Mahavishnu Orchestra

  mahavishnu orchestra : meeting of spirits (inner mounting flame)



  adaptation for guitar (parts of other instruments are in guitar score,

  so translate)



  intro



   --12--------13-----12-----11--------7----5--7------7------7-----////19--|

   --11--------12-----11-----10--------6----4--6------6------6-------------|(susteined)

   --12--------13-----12-----11--------7----5--7------7------7-------------|

   --11--------12-----11-----10--------6----4--6------6------6-------------|

   ------------------------------------------------------------------------|

   ------------------------------------------------------------------------|



  main riff 1



                (keyboards or and guitar)

   ---------------------------------------------------------------|

   --2-----5---2-----5-----------2-----5---2-----5----------------|

   -----4---------4-----------------4---------4-------------------|

   ---------------------------------------------------------------|

   ---------------------------------------------------------------|

   ---------------------0-2--0-2--------------------0-3--0-3------|

                             (bass and or guitar)



   -------------------------|

   -------------------------|

   repeated number of times-

   (listen to theme)--------|

   -------------------------|

   -------------------------|



  main riff 2 (plays violin, bass)



                                                          first 4 times

   -------------------------------------------------------|------------|

   ------------------------------10-----------------------|------------|

   ----11--9----12--11-9-----12-11-12--11-9-11--9---------|-9----------|

   ---------------12-----------------------------------12-|----12-11-9-|

   -------------------------------------------------------|------------|

   -------------------------------------------------------|------------|



  only 5th time



   --------------------|

   --------------------|

   -9-----9------------|

   --12119-12119-------|

   --------------------|

   --------------------|



   first riff (violin, guitar)  bass maintains main riff sometimes an octave

   higher

                        variation 1      variation 2

   ----------------------|-------|-------------------------------|

   -14-1717-14-17--14-17-|-14-17-|-14-17bbb(all you can bend it)-|

   ----------------------|-------|-------------------------------|

   ----------------------|-------|-------------------------------|

   ----------------------|-------|-------------------------------|

   ----------------------|-------|-------------------------------|



   variation 3



   ----17bbb-----------------|

   -14-----------------------|

   --------------------------|

   --------------------------|

   --------------------------|

   --------------------------|



    (listen to the theme to know exactly when to play

                                  each variation)

    - while the theme advances the guitar and the violin improvise between

    the variations and the repetitions of this riff.



   main riff 2 is manteined



   improvisation guitar (supposedly)



  scale that is played  by guitar



  ------------------------------------------------|--19-17-------------|

  --17-14-----------------------------------------|--------19-17-------|

  --------16-14-----------------------------------|--------------18-16-|

  --------------16-14-------14-12-------12-9------|--------------------|

  --------------------16-14-------14-12------12-9-|--------------------|

  ------------------------------------------------|--------------------|



  --------------------|

  --------------------|

  --------------------|

  18-16---------------|

  ------18-16---------|

  --------------------|



  (improvise listening to john's typical licks...)



  first riff (7 or 8 times)



  second riff (violin anf guitar)



  -------------------------------------------------------------9----109-|

  -------------------------------------------------10----1210---1210----|

  ----------------------------9-------11-9----12119--1211----12---------|

  --9-------11--9----12--11-9---12-11------12---------------------------|

  ----12-10-------12----------------------------------------------------|

  ----------------------------------------------------------------------|



  --1210914-(susteined|

  12----------note)---|

  --------------------|

  --------------------|

  --------------------|

  --------------------|





  --12--10--------------10-----|--------------|-14--------17--|-1714----|

  ----------10--------------12-|-10h12--10h12-|-----15-17-----|-----1517|

  ---------------12-11---------|--------------|---------------|---------|

  -----------------------------|--------------|---------------|---------|

  -----------------------------|--------------|---------------|---------|

  -----------------------------|--------------|---------------|---------|





  -improvise in-----------------|     (getting faster and faster)

  ---the propper scale----------|

  ---really fast----------------|

  ------------------------------|

  ------------------------------|

  ------------------------------|





  main riff 1 (now improvise the keyboards)



  main riff 1 continues



   Third riff  (violin and guitar)



        x1

  --14-----|-17-14-12109-----------------------------------------------|

  ----1715-|------------1210-------------------------------------------|

  ---------|----------------12---------------------------9--------11-9-|

  ---------|-------------------9-------11--9----12--11-9----12-11------|

  ---------|---------------------12-10-------12------------------------|

  ---------|-----------------------------------------------------------|



  ----------------------|

  ---------10----1210---|

  ----12119--1211----12-|

  -12-------------------|

  ----------------------|

  ----------------------|



             x3           coda

  -9----109--12109141210-|--14)))))-----------------------------------|

  --1210---12------------|--------------------------------------------|

  -----------------------|--------------------------------------------|

  -----------------------|--------------------------------------------|

  -----------------------|--------------------------------------------|

  -----------------------|--------------------------------------------|

                           (you eliminate 141210 and this instead)



  Mixture between main riff 1 and main riff 2



  First riff (7 or 8 times) (with improvisation)



  second riff



  Main riff 1 (improvises violin)



  Ending (fade out)



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