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Lilas dance - Mahavishnu Orchestra
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Tabbed by: Lewah69 released on the LP "Visions Of The Emerald Beyond" (1975)
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Tuning: standard
Intro: piano chords: (G C Bb Eb Db Gb E A G D/F# Em9)
Piano (right hand) arrangement for the guitar (7/4 beat)
(let ring where possible, especially where noted)
7/4 freely (120-124 bpm) quarter & eight notes
G C Bb Eb
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------8-----------------------11--------------------------|
G|---7-------------9--7------/10-----------10h12--10--8----------------|
D|---7h9----7------------10---------10--8------------------------------|
A|-------------10------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. ... (quarter note counting)
l.r.----|
Db Gb E A
e|-------------------9-----------7-------------------9-----------------|
B|----9--------------9h11--9--7--9--7--------10--12--------------------|
G|----10--8----------------------------9--8--9-------------------------|
D|-----------11--10----------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
l.r.---------| l.r.---------------|
G D/F# Em9
e|-----10-------10------10--10--12--14--15-----------------14----------|
B|-----10h12----10-------------------------------------12--------------|
G|------------------12-----------------------------12------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------14----------------------|
E|------------------------------------------0--------------------------|
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
ritardando.....................................
(A) part (134 bpm) (drums enter the 3rd time)
5/4 beat, eight notes (picking pattern down/down/up/down/up... )
Em9 Gmaj13add#11 A A/G A/F# 8x
e|---------------2--------------0--|----------------------------------||
B|---------3--------------2--------|---------2-----------2--------2---||
G|------------0--------------4-----|----------------------------------||
D|---------------------4-----------|------2-----------2--------2------||
A|------2--------------------------|---0------------------------------||
E|---0--------------3--------------|------------4--3--------2---------||
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3 ...(eight note counting)
Bassline for part (A) half & quarter notes (enters the 5th time)
Em9 Gmaj13add#11 A A/G A/F#
G|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------|----------------------5-----7-----||
E|---0-----------0-----3-----0-----|---5------------7-----------------||
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. ... (quarter note counting)
(B) part:
7/4 beat, quarter & eight notes (picking pattern down/down/up... )
*(bass plays the root notes of the chords)
G C Bb Eb
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------8---|
G|--------------12---------9-----------7------------|
D|----------12-------------------------------8------|
A|---10*---------------10-----------8-----6---------|
E|------------------8---------6---------------------|
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
7/8 beat
Db Gb E A G Bm/F#
e|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------||
B|------------6----------------------------2--|------------0--------0---||
G|---------------------3----------1-----------|-------------------------||
D|---------6----------------------------2-----|---------0--------0------||
A|---4--------------4-----------2----0--------|-------------------------||
E|---------------2--------0-------------------|---3-----------2---------||
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Melody for (B)part on guitar (original played on violin)
7/4 G C Bb Eb hold note
e|-------------------------------------------------15--13---|
B|-----------------------12------------15--13---------------|
G|-----------12------12------14--12~-----------15-----------|
D|---12--14------14-----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
7/8 beat
Db Gb E A G Bm/F#
e|--13~----------------------------------------14----|--15--17-----19------||
B|------11----------------11--12--14~---15--17-------|---------------------||
G|----------13--11~---13-----------------------------|---------------------||
D|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------||
A|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------||
E|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------||
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
(the violin plays here the notes an octave higher)
Repeat (A) 2 times (interlude) / then play (A) several times for backing violin solo
Repeat (B) / break on Em
Interlude by guitar (E-dominant): John McLaughlin plays several bluesy licks in a nice
rhythmically way, also throws in some picked chords and then leads into a soloing.
Ralphe Armstrong plays the following bass-line underneath with some variations.
(C) part: bass
20/8 beat (shuffle)
(E7) x times
G|------------------6--7-----7--6-----------------------6--7--9---||
D|------------6--9-----------------9--6-----------6--9------------||
A|---7-----7-----------------------------7-----7------------------||
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
1) 2. 3. 2) 2. 3. 3) 2. 3. 4) 2. 3. 5) 2. 3. 6) 2. 3. 7) 2.
Melody for (C) part guitar (unison with violin)
(E7) * smear bend (1/4 tone)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------12------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------12----------|
G|-------------12*-------14--12--14b16br14p12------12------14----------14--|
D|--/14~---14--------14------------------------14------14------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
hold note then bend up 2x
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|---12---12b13-------------------------------------------------------------||
D|--------------14\---------------------------------------------------------||
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Variation (alternate melody-line)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------15--14-----------------------|
G|-------------12*-------14---14b15b16br14p12----------14-----12------------|
D|--/14~---14--------14-------------------------------------------14----12--|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------12*----------------------------------------------------------|
D|---12h14~-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat (C) 2x (with the variation at the 2nd time)
then play (B) followed by (A) part for the outro.
Melody over the last 6 times of (A) part (original played by violin)
3x
e|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|--------------------||
B|----------8------|--7~------8---------|---------------------|--------------------||
G|-----------------|-----------------7h-|-9--------9~-----7p--|--6-----------------||
D|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|--------------------||
A|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|--------------------||
E|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|--------------------||
Ending: piano chords: 7/4 beat (G C Bb Eb Db Gb E A G D/F# E)
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| * smear bend
| l.r. let ring
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P.S.: I am a German guy so I hope that I explained this in proper English ;-)
