The Sixteen Men Of Tain (A. Holdsworth), a demo. of the theme by Robert Ritchiesse

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The Sixteen Men Of Tain (A. Holdsworth), a demo. of the theme by Robert Ritchiesse

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Күн бұрын

Forgive me for my terrible english in this video. Also: I’m not saying that my rendition of this tune is "True" (read: ’accurate’); it is just my rendition. That’s all.
In this video I’m using four Digitech 2101 GSP Studio Tube Processors, plugged into a mini PA - the "main" devices" in my guitar-rigg.
That 11-stringed guitar is my "main ax" since almost 20 years. The guitar was made by luthiers on my commission and from my performance requirement.
The tuning system, from "top to bottom" followed by string dimensions: g 0,007, d 0,010, bb 0,013, f 0,018w, C 0,026, G 0,036, D 0,046, G 0,060, Eb 0,074, D 0,074, C 0,074.
May the Holdsworthian Force be with you all …

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@22fret 6 жыл бұрын

Holdsworth created the most beautiful chord progressions on earth, each single one of them a work of art...

@robertritchiesse 6 жыл бұрын

I have just released rehearsal video "diaries" when my twin brother and I are rehearsing with our Allan H. tribute band. Maybe you’ll like this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bdajnrmUs7SqiGw.html Most kindly Robert

@22fret 6 жыл бұрын

Indeed, I do... :-)

@dantedt3931 5 жыл бұрын

How do those chords even make sense??What kind of harmony structure is that?? Seriously, Alan Holdsworth was a legend.Respect.Thanks for sharing.

@terrypussypower 4 жыл бұрын

I tried playing the first 3 chords to “Looking Glass” the other day, and I’m still recovering! My hand almost turned inside out! This is a great vid!

@luke125 2 жыл бұрын

Allan’s voicings are so orchestral in nature. Beautiful.

@Convisis 7 жыл бұрын

Terrific stuff. Allan was, is, and likely always will be the unrivalled greatest electric guitarist ever.

@robertritchiesse 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks … Yeah, Allan really is "the Man" … My Father in music. R.I.P

@robertritchiesse 7 жыл бұрын

Word … =) … And thanks. I’m doin’ my best …

@robertritchiesse 6 жыл бұрын

@ericpaulos1695 7 жыл бұрын

My jaw fell on the floor when I watched the way that you figured out both the chords and the harmonizer settings! You are bad-ass Robert and in American when you say bad, it means good!! Thank you very much for this!

@robertritchiesse 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Eric. =) Really. Hm, I made this one today. I hope you like that one too. =) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l9t6hdRex9rbeZc.html

@robertritchiesse 6 жыл бұрын

@DrewCreal 7 жыл бұрын

You're the only one who "gets" Holdsworth. Your videos are legendary Rob!

@robertritchiesse 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Drew … HAH! Pardon me for saying so but I’m sure you are wrong about me being the "only one" who "gets" Allan’s music. If you are right it would trouble me … a lot! *haha* ;) =) Seriously … We have to be many of "us" who are playing his music, as a living art form on stage. But hey - thanks! Really!!! More videos are comin’ up … from time to time. ;) =) All the best to you, Drew Robert

@DrewCreal 7 жыл бұрын

A very good point Rob, I suppose what I meant is that you understand where his head-space is at on a deeper level than many of us do, which is why you're able to reproduce his sounds and even his guitar tones. You're right about saying that you don't really have to have a rocket science jazz degree to enjoy his playing. When you take the time to learn his pieces, I'm sure you get a clearer picture of how Allan was actually able to talk to inter-dimensional beings;) All jokes aside, thank you again for making these!

