This transcription,is the single 12-string guitar solo of the song ~In My Life~, from the album ~Inner Worlds~ by John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. (The opening dual-12-string cadenzi are something else!) Bar 8 has 29-some notes over 3 beats(,,,) breathe deep... | |
The solo is based on a D Ma7_GMa7_D Ma7_GMa7 sequence over 4/4___4/4__4/4____3/4 cycle It is a 16 bar solo based on the changes printed here. | |
__In My Life___'Inner Worlds' solo chords and sample bar with full range E|r2 |r2 |r2 |r2 |E E|------------------------k7K9k10K12k14|E B|a2 |a0 |a2 |a0 |B B|-------------------k7K10k12------HIGH|B G|m2 |m0 |m2 |m0 |G G|--------------k7K9K11----------------|G D|K0 |K0 |K0 |K0 |D D|----------k7K9-----------------------|D A|DMa7|GMa7|Dma7|GM7|A* A|LOW---k7K9---------------------------|A E|,,,,|,,,,|,,,,|,,,|E E|K5k7k10-Full-Range Of Solo(BAR 8)----|E _____4/4______|3/4| | |
These are rudimentary "one-finger" chords. Second G Ma7 in cycle may be {GMa7/A} = {A 9 Sus4} | |
Note the use of D Major R_2_3_5_6_Oct_9 ...pentatonic pattern, first soloing over both chords adding to the G Major bars a 2_3_5_6_7_9 scalar flavour (G tonic-less,at that). Then McLaughlin adds the scalar 7th C#, scale tone on G, Lydian #11th. | |
______IN MY LIFE_____ Turnaround to SOLO ~XII' IX 'In My--y Life ' ' `~ E|15|12 -- -- -- ----|,---,---,---,---|,,,,---|,---,---,---,---|,--,,,|E B|13|12 13 12 -- ----|r3----r3--r2--r0|++++---|----------------|------|B G|--|-- 12 9+ 12 9+--|a2----a4--a2--a1|++++---|9s11++"+++"+++"+|+-----|G D|--|-- -- -- 12 10--|m3----m4--m2--m2|++++-7-|----------------|------|D A|--|-- -- -- -- ----|K1--------------|-------|----------------|------|A E|;-|,- -- ,- -- ,---|------K3--K2--K0|+++,---|----------------|------|E ~`& '1 & 2 & 3 'BbM7 GM7 F#-7EM'1234 & ' /DM7 4/4 'GM7 4/4~ SOLO/Bar 1 Bar 2.... | |
~` ' ' ' `~ E|,---,---,---,---|,---,,|,---,---,---,---,---|,---,---,---7107--|E B|------7--------7|------|----( 3)------------|----------710---10|B G|----79-7-----79-|7-----|----791197--97------|--------79--------|G D|--79----9--79---|-97+++|--79------97--97----|------79----------|D A|----------------|------|----------------97++|----79------------|A E|----------------|(GM7)-|--------------------|,---,---,---,-*--*|E ~`Bar 3 DM7 4/4 Bar4 3/4 Bar 5 DM7 4/4 ' Bar 6 GM7 4/4 `~ | |
~` `~ E|,(___6___),(___6___), - - - -,- |E B|-10 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - |B G|7 - -9-7- - 9 7 - - - - - - - - |G D|- - - - 9 7 - -9-7- - - - - - - |D A|- - - - - - - - - 9 7 - - - - - |A E|- - - - - - - - - - - 10-7- 5 - |E ~`BAR 7 DM7 4/4 `~ | |
~` `~ E|- - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 12 14 12-10 -12 10 - - - - - - - - - |E B|- - - - - - - - - - -10 12- - - - - - - 12- - -12 10- - - - - - - |B G|- - - - - - - 7 9 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 9 7 - - - - |G D|- - - - - 7 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 7 - - |D A|- - - 7 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -97 - |A E|5 7 10- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |E ~` BAR 8 GM7 3/4 `~ | |
____________________________________________ ~` ' ' ' `~ E| | |_{,9^10^9^10}4x_|9------------|E B| | |----------------|-10-710107-10|B G| | |----------------|-------------|G D|rest|rest|----------------|-------------|D A| | |----------------|-------------|B E|,,,,|,,,,|,---,---,---,---|,---,-*--,---|E ~Bar9 Bar10 Bar11 1/16 ^trill Bar12 `~ | |
~` ' `~ E|9109-----9109---------|------------------- - |E B|----10710----10710++7-|---7-------710{7^10}- |B G|---------------------9|+79-97---79------{9^7}|G D|----------------------|------979--------- - -|D A|----------------------|------(`3)-------- - -|A E|,-*--*,-*--*,-*--*,---|,---,-`--,---*,--- - -|E ~`Bar13 DM7 4/4 'Bar14 GM7 4/4 `~ | |
~` ' ' 'thank you for' E|- - - - - - - - - - - |- - - - - - -7 10"""|1214""141214|E B|- - - - - - - - - - - |- - - 7 10""" - - - | - - - - - -|B G|9797 - - - - - - - - -|7 9"" - - - - - - - | - - - - - -|G D|- - - 9797- - - - 79""|- - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - -|D A|- - - - - - - 79"" - -|- - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - -|A E|, - - , - - , - - , - |- - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - |E ~`Bar 15 ' Bar 16 ' `~ | |
Are we there yet? |