Lila's Dance:
 Guitar parts by John McLaughlin,

 from ~Visions of The Emerald Beyond~

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E Minor 9 has two viable options for JM's 5/8 meter pitch voicings.
 First suggested            Second suggested grip 
_E__A__D__G__B__E_           _E__A__D__G__B__E_
|0  -  x  0  -  -|           |0  x  -  -  -  x|
|^  1        -  2|           |^     -  -  -   |
|            3   |           | \    -  -  -   |
|                |           |  |   -  -  -   |
|R__5__ _10__7__9| !!!       |  |   1  -  -   |Fifth Fret
|^  E Minor 9    |           |  |      -  -   |
|                |           |2/       3  4   |~Seventh fret~
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\            |R\/5__10_7_9-   |
_K__k_________K              K\/k______K 
.............                ........./
           k/___K                   k/____K
      
           Right hand Crosspicking here: K\/k 
            Downstoke\ _k_\ comes on (5)_&_ beat
First suggested grip           Second suggested grip
 G Major 13 #11            G Major 13 #11
_E__A__D__G__B__E_           _E__A__D__G__B__E_
|-  x  -  -  -  0|           |-  x  -  -  0  0|
|-     -  -  1   |           |-     -  -      |
|T     -  -      |           |1     -  -      |
|^     2  3      |           |^     2  -      |
| Root_7_10_#4_13|           |         -      |
|G Ma Lydian     |           |         4      |
|________________|           |Root__7__#4_3_13|
_k_____K_____k               _k_____K__k__K__k
............/
          K_____k            _k_____K__m__a__r =Pick and roll option

Right hand Crosspicking here: K\/k 
 K\/k_ram Pick and roll
 

               A Major/\ 
              /R ...7th...b7th...Ma6 
 _E_\A__D__G__B__E_           _E__A__D__G__B__E_
 |-  0,;-  x  -  x|           |-  x  -  x  -  x|
 |1!\^  1     1   |    ...Ma6~|1!    1     1   |
 |2. |            |  ...b7th~ |2               |
 |3..|            |  ..Major7~|3               |
 | ./|            |   Root > ~|4,;             |
 | /              |           |^ A Major/R...  |
_____K__k_____K_              _K_____k_____K_
............../               ............./
/kK____k______K               /kK____k____K
............../               ............/
_/k_____K_____k              _/k_____K____k

            Right hand Crosspicking here: K\/k 
 The ~A Major~/^R... descending bass line is probably more fluid in the second
grip here: 
  Alternating pickstrokes K\/k with alternating pick 1/8th flOW.
[A]
~ Pure crosspick  K\/ram?                  Pick and Roll with second grips.....
E--------K2--------k0|-------------[-----]|------------------r0|--------------[----]|
B----K3++++----K2++++|----K2++++++K2++++k2|--------a7------a0++|----r2++++++"+++++"+|
G------k0++------K4++|------;-[----]------|----m7++++----m6++++|------;-[----]------|
D[--------]--K4++++++|--k2++++++k2----K2++|------k5++--K4++++++|--m2++++++"+++++"+++|
A--k2++++++[--------]|[----]--------------|[--------]{--------}|[----]--------------|
EK0++++++++k3++++++++|K5++++k4K3++++k2++++|K0k7++++++k3++++++++|K5++++k4K3++++k2++++|
~,---,---,---,---,---`,---,---,---,---,---`,---,---,---,---,---`,---,---,---,---,---`
 Meter 20/16= 5/4
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See ~John McLaughlin and THE MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA~ scores at ~PAGES OF FIRE~ tribute:
http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave/MclaughlinBook/ all pages
[B]
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E|------k7------------------k3|------k1--------------[----]|--------------|
B|--------[----]------K3------|[-------]-----[------]----k2|------k0----"+|
G|----K7++----k5----------K3++|----K1++----K3------k1------|--------------|
D|K5++++----K5++----k3++[----]|--------[----]----------K2++|----K0++--K2++|
A|[------]------[------]k6++++|K4++++++--k4++----K2++k0++++|[------][----]|
E|--------k8++++k6++++++------|--------K2++++k0++++++------|K3++++++k2++++|
~`,---,---,---,---,---,---,---`,---,---,---,---,---,---,---`,---,---,---;-`
~/"[C]....
E|---------------------------------------------------K12---|E
B|------------------------------------------------k12------|B
G|------k10+--14.12s14.16++++14.12----k12---k14K12------k14|G
D|K12+"+----"+---------------------K14---k14---------------|D
A|,---;-,---;--;-;-----------------------------------------|A
E|,---,---,---,-.--,...----,-.--.--,-----,-----,-----,-----|E
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~[C bar2]                 "\
E|-------------------------|E |McLaughlin intersperses bits of the chords from
B|-------------------------|B | "You Know,You Know" off "The Inner Mounting Flame" 
G|K12+p13---------(K0)-----|G |into his jam vamp with Ralphe Armstrong ,and Narada
D|--------K12++--------K0p2|D |Michael Walden here. All in the 20/16 vein.
A|,---,----,-----------;-;-|A
E|,---;--,---;-,;,;,;,;,---|E
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             repeat[A]
             repeat[B]
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