Allan Holdsworth
Allan HoldsworthMelody Chords for Guitar by Allan Holdsworth

Melody Chords for Guitar by Allan Holdsworth

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Melody Chords for Guitar by Allan Holdsworth

. Influential fusion player Allan Holdsworth provides guitarists with a simplified method of learning chords, in diagram form, for playing accompaniments and for playing popular melodies in "chord-solo" style. Covers: major, minor, altered, dominant and diminished scale notes in chord form, with lots of helpful reference tables and and diagrams.

About Allan Holdsworth

English guitarist and composer.

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Reviews

Great.
Good to learn melody chord without sheet music knowledge.
An excellent description of Allan's chord style. The breakdown and layout was great and should leave the guitarist with many hours of chord practice.
I am a finger-style guitar player (jazz, classical, ...) who has found this book extremely helpful.
A great reference for those wanting to understand Allan's approach to chords. You will not become Allan after this but if you want to understand his way of looking at chordal melody using conventional harmony, this is GREAT!!!.
If you are looking for a easy to understand book full of Allan holdsworth goodness, you are half way there. There is a lot of insight into how allan thinks but the way he explains is not for the faint of heart.
It's really a shame for me to write this (I bought the book one year ago!), because this is the weakest book of Allan Holdsworth: It's as common as any book of traditional harmony that you can buy.
Just a note to anyone considering buying this so that they know what they are getting (or not getting): I don't actually own this book and I have never read it but I had read on Allan's official website ([...]) that his dad wrote this book and Allan wanted to convey that but the book publishers or someone wanted Allan's name on it, probably so it would sell better.
Allan Holdsworth is a great guitar player, but this book is a really disappointment.Someone who knows some music theory do not need this book.
Finally, one of the two most amazing guitarists of our time gives us his thoughts on chordal work. he uses fretboard 'chord scale' diagrams to illustrate the musical philosophy behind his work, but don't expect the usual 'chord charts'.

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