@robertritchiesse 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks again, Drew. Really. I’m still having a good time of playing his music. But still, after 30 years of studying and playing his music, there’s so much more to learn for me. I still feel like a novis in some sense … C ya Robert

@robertritchiesse 6 жыл бұрын

@robertritchiesse 5 жыл бұрын

Hi again, Drew. I have news for you: Later on this year, I will release two solo albums: i.) one solo double album, called Unidentified Guitar Object; an compilation album about my trio quartet between the years 1993-2004. Album 1 is a studio/session album, album 2 is a live/gig-album. Release: in Febr. or March. ii.) My first album from 2004, called Fragmentism Project (re-arr., additional music, re-mixed, re-mastered etc). Release: in April or May. Both these albums will be released on Spotify, Band Camp, I-tunes, Tidal, Youbtube etc. Three more solo albums are planned for the next 5-6 years. This is a teaser about the Unidentified Guitar Object album: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h8qRktNk18immqc.html

@freefall2073 6 жыл бұрын

Holy crap! I was trying to transcribe these chords a couple of days ago, but I'm glad that I stumbled across your video. Those chord voicings sound spot on man! Good job! [also glad I bought an EHX Pitch Fork Pedal a few months ago, otherwise I couldn't play these voicings at all :) ]

@ValerieCarpenterLosAngeles Ай бұрын

Wow. Nice playing!

@MikkelGrumBovin 5 жыл бұрын

You are such a stunning guitarist, and Allan-interpreeter , My Outmost Awe and Respect , Sir !

@jamesbryce9605 6 жыл бұрын

Scottish Glenmorangie Distillery dating back to early 1800s entrusted 16 craftsmen to produce the secret whiskey in the town of Tain.

@craigmadz 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely LOVE your vids Rob! Particularly of Allan Holdsworth. LOVE.

@robertritchiesse 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Craig. Really

@Racosz 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent rendition and playing. Love the harmonic intricacies of Holdsworth's music. Greetings from Colombia.

@robertritchiesse 6 жыл бұрын

@sleepyfinger 3 жыл бұрын

beautiful, thanks

@havokmusicinc 6 жыл бұрын

Wonderful tone on that guitar! What a beautifully looking instrument, too. None of the kitschy silliness of some normal extended range guitars you see all over the metal scene these days. I did not know that Allan used a pitch shift on the intro to this song - I had been tring to figure out the voicings and this makes total sense!

@robertritchiesse 6 жыл бұрын

@ManfredElsingBielefeld 6 жыл бұрын

Very good man,thanks a lot for posting.

@robertritchiesse 6 жыл бұрын

@Carefaceeeee 6 жыл бұрын

ITS A HARP !

@ChuloDavidcito 7 жыл бұрын

Wow, Rob, the sounds and the skill with which you play these is very deep. It's uncanny, as if Allan is right with you. It makes me think of the times I got to see him. Thanks! By the way, love that huge guitar!

@robertritchiesse 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Really! =)

@robertritchiesse 6 жыл бұрын

@kevinkinnu341 4 жыл бұрын

Genius music being played by another Genius here

@robertritchiesse 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Kevin. Really. … The only two things I know is that I’m having fun and playing with heart.

@claymationwaves 6 жыл бұрын

its unreal how amazing your tone is before the effect was added i love it which means i will love the effect also

@robertritchiesse 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Douglas. Really! =)

@robertritchiesse 6 жыл бұрын

@claymationwaves 6 жыл бұрын

i really appreciate your complex tone and music thank you for the link. i would really like to see you live if you ever perform in vancouver bc or seattle wa, thanks again.

@j6449663 6 жыл бұрын

DUDE ! YOU ARE INTENSE !!!

@blueson29 6 жыл бұрын

Respekt broder. Bra jobbat!

@erenanidem3479 6 жыл бұрын

this is outstanding. I still do not dare to execute an allan song because of the high level of complexity, and I think that's where its magic lies. you take it to an even more extreme level with that intimidating instrument. but it's also a pleasure to see something like that. I personally try to adapt a small formula of extended chords using this theory, and it is extraordinarily difficult to achieve something coherent and that expresses a level of thinking emotion as is this composition. greetings from Chile

@robertritchiesse 6 жыл бұрын

@user-kd9ex1vt4l 7 жыл бұрын

monster guitar! beautiful sound! …so…amazing!!!!!!

