John McLaughlin's Trilogy
Tab by Sandy Freeze
with Notated Transcription by Daniel Rheault

John McLaughlin's Trilogy Bn&E
 John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra has recorded the 
~Trilogy~ on the (Live) "Between Nothingness and Eternity", and studio
"The Lost Trident Sessions". His dexterity and imagination 
serve the listener well. Since the three parts were not printed
in McLaughlin's own "John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra" 
guitarists have had to put their ears to work for the intricate,
descending triadic patterns, odd metered vamps and a careening
melody ,here and there.  
         !!!!!!!!!!!  IN PROGRESS    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 I am pleased to have the file Transcriptions from 
Daniel Rheault: E-mail at
 Part 1) The Sunlit Path
Part 2) La Mere de la Mer
Part 3) Tomorrow's Story Not The Same 
They are quite similar to my Tabs although,
I offer my Chord names on the Sunlit Path as seen below. 
 My own transcriptions in TAB use:
A] commas (,---)  punctuate the Quarter (1/4)note.
B]semicolons (;---) punctuate the Eighth (1/8) note
C]colons (:---) punctuate the 1/6th note
D]periods (.-----) punctuate the 1/32nd note. 
 
 The K\/>k_r)a)m) Pick and Roll terminology can be seen elsewhere.
I suggest a New Window on that.

 This vamp's soloing employs a trade-off between John McLaughlin and Jan
Hammer in variations of A Mixolydian,A pentatonic, and G pentonic
scales.
 Vamp for part 1)"The Sunlit Path"
~``                          ``~
E||[----][----]{----}------r0||E
B||----r2----a2----a3----a3++||B
G||a2++++a2++++--m4++--m2++++||G
D||--m2++--m2++K5++++K4++++++||D
A||K0++++K0++++------(-----+)||A
E||,---,---,---,---,---,---;-||E
~``A     A     G     D(add 9)``~ 
   
~`PosXIII.PosXII'PosX    PosIX 'PosVII .PosVI 'POSIV  POSII   `~
E|[------]{----}|[-----]{-----}|[------]{----}|[------]{-----}|E
B|------r15---r13-----r12----r10------r9----r7|------r6-----r4|B
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|G
D|----m15---m15-|----m12---m12-|----m9----m9--|----m6-----m4--|A
A|K13+----K12+--|K10+----K9++--|K7++----K6++--|K4++----K2++---|E
E|^-------^-----|^-------^-----|^-------^-----|^-------^------|E 
~`BbMaj___FMaj/A_GMaj___DMaj/F#_EMaj____BMa/D#_C#Major__BMaj__'~

 Part 2): "La Mere De La Mer'. 
Melody by Violin and bass guitar tutti.
~`Suggested Pick and roll Vamp/~\ Crosspicking Vamp {K\/k}   `~
E|----------r0++----------r0++|E|----------k0------------k0++|E
B|------a3++++++------a3++++++|A|------k3+++++++-----k3++++++|B
G|--m5++++++++++--m5++++++++++|G|--k5++++++++++++k5++++++++++|G
D|K5++k5++K5++k5K4++k4++K4++k4|D|K5++K5++K5++k5K4++K4++K4++k5|D
A|{------------}[------------]|A|{----------}[--------------]|A
E|,---,---,---,---,---,---,---|E|,---,---,---,---,---,---,---|E
~`DSus7(9) _______D7(9)_______.~.DSus7(9) _______D7(9)_______`~

OR:?_________Nice stretch!____/~\____________________________`~
E|---r0+++--"++---"++-"++----"|E|----------------------------|E
B|--a3++--"++++-"+++-"++-"+"--|B|----------k5++----------k5--|B
G|-m5++--"++++-"++--"-"+"+"+"-|G|--k5++k7++------k5++k7++----|G
D|K7+++"++---"++-+-"++++------|D|K5++K5++K5++k5K4++K4++K4++k5|D
A|[---------------------------|A|----------------------------|A
E|,---,---,---,---,---,---,---|E|,---,---,---,---,---,---,---|E

~TommorOW's Story Not the Same~
~`                >                       ????                 `~
E|,---------------,---------------,--------------------,-,-,--|E
B|;-------;-------;-------;-------;---------;------------ ----|B
G|-------->-------K2++++p0-----------{'3/32''3/32'}----- -----|G
D|--------k2++++h4:-----.-.---.-.-K2++-----.K2h4p2./------ ---|D
A|K2++++h4----------------K2++++h4---\K2h3h4/-----K3p2--------|A
E|:---.-.-:---.-.-:-------:-------:---.--.--:--.--.--.k5K2++++|E
~`                                        ????                 `~

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