A meeting of spirits chords

Mahavishnu Orchestra

Simplify chords 

  			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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