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 ~` ???? `~ |