Allan Holdsworth Chord Competition

Allan Holdsworth was one of the greatest guitarists to ever live, not just because he was technically proficient, but because he discovered brand new chords very few guitarists had ever played before. He even wrote a book called “In Search of the Uncommon Chord.” And some of those chords are so ridiculously difficult to play, we thought it'd be fun to have make a little sport out of it.

John Vullo is one of the leading experts on Allan Holdsworth. We assembled the 21 most difficult Holdsworth chords for a fun way to learn what made Allan such a genius. And to make the international guitar community go a little crazy. If you make a video playing through it, please tag @MakeWeirdMusic!

Here’s the sheet music for the challenge: