A good example of this is the Chromatic Circle. The practice of visualizing scales in this way comes from Musical Set Theory, as a way to visualize pitch classes, a system that takes a highly mathematical approach to music and is more commonly used in the world of classical music, especially amongst scholars and composers. So, in a way not unlike Pat Martino's approach, he uses 'conversion to minor', looking at each scale preferably as a variant of the dorian mode. This is also how he arrived at his naming convention of the 'x' as the most basic scale type. the basis of much of Holdsworths recordings in the late 1980s and 1990s. ![]() The reason for this is that he looked at the circle visualization of the scale and found it to be perfectly symmetrical when the D is at 12 o'clock. The Best of Allan Holdsworth: Against the Clock is a double compilation album. He explains how he arrived at his personal concept of approaching the C major scale from the second degree (the D dorian mode), and using it as a vantage point. In this 'part 3' of the highly recommended recordings of that meet & greet, he explains how he looks at the notes within an octave as a circle, instead of, say, a row and he showed a graphic of his interpretation of such a circle. Here, Allan discussed his approach and concepts more in-depth than he would typically do or was known for. ![]() ![]() On 13 September 2014 there was a "meet & greet" with Allan Holdsworth in The Cutting Room in NYC.
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