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When I first started playing, I plunked away just like everyone else. During the Sixties I played in a blues band for a few years, and I liked it. It wasn’t until I was playing for a while that I made the decision to change my style from a percussive to more of a legato approach. I just wanted a different sound.
When I first started playing, I plunked away just like everyone else. During the Sixties I played in a blues band for a few years, and I liked it. It wasn’t until I was playing for a while that I made the decision to change my style from a percussive to more of a legato approach. I just wanted a different sound.


==[[The Allan Holdsworth Interview, part one (Musoscribe 2017)]]==
==[[The Allan Holdsworth Interview (Musoscribe 2017)]]==


Early on in your solo career, you became very closely associated with the Synthaxe. What piqued your initial interest in that instrument?
Early on in your solo career, you became very closely associated with the Synthaxe. What piqued your initial interest in that instrument?