Mahavishnu Orchestra - Lila's Dance

      

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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 ;-)