@robertritchiesse 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Really! =)

@robertritchiesse 6 жыл бұрын

@fusion-music 7 жыл бұрын

Nice piece of work and thanks for explaining what you were doing. Impressive rig. Did you learn guitar in regular tuning and do you still play 6 string? I ask this to understand better what you are doing as a musician.

@robertritchiesse 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, "Fusion Music". Really! - Yeah, I learned the conventional guitar at first. No, there is no playing on conventional for me, I only play this piece of guitar nowadays; "right or wrong" of me, this guitar is the only guitar I want to play nowadays. I’ve been through soooo lot of … "things" with this guitar since the 90s, so I really want to stay with it. That guitar is custom-made on commission by me in the mid 90s, and is my main guitar since the -98, after 5 years and about 7000 $. AND. It is the best quality guitar I’ve ever put my hands on. I don’t want to … "trade" that. Good explanation enough, "fusion music"? =) Most kindly Robert

@robertritchiesse 6 жыл бұрын

@richardengnath466 7 жыл бұрын

Sir Allan Holdsworth, was a "Fused-Oto-Genius" (!) RIP, Sir Allan....

@robertritchiesse 7 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. … My great Father-in-music. =/

@DVincentW 6 жыл бұрын

"ITS." ... Subbed.

@DVincentW 6 жыл бұрын

I dont think Ive ever heard Holdsworth bend a note.. At least the way most guitarists do.. He played other- worldly I am sad there wont be more from him.I heard Road Games off Metal Fatigue in 1981.. I was into VH Randy Rhoads ect.. My mom was playing it in the living room (she was a jazz vocalist) .. I was going to sleep in my room - gave me nice dreams as the music drifted thru the door..

@panoptico-cibernetico-ocx-9000 7 жыл бұрын

Saludos desde Argentina.

@robertritchiesse 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! =)

@robertritchiesse 6 жыл бұрын

@Richard_K1630 6 жыл бұрын

Cool.

@ronfrey6639 4 жыл бұрын

Excellence who made the bridge and pickups for that 11 ? GREAT JOB !

@frantisekhomola38 7 жыл бұрын

nice

@PKVarianceArts 5 жыл бұрын

You do look a bit like Terry Gilliam... :)

@robertritchiesse 5 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHAHA … I don’t even know how to respond to that. Biggus Dickus? X))

@PKVarianceArts 5 жыл бұрын

@@robertritchiesse I only thought it because you did the standard Python Intro :)

@jwalls2097 7 жыл бұрын

What are the woods on this fiddle?

@robertritchiesse 5 жыл бұрын

Hi, J Walls. Sorry for my … delayed response. In short: the "top"/front of the body, walnut root; backside of the body, mahogany, the neck, mahogany in laminate with jacaranda, and the fretboard, African ebenholts, the head, mahogany in laminate with African ebenholts. Cheers! Robert R.

@tonalblasphemy6879 6 жыл бұрын

Holdworth's guitar work to me always sounded like a person with fast fingers but no understanding of theory or scales. Like, if you handed someone a guitar on an island and came back in 20 years you would have a Holdsworth. Countless videos on the man have not been able to teach me what you just did in 7 minutes. Everyone keeps saying genius this and master that. I think I get it now.

@giotheproducer2476 6 жыл бұрын

and which "theory of scale" are you talking about? Holdsworth was and still is a master of developing complex but beautiful compositions, using all his musical knowledge, that includes frequent tonal changes and a lot of non-tonal stuff

@robertritchiesse 6 жыл бұрын

@lopezb 3 ай бұрын

Not of this earth.....

@MikkelGrumBovin 5 жыл бұрын

8 sad souls still dont get it ;-)

@drummerjeroensimons 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Robert, you are a type of guitarplayer I would like to do a project with in some way... A fusion of Dead can Dance/Clannad/ Porcupine Tree and ofcourse Allan Holdsworth (RIP)... You could watch my channel, subchannel freaky stuff series and maybe the sublevels song by meshuggah, or maybe you know me of my work with Epica, could also be.. Keep on playing great man!!! Cheers, Jeroen Simons

@robertritchiesse 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I’ll check it out. Interesting "cross overs" … Cheers! Robert