For anyone interested in the very basics of how Allan Holdsworth approached his guitar playing and his unique use of scales, you may like this.

The link below starts when Allan talks about how he conceives of and plays a C major scale.

Allan Holdsworth talks about scales

Clearly he sees and hears it differently than most people. I heard an anecdote about Thelonius Monk which was very similar. The person interviewed stated that he heard Monk play a jazz standard note for note from sheet music and it *still* sounded like Monk. It's fascinating to me how different people can take the same instrument or the same musical elements and create something completely unique.

**Update** I noticed a comment about the copyright of this video being under question, so mods please remove this post if appropriate. I don't want to support YouTube videos that violate any policies.

Last edited by EdZ314; 10/22/20 12:08 PM. Reason: Noted copyright concern
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