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Mahavishnu Orchestra - Lilas Dance Tabs

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Lilas Dance Tabs

(ver. 1)
Mahavishnu Orchestra
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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.  

                                             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.  ... (quarter note counting)

                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
e|------------------------------------------------15--13---|
B|-----------------------12-----------15--13---------------|
G|-----------12------12------14--12~----------15-----------|
D|---12--14------14----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|


    Db                Gb          E     A        7/8            5/4
e|--13~-------------------------------------14--|--15--17--19--||--19~------|
B|--------------------11--12--14~---15--17------|--------------||-----------|
G|--------13--11--13----------------------------|--------------||-----------|
D|----------------------------------------------|--------------||-----------|
A|----------------------------------------------|--------------||-----------|
E|----------------------------------------------|--------------||-----------|



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)  (triple eight notes over a quarter beat)

    (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------------------|
D|--/14~---14--------14-----------------------------------------14----12---|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------12*---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---12h14~----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Repeat (C) 4x (with the variation every 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 ;-)
            
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