Allan Holdsworth's chordal style and compositional concepts

Hey all. I've had the idea for this video for a while and like usual, it ended up getting much longer than I wanted it to! But I think there's some good info in it that hopefully may give you some ideas for your own chord and get a better idea how Allan writes. If you're interested in buying some of my Allan Holdsworth lesson material: https://holdsworthpdfs.e-junkie.com/ 0:00 - Intro 3:57 - Choral style 8:42 - 7th family chords 11:03 - Triads with extensions 12:57 - Triads with avoid notes 16:47 - Chords with b9 interval 18:51 - Close voiced chords 20:36 - Wide voiced chords 21:50 - Unique interval stack 23:56 - Traid plus extra note 27:05 - Two-Chord phrase 35:11 - Same interval stack 38:47 - Maj and min triads 43:58 - Same chord shape 48:45 - Pedal point 50:26 - Lanyard Loop composition example