Hi, I'm guitalife. John McLaughlin's ~BIRDS OF FIRE~: Tablature
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Guitar tabulatures Music Guitarist John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin's ~Birds Of Fire~ Tablature See also :
Chords and Arpeggios and for comments on related scales.
Suggested Crosspicking Patterns; detailed:
the crosspicked arpeggio opening on, Guitar, is not for the feint of art.
~BIRDS OF FIRE~ a daring clash of Blues simplicity and elusive harmonic complexity,
mostly in 18/8, presents as an interesting contrast to Miles Davis'
classic modal tune ~SO WHAT~. ~SO WHAT~ ,roughly, uses a Bassline (..$..) to enhance
(*) the tonal centers of block voicing of largely quartal chords in an [AABA] form:
~~SO WHAT~~
{........$..............}{E Minor7 Sus11/D (*) ..DMin Sus11/D __}2x
{...$ semitone higher...}{F Minor7 Sus 11/Eb...EbMin7 Sus11/Eb}
{........$..............}{E Minor7 Sus11/D (*) ..DMin Sus11/D __}
Right off the top: Section [A] ~BIRDS OF FIRE~:,
the title track of THE MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA's second album.
John McLaughlin goes two-chord arpeggio-vamp on the matter, whole step apart.
Guitar plays two lone distinct soprano range 'E' "blues" licks. Then, it's a
tandem with violin, which has a range (G_D_A_E) up from the guitar's
pitch of the open 'G' (third) string.
The Violin and Bass anchor germane (Root_7th_Perfect 5th) ostinatos,
their P__5ths otherwise dissonant to the melody's 'E' pitches, onto
both Ab and Bb Altered chords in the tapestry,
and Keyboard enters, it's ever-fluid arpeggios matching the guitar intro.
Wicked triplets in the [D] section intensifies Section [D].
First, do no Enharmonic, but guit' on with it;
whether you call this G# or Ab 7Alt, and this A#, or Bb Alt7!
~` [________]\/ ' [________]\/ `~
E|--------r0--------r0--------r0++++++|--------r0--------r0--------r0++++++|E
B|----a0++++----a0++++----a0++++++++++|----a0++++----a0++++----a0++++++++++|B
G|------m5++------m5++------m5++++++++|------m5++------m5++------m5++++++++|G
D|--k4++++++--K4++++++--k4++++++++++++|--k6++++++--K6++++++--k6++++++++++++|D
A|,---,---,---,---,---,---,---,---,---|,---,---,---,---,---,---,---,---,---|A
E|K4++++++++k"++++++++K"++++++++k6K7K0|K6++++++++k"++++++++K"++++++++k6K7k0|E
~` ' `~
________________________ GUITAR[A]Plays 4 times from Enter___________________
Violin riff ( Guitar plays this during others' solos)
~` ' `~
E|K4++--k"++++----k4++--K"++++------k4|K6++--k"++++-----k4++--K"++++-----k6|E
B|------------K6k4------------K7k4K7--|------------K9k6------------K9k6K9--|B
G|;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-|;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-|G
D|,---,---,---,---,---,---,---,---,---|,---,---,---,---,---,---,---,---,---|D
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|A
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|E
~` ' `~
BASS GUITAR RIFF {^} Roots of chords
~` ' `~
G|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|G
D|K6++--k"++++K4--K6++--k"++++K4--K4k6|K8++--k"++++K6--K8++--k"++++K6--K6k8|D
A|^-------------k6--------------k6----|^-------------k8--------------k8----|A
E|,---,---,---,---,---,---,---,---,---|,---,---,---,---,---,---,---,---,---|E
~``~
[Time value punctuations in Tabs]
{,---------------= 1x 1/4 note}
{;-------;-------= 2x 1/8 Note}
{:---:---:---:---= 4x 1/16 note}
