrible"; funny! Great playing!

[luvjazzsoulfunk]

lol hilarious, man!

[shrd11]

ah......yes.....humor......Had this been an actual joke, you would have been told where to go and how hard to laugh.

[shrd11]

Dude! You've got to be kidding me! Sure super-imposing chords is cool and in fact, pretty much the trend since God knows when. However, to say Cmin 7 to F7 is an awful sound is ridiculous! and that Victor Young would want it that way...I mean, come on! As well, without the Cmin7 and F7 e.g., we wouldn't have anything to superimpose over-oh yeah....as far as "jazz" is concerned, and the whole 5ths thing sounds crappy to me

[osensei2987]

Dude! He's not being serious, he's only kidding! LOL!  British humor! LOL!

"We are the Knights of NIKT! NIKT! NIKT!"! LOL!

[MoPomer]

He's oz, dummy, not brit.

[rexotalisman]

Man you should go on tour with this stuff.

Brilliant.

[TyShredder]

Judging by these comments I doubt there's much of a market for it. Lolololol. But yeah this is hilarious.

[lonewolfshogun]

ha-ha i like that little wholetone lick

[replica07]

at 2.52 i lmao at what he says, and the way he says it lmao

[HURMSANFORD]

videos making fun of Holdsworth, this proves everything is on youtube

[snouter]

I saw Allan last Saturday night. From the second row. Allan does all the crazy inverted and extended chords and leads mostly with his eyes closed. Also, in addition to the pick, he plucked various strings at various times with his free fingers. Between that and his late Shawn Lane-like finger wingspan, Allan is pretty much impossible to replicate.

[DeepSeaSeamus]

In one of his instructional videos Allan actually said that most of the often used voicings of chords sounded "terrible" lmao I actually believed you were being serious for a moment

[adamg709]

Top stuff!

[nookie077]

"If you deliberately play notes before and after the correct! note, it' will sound very much like Alan" Hahaha.

How can people not get it?

[NotYourTypicalNegro]

Look forward to a video of you demonstrating this.

[nookie077]

Demonstrating what...? How does that apply to my comment?

I simply "quoted" an amusing line from the video, and then stated below that I found it funny that some people didn't realize the guy was taking the piss.

[Gregorypeckory]

Unfortunately, due probably to the mic, the sound is so awful that the non-ugly chords sound just as ugly as the "ugly" ones.

[WeavermanReynard]

That ugly sounding chord is like your face. The true face of a comic! Peace! A H.- Get a pint of good ale down you!

[Guitarrega]

**awkwardly plays traditional C-7 chord**

"thats a TERRIBLE sound!!!"

classic, i love it

[trevskiw2008]

i love it how you really express your opinion as fact, you really so know your music. i love your playing and your voicings very coooooooool!!!

[Modes9]

I like where you're headed...but club owners and audiences will come after you with pitchforks and torches like a Frankenstein movie!

[fransciscoau]

It has happened to me...suprising how quickly you can get the car started in that situation!!!

[b5b9]

DRIVEL

[osensei2987]

Modern fusion guitar owes everything to John Coltrane (RIP)! Traditional Jazz guitar needs to be preserved of historical posterity's sake.

However, there is nothing more fucking boring than a jazz combo playing at whispering volume in order to avoid drowning out a weak ass hollow body guitar! LOL!

Thanks to fusion, the guitar is no longer a bastard instrument in jazz! Now we can whale like Coltrane!

[Gregorypeckory]

No jazz band I ever heard plays low to "avoid drowning out" the guitar. They now have this cool device called "guitar amp". (Check out Ted Nugent and Steve Howe's "weak ass hollow" guitars). Some jazz bands play quiet because they want to. Maybe it's not your cup of tea; but it has nothing to do with "weak ass hollow body guitars"; those things can tear your head off if you want to use them that way.

[osensei2987]

If you crank a hollow body you have to contend with a ton of feedback. The exception is ES-335 type guitars and some semi-hollows! But even those can feedback as volume increases. Historically it was tough for jazz guitarists to whale like horn players could for this very reason. That's why traditional guitar jazz tended to be quieter. Shouldn't you be somewhere listening to another rendition of "Titties and Beer"?

[Gregorypeckory]

Yes there is the feedback problem, but I think it has to get louder than most clubs would allow before that's a serious issue, unless you're right in front of a speaker. Titties and beer; great idea; oh, you mean the song; also a great idea! Thanks for the suggestion.

[TruthSurge]

"whale" LMAO!

[gebass6]

IMO most acoustic jazz bands play low because the acoustic bass is the lowest volumn instrument in the band.That's why the band plays quietly when the acoustic bass solos.

[kabustard]

"Chad Wackman ready to go. . . " lol.

[janderson2000]

there are no ugly chords

[ricluvno304s]

this guy's sense of humour is like sarcasm taken to greater heights. It took me a while to realize it...and that made it better.

