Date: Sun, 01 Dec 1996 14:25:36 +0100 From: Olivier Biffaud Subject: Guardian Angels by John McLaughlin (Friday Night in SF)
/------------------------------------- | Guardian Angel | | -------------- | | by John McLaughlin | | | | from Friday Night In San Fransisco | | | | Transcription : Olivier Biffaud | | E-Mail : oasis@internaute.fr | -------------------------------------/
Though this tablature is based on the original score , it does certainly contains many mistakes... I hope you will forgive me ;^) ! By the way if you don`t agree with anything, just E-mail me to the address above. Your comments are also welcome !! (Please send compliments in priority 8-) )
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Transcribing this composition of the great John McLaughlin hasn`t been very easy and it took me numerous hours of work; hopefully I`m 17, thereby I`ve got a lot of freetime and guitar is a real passion for me, so I tried to do my best to allow peoples who can`t read solfa to play this masterpiece. You may have to listen to the CD to find the correct timing, as it`s very difficult to put a lot of symbols on a tab without making it unreadable...
Note: The | on the tab symbolises the bar line : I tried to respect it but it`s hard to write a 2 figure number in only 1 character; when you read something like --121110-- it means you have to play fret 12, then 11, and finally 10.
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Presto Intro (crochet = 184) 4/4 - Let notes ring
| | | | | |--------3---------2-----0-----0-------------------0-------------------- P J |--1---1-------0-------------------------3---------------3-----1-----0-- a o A |----4-------2---2-----2-----0-------0---------0------------------------ c h l |2---------0-----------------------4---4-----4---4-----4-----2-----2---- o n |--------------------4-----3-----2---------3---------2-----0------------ |----------------------------------------------------------------4-----2
| play 2 notes fast | | | |----------------/-------------------------------------------------------- J |---------------8787------------------------------------------------------- o |------------9-----------9------------------------------------------------- h |---------9-----------------------------------7--9-10-9-7----7--9--7------- n |--------------------------------------------------------10----------10--7- |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | |------------3--------------2--------0--------0---------------------------- P |---1-----1-----------0--------------------------------------3------------- a A|------4-----------2-----2--------2--------0-----------0--------------0---- c l|2--------------0-----------------------------------4-----4--------4-----4- o |------------------------------4--------3--------2--------------3---------- |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
change to 3/4 | | | | |------12--10-9---------------------------------| J |--R---10---8-9---------------------------------| o |--e--------------------------------------------| h |--s-----------------9--Let ring....------------| n |--t--------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| | | | | |------12--10-9--------------------------------| |--R---10---8-9--/-Let ring.....----------------| A |--e--------------------------------------------| l |--s--------------------------------------------| |--t--------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| | | | | |-------0---------------------------------------| P |--R--------3-----------------------------------| a |--e----------2--Let ring.......----------------| c |--s--------------------------------------------| o |--t--------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|
play 4 notes fast | | |/ | | | |--------------7--7---7----71087----------------------12------------------- J |-------7-8-10------------------10-8-------------10-13--12-13-12----------- o A|-9-8-9------------------------------10------9/10---------------12-9--11-8- h l|--------------------------------------------------------------------9----- n |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Em | D | C7 F| F | Am G| |-7------------------------------1---------0-----3------ P |-8-------7--------5-----1---------1-----0------ a |-7-------7--------3-----2---------2-----0------ c |-9-------7--------5-----3---------2-----0------ o |-7-------5--------3-----3---------0-----2------ |--------------------------------------------------------------3------
play 10-8-7 x3 very fast | | | | / | | ------------------------------------------7-108710871087-781087--------------- -----------------------------------7-8-10--------------------/10-8----------- -----------------------------9-8-9--------------------------/-----10---9--10- 9-10-9---------------------9---------------------play 5 notes very fast------- ------10---------------------------------------------------------------------- --------121110-8-7------------------------------------------------------------ C | C | B7 | Em7 | D C | C F | F -0-----------2-------7-------5-----0-------1------ -1-----------4-------8-------7-----1-------1------ -0-----------2-------7-------7-----0-------2------ -2-----------4-------9-------7-----2-------3------ -3-----------2-------7-------5-----3-------3------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | | | | -----12------------------------------------------------| 10-13--12-13-12----------------------------------------| ---------------12-9-12-11------------------------------| -------------------------13--10-9----------------------| ---------------------------12----10--------------------| -----------------------------------121110-8-7----------| | Am G | G | C | B7 | ---0-----3---------0---------7------| ---1-----0---------1---------7------| ---2-----0---------0---------8------| ---2-----0---------2---------7------| ---0-----2---------3---------9------| --------------3-----------------------7------|
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Here start the `improvisations` of John, Al and Paco on the same chords :
Em(7) D C(7) F(7) Am(7) G C B7
Finally, they play the intro again and that`s all (But I fear this expression isn`t really appropriate, sorry...)
