Date: Sun, 01 Dec 1996 14:25:36 +0100
From: Olivier Biffaud
Subject: Guardian Angels by John McLaughlin (Friday Night in SF)
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| Guardian Angel |
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| by John McLaughlin |
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| from Friday Night In San Fransisco |
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| Transcription : Olivier Biffaud |
| E-Mail : oasis@internaute.fr |
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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
| | | | |
-----------------0-----------------------------------0-------0-----2---------3
---0---------0-------------0-----2---------3---------------------------1---1--
---------3-----3---------------------------------0---------2-----2-------4----
-2-----2---2-------------2-----2---------4-----4---4-----------0-----2--------
-----------------------------0-----0-1-2-----3---------3-4--------------------
-----2-------------2-3-4------------------------------------------------------
| | | | |
---------5-----0----------------------------------------------------------|
-----0-------------------3-----------------0--Let ring....----------------|
---5---5-----0-------0-------------2--------------------------------------|
-3-----------------4---4-------0---------0--------------------------------|
-----------3-----2-----------4---4----------------------------------------|
---------------------------2---------2-3----------------------------------|
| 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----------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----7--9----------------------------------------------------------------------
---------10-----7-----7--9--7-----------6-----------------7-----9--7-----7----
10----------------10--------------------------9--7--9-------10-------10-------
| | |
-0--------------------------------------------------------0-------------------
----------3--------1--------0--------0--------------0--------------------0----
----------------------------------------------3--------3----------------------
-------4--------2--------2--------2--------2-----2--------------------2-------
----2--------0--------------------------------------------------------------0-
----------------------4--------2--------2--------------------2--3--4----------
play 2 notes fast
| | / |
----------------------------------7-------10---787----------------------------
---------------------------10-------10--8--------------8--7-------------------
----------------------7--9-----------------------------------9--7-------------
----------7-11--9-------------------------------------------------10--9----10-
---10--7-----------------------------------------------------------------8----
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | |
----------------------------------0-----------0--------2--------------3-------
----2--------------3-----------------------------------------1-----1----------
----------------------------0--------------2--------2-----------4-----------5-
-2--------------4--------4-----4-----------------0--------2--------------3----
-------0--1--2--------3--------------3--4-------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-9--7--------------------------------------------8/9--7-----------------------
------10--9-10--9-----------------------7----------------10--Let ring.........
------------------10--7--5--7----10--7-------10-------------------------------
| | |
-------5--------0-------------------------------------------------------------
-0-----------------------------3--------------------------0--Let ring.........
----5--------0-----------0--------------------2-------------------------------
----------------------4-----4-----------0--------------0----------------------
----------3--------2-----------------4-----4----------------------------------
----------------------------------2--------------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...)
