Complete Solo Audio:

Audio: - The first line we are going to break down (mm. 1-3) is based on the D Phrygian Dominant scale (1 b9 3 4 5 b13 b7). It starts on a C natural (b7) and the phrase then descends in quarter note triplets across the next two bars ending on an Eb(b9). Notice how Allan lets the phrase breathe with the wide open phrasing and his rhythmic control - By starting and ending the phrase on off-beats, the sense of predictability is lost.  

Audio: - The second line (mm. 11-12) starts off around a D Melodic Minor line (1 2 b3 4 5 6 7) - Again Allan avoids the downbeat! Further, notice how Allan ends the phrase in bar 11 with a chromatic line that when compared to the vamp gives us both the b6, the natural 6, the b7, and the natural 7. While it can be heard as a simple chromatic line, the harmonic ambiguity it sets up seems to have been very much intentional. In bar 12 Holdsworth concludes the phrase in the D natural minor mode (1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7), another color to highlight the harmonic ambiguity of the line that preceded it - typical Holdsworth!