Meeting Of The Spirits

 John McLaughlin's Meeting of The Spirits:
Guitar Tabulature and Grips for:
 The Overture chords,
 http://www.oocities.org/guitalife/imf/mots_melody.html
Whole Melody and recurring Vamp,
 Bass Patterns
 TAB equivalent to Keyboard voicings
Transcription by Sandy Freeze (a.k.a.:guitalife)
REVISING WITH MELODY:
UNDER CONSTRUCTION

 This tune, from The Lp ~INNER MOUNTING FLAME~, by John McLaughlin and 
the Mahavishnu Orchestra has some tough chords, in the {6/4 meter} "Overture" 
which may be placed in 2 different string sets.
 Their largely dissonant nature may stem from some atonal logic McLaughlin
explored in his ~Extrapolation~ and ~Devotion~ Lps, and I suspect some Joseph
Zawinul ~Bitches Brew~ comps rubbed off on McLaughlin as well. Two voicings 
[XY] (F/E to G/F] come from a stock 4-voice harmonization (of C Major scale 
from C/B ) but that's a fav' type J.M. snuck in other compositions (Hope and 
Awakening, for two examples) and the final follOWing two (Bar 7 Bar 8) are 
odd nods to Miles Davis' ~So What~ chords, in a convolution (if you ask me).
 Either way,  they're all quite unique stretches!
 Note : [( ,---)=1/4 value ], [(;---)=1/8 value],[(;---)=1/18 value]
      : Lowest Fret(#>0) stopped by left 1rst finger. 

Observe the notations at McLaughlin book Index.
The Opening MotS page 1 (page 12, scores)
* ~MotS~ OVERTURE SET #1                  *                    **     
~` Bar 1' Bar 2' Bar 3'Bar 4' Bar 5' Bar 6' Bar 7' Bar 8 ' Bar 9`~
E|Z0++++|Z1++++|Z4++++|,,,,,,|Z2++++|Z5+Z7+|++++++|,,,,,,|Z1++++|E
B|Z2++++|Z3++++|Z5++++|Z4++++|Z4++++|Z6+Z8+|++++++|Z3++++|Z1++++|B
G|Z1++++|Z2++++|Z4++++|Z5++++|Z4++++|Z5+Z7+|++++++|Z4++++|Z2++++|G
D|Z3++++|Z4++++|Z3++++|Z5++++|Z2++++|-[XY]-|[Y...]|Z5++++|------|D
A|------|------|------|Z7++++|Z3++++|Z7+Z8+|++++++|------|,,,,,,|A
E|,,,,,,|,,,,,,|,,,,,,|Z7++++|Z3++++|,,,,,,|,,,,,,|Z5++++|Z3++++|E
~`*                   /*   __      __      == ==  \**              `~**
!                            \____   \    /                          !

     \\    \\      \\           \\ \\ (XY)
~E_A_D_G_B_E~ ~E_A_D_G_B_E~ ~E_A_D_G_B_E~ \\ \\ \\ ~E_A_D_G_B_E~ ~E_A_D_G_B_E~
|x (Nut) x 0|N|x x x (Nut)|N|x x -(Nut)-|  /\  /\  |- x - - - x|N|- x x - - -|
|    - 1 -  |1|    - - - 1|1|    - - - -| /  \/==\ |-   - - -  |1|-     - 1_1|
|    -   2  |2|      2 -  |2|    2 - - -|/(Bars...\|-   - - -  |2|-     2    |
|    3      |3|    -   3  |3|      3 - 3|\4,5,6,7)/|-   - - 1  |3|3          |
|  (Bar 1)  |4|    4      |4|        4  | \  /\==/ |-   - 2    |4| (Bar 9)   |
| option #1 |5|           |5|           |  \/  \/  |3   3      |5|           |
|           |6| (Bar 2)   |6| (Bar 3)   |  /\__/\  |  (Bar 8)  |6| Option #1 |
|___________|7|___________|7|___________| /      \ |___________|7|___________|
     \/      /    _______/  /         /  /    |  /                           |
     /\     /    /   ______/         /  /     |  \                           |
~   /  \   /    /   /               /  /      |   \___                       |
    \   \  \   /   | ..____________/  / 4'    5'   6'7'\                     |

