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Lila´s dance - Mahavishnu Orchestra
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Tabbed by: Lewah69 released on the LP "visions of the emerald beyond" (1975)
E-mail: if you want to write me please PM me on UG first, thanks.
Tuning: standard
Intro: piano chords: 7/4 beat (G C Bb Eb Db Gb E A G D/F# Em9)
(A) part (drums enter the 3rd time, bass enters the 5th time).
5/4 beat, eight notes (picking pattern down/down/up/down/up... )
Em9 (022032@1) Gmaj13add#11 A (x02220@1) A/G (302220@1) A/F# (202220@1) 8x
e|---------------2--------------0--|----------------------------------||
B|---------3--------------2--------|---------2-----------2--------2---||
G|------------0--------------4-----|----------------------------------||
D|---------------------4-----------|------2-----------2--------2------||
A|------2--------------------------|---0------------------------------||
E|---0--------------3--------------|------------4--3--------2---------||
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3 ... (eight note counting)
bassline for part (A) half & quarter notes
Em9 (022032@1) Gmaj13add#11 A (x02220@1) A/G (302220@1) A/F#G|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| (202220@1)D|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------|----------------------5-----7-----||
E|---0-----------0-----3-----0-----|---5------------7-----------------||
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. ... (quarter note counting)
(B) part:
7/4 beat, quarter & eight notes (picking pattern down/down/up... )
*(bass plays the root notes of the chords)
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1) Ebe|--------------------------------------------------| (x43121@3)B|----------------------------------------------8---|
G|--------------12---------9-----------7------------|
D|----------12-------------------------------8------|
A|---10*---------------10-----------8-----6---------|
E|------------------8---------6---------------------|
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
7/8 beat
Db (x43121@1) Gb (244322@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) Bm/F#e|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------|| (x2444x@1)B|------------6----------------------------2--|------------0--------0---||
G|---------------------3----------1-----------|-------------------------||
D|---------6----------------------------2-----|---------0--------0------||
A|---4--------------4-----------2----0--------|-------------------------||
E|---------------2--------0-------------------|---3-----------2---------||
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
melody for (B)part on Guitar (original played on violin)
7/4 G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1) Ebe|------------------------------------------------15--13---| (x43121@3)B|-----------------------12-----------15--13---------------|
G|-----------12------12------14--12~----------15-----------|
D|---12--14------14----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
Db (x43121@1) Gb (244322@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) 7/8 5/4
e|--13~-------------------------------------14--|--15--17--19--||--19~------|
B|--------------------11--12--14~---15--17------|--------------||-----------|
G|--------13--11--13----------------------------|--------------||-----------|
D|----------------------------------------------|--------------||-----------|
A|----------------------------------------------|--------------||-----------|
E|----------------------------------------------|--------------||-----------|
Repeat (A) 2 times (interlude) / then play (A) several times for backing violin solo
Repeat (B) / break on Em
Interlude by guitar (E-dominant): John McLaughlin plays several bluesy licks in a nice
rhythmically way, also throws in some picked chords and then leads into a soloing.
Ralphe Armstrong plays the following bass-line underneath with some variations.
(C) part: bass
20/8 beat (shuffle) (triple eight notes over a quarter beat)
(E7) x times
G|-----------------6--7----7--6----------------------6--7--9---||
D|-----------6--9----------------9--6----------6--9------------||
A|---7----7----------------------------7----7------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------------------||
1)e. a. 2) e. a. 3)e. a. 4) e. a. 5)e. a. 6) e. a. 7) e. ... quarter beat count
with the triple eights
melody for (C) part guitar (unisoni with violin)
(E7) * smear bend (1/4 tone)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------12------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------12----------|
G|-------------12*-------14--12--14b16br14p12-----12------14----------14---|
D|--/14~---14--------14------------------------14------14------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
hold note then bend up 2x
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|---12---12b13-----------------------------------------------------------||
D|--------------14-------------------------------------------------------||
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
*variation (alternate melody-line)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------15--14----------------------|
G|-------------12*-------14*--14b15b16br14p12----------14------------------|
D|--/14~---14--------14------------------------------------------14----12--|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------12*---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---12h14~----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat (C) 4x (*with the variation every 2nd time)
then play (B) followed by (A) part for the outro
melody over the last 6 times of (A) part (original played by violin)
3x
e|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|------------||
B|----------8------|--7~------8---------|---------------------|------------||
G|-----------------|-----------------7h-|-9--------9~-----7p--|--6---------||
D|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|------------||
A|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|------------||
E|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|------------||
Ending: piano chords: 7/4 beat (G C Bb Eb Db Gb E A G D/F# E)
************************************
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| * smear bend
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P.S. I´m a German guy so I hope that I explained this in proper english ;-)
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