John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra (Mini Scores) Review

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(More customer reviews)I have been waiting for this book for thirty years. I missed it the first time around when it was published in the late 1970s. Luckily it has been reprinted.

It is fairly complex due to the nature of the music and the mini score notation. However, should you want to play some of John McLaughlin's music and or understand its structure this book is a good place to start.

The scores have been produced with a great deal of care. Most of the scores are laid out with the 'normal' early Mahavishnu Orchestra instrumentation (bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, and violin). The scores seem to have been faithfully produced from the original recordings, and additional parts have been given where necessary. Useful key/mode guides for ad libbing have also been given.

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Arranged for Miniature-Score by John McLaughlin. In addition to the scores, McLaughlin provides a vocabulary of modes and synthetic modes to help in the improvisation of the music. Most pieces are arranged for Guitar, Violin, Keyboard, Bass and Drum. 28 titles from the recordings: Inner Mounting Flame, Birds Of Fire, Visions Of The Emerald Beyond, Between Nothingness & Eternity. Contents:A Lotus On Irish Streams, Awakening, The Dance Of Maya, Dawn, Meeting Of The Spirits, Noonward Race, Vital Transformation, You Know, You Know, Birds Of Fire, Celestial Terrestrial Commuters, Hope, Miles Beyond, One Word, Open Country Joy, Resolution, Sanctuary, Sapphire Bullets Of Pure Love, Thousand Island Park, Be Happy, Earth Ship, Eternity's Breath, Faith, If I Could See, Lila's Dance, On The Way Home To Earth, Opus I, Pastoral, Dream. Also includes a foreword by John McLauglin, photos and Music Vocabulary.

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