      \/    \/    \/      ~E_A_D_G_B_E~ ~E_A_D_G_B_E~ ~E_A_D_G_B_E~  \  /\  /|
      /\    /\    /\   NUT|- - - - - x|N|- - - - - -|N|x {XY)- - -|   \/  \/ |
     /  \  /  \  /  \    1|- (Bar 4)  |1|- (Bar 5) -|1|( bar 6)- -|   /\  /\ |
    /    Bars...     \   2|- - - - -  |2|- - 1 - - 1|2|  - - - - -|  /  \/  \|
    \ 1,    2,    3, /   3|- - - - -  |3|2_2/   - /-|3|  - - - - -| / Bars...|
     \  / \    /\   /    4|- - - - 1  |4| CMaj _3_  |4|  - - - - -| \ 8,  9, |
      \/   \  /  \ /     5|- - _2_    |5|      B Maj|5|FM/E)[__1__|  \  /\  /|
      /\    \/    \      6|- -        |6|BMaj/CMaj  |6|^\ ?/   2  |   \/  \/ |
      |     |     |      7|_4_        |7|           |7|(E)3 [2_^_2|   |    | |
     ___    __    ____   8|           |8|           |8|{F}3_   4  |   |    | |
      |     |     |      9|           |9|           |9|GMa/F}  ^  |   |    | |
      |     |     |       |___________| |___________| |^Hold Bar 7|   |    | |
..............................................................................

~E_A_D_G_B_E~ ~E_A_D_G_B_E~ ~E_A_D_G_B_E~          ~E_A_D_G_B_E~ ~E_A_D_G_B_E~
|x -(NUT)- x|N|x -(NUT)- x|N|x -(NUT)- x|  ||  ||  |- x(NUT)- x|N|- x - - - x|
|  Bar 1'   |1|  -Bar 2'  |1|  -Bar 3'  |  /\  /\  |-   Bar 8' |1|-  Bar 9'  |
|(Option #2)|2|(Option #2)|2|(Option #2)| /  \/  \ |-   - - -  |2|-   - - -  |
|  - - - -  |3|  - - - -  |3|  - - - -  | \  /\  / |-   - - 1  |3|1   - - -  |
|  - - - -  |4|  - - - -  |4|  - - - -  |  \/  \/  |      2    |4|    - - -  |
|  - - - 1  |5|  - - - -  |5|  - - - -  |  /\  /\  |3   4      |5|    - 2 -  |
|  - _2_    |6|  - - - 2  |6|  - - - -  | /  \/  \ |           |6|    -   3  |
|  3        |7|  - _3_    |7|  - - - -  |/(Bars...\|           |7|    4      |
|           |8|  4        |8|  3 - - -| |\4,5,6,7,/|           |8|           |
| Option #2 |9|           |9|    __4__  | \  /\  / |           |9|           |
|___________| |___________| |___________|  \/  \/  |___________| |___________|
   \\              //        //            /\__/\      \\            //      |
    \\            //        //            /   |  \      \\          //       |

  ~MotS~ OVERTURE~SET # 2 Alternate   *             **  
** Bar 1' Bar 2' Bar 3' Bar 4' Bar 5' Bar 6' Bar 7' Bar 8'  Bar 9' `~
E|------|------|------|,-----|Z2++++|Z5+Z7+|++++++|------|------|E
B|Z5++++|Z6++++|Z9++++|Z4++++|Z2++++|Z6+Z8+|++++++|Z3++++|Z6++++|B
G|Z6++++|Z7++++|Z9++++|Z5++++|Z4++++|Z5+Z7+|++++++|Z4++++|Z5++++|G
D|Z6++++|Z7++++|Z9++++|Z5++++|Z2++++|-[XY]-|[Y...]|Z5++++|Z7++++|D
A|Z8++++|Z9++++|Z8++++|Z7++++|Z3++++|Z7+Z8+|++++++|------|,,,,,,|A
E|,,,,,,|,,,,,,|,,,,,,|Z7++++|Z3++++|,,,,,,|,,,,,,|Z5++++|Z3++++|E
~`                                                       `~

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~E_A_D_G_B_E~ ~E_A_D_G_B_E~ ~E_A_D_G_B_E~ ~E_A_D_G_B_E~ 
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