[PihaSandDunes]

That was pretty funny, and a wry analysis, probably closer to the truth than it might seem. The end result though is that the runs he plays are actually pretty cool. If it sounds good, it must be music. Hehe.

[bergerbrain]

I love Holdsworth but this was still hilarious. Nice analysis.

[guitarguy10000]

fransciscoau, this is brilliant.

I now play Stella by Starlight using the chords from Deep Purples "Smoke on the Water".

Silly rockers think I'm playing "smoke on the water"...lol.

[Sluwickie]

Even your sense of humor is fusion based. One note above or behind a serious word. May your artform never be hindered by any bass player actually knowing what key you're playing in! I look forward to more wisdom, satire, and truth.

[Milos1999]

go my friend ! it's a beautifull thing you are doing, more please !

[tapintoamerica]

brilliant...you've clearly learned fusion well, if only to poke fun of its proponents...! So what style do you prefer? And about stella--how important is the original intent of the songwriter? reinterpretations may not always be good, but without some new ideas music will become calcified. solidarity, man!

[chris69666]

Beautiful playing and excellent advice on jazz. Will work on this.

[Lukeyboi14]

hes joking, this whole thing is a joke to make fun of jazz fusion, and hes correct

[MuyGordito]

He is using overdrive on his melody notes. The single note soloing. This , by default makes it Jazz Fusion in my book. Traditional jazz is always playeed with a clean tone. Asoon as you add fuzz/dist. you have added the rock element thus making it fusion. He is hilarious and has great points.

[Gregorypeckory]

Historically (since the 70s), "fusion" has always refered to "fusing" different genres with jazz (particularly rock, but also Indian and African styles, etc). If you solo in the style of Joe Pass, and add distortion, it would not be "jazz fusion". Weather Report had no guitar, and were one of the iconic fusion bands. What is "traditional jazz"? Listen to great horn players, like Bird, and you'll hear them using distortion (just not from a box). Fusion doesn't come out of a guitar pedal.

[Gradius143]

very interesting,thanks!! Great playing too!!

[mraggrovator]

Great playing.

[screamingken]

Affectionate ridicule, totally deserved. Funny guy.

[02x9]

Would you agree that Alan Holdsworth is the genius responsible for the arrival of new melodies and guitar chords from other galaxies and dimensions that no mere mortal could comprehend. LOL you're really funny man, keep em coming.

[Modes9]

With all due respect, Pat Martino and early George Benson are IT as far as jazz guitar tone goes. You're right about stacking fourths and fifths. He also does a lot of spread triads over bass notes other than their own.

[SolBeing]

hah this is cool , defently know where ur comming from with allan chords , good stuff

[yert2006]

novel idea aboutthe approach notes. but with out thuroughly examining all the triads and 7th chord arps built off each chord, the approach you are taking will begin to sound too oblique after a while. Unless of course thats what you like. A balance between chord tones and non chord tones is needed

[drfretboard]

Hehehe

[countfelix]

thanks for wasting 5:19 minutes of my time mate

[fransciscoau]

Oh, don't mention it, you are most welcome.

Cheers.

[countfelix]

Is that a noose in the background?

[CarlosCepinha]

you're the man! jezz you realy good ppl! ty vry much!

[fransciscoau]

Fair enough!

[gunfart]

tke it all bak, didnt watch the otha vids. im an idiot. thts an old tune. i play out derryl gabel tunes btw dude.

[marcusgael]

Franciscoau keep posting these vids I haven't laughed so much for a long time!

[spohdeeohdee]

Brilliant and hilarious! Thanks. Your "All the wrong notes" approach is not only edifying, but is exactly what Victor Young had in mind, or would have, if he'd known it. Or something.

[DelSpaarky]

Whatever childhood accident that stretched your fingers beyond any semblance of normal human proportion seems to have had at least one beneficial effect. I'm sure there are others, but this is a family forum, so I will leave that as an exercise for the reader. "I'm deliberately playing any note that isn't a tonic note." You have just busted open the entire mystique of fusion playing. Like Moses with the Ten Commandments. We now know the Truth.

[BongoMadness]

Franscis you old `vaginal opening`.!that was more like Allan clone type analysis..Iconoclasm is difficult i know..`kisses`

[fransciscoau]

Seriously, next time you have a jam with some jazz nazi's try some of these chords Bongo. Just watch the faces of everyone else as you start to play. It is like the "Emperors new clothes" story! This has to be done with a serious face when playing with unpleasant "elitist" types who have "studied jazz". Instead of stopping and asking you "Ah, what are you doing", they will not say a word. They will try and keep up and play along. Least they admit they do not know something!

[lauriemonk]

great, the Holdsworth guitar tone obviously the way jazz was intended to be played, LOL... keep them coming..

[Feesharp9er]

this was very helpful!!,.Huge handS!!