Mahavishnu´s 'The Dance of Maya' intro/riff
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@KingTabor I mean like the positioning on the frets.
for ex. 7th to 8th or whatever
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To elaborate for anyone who might come by looking for an answer:
The riff is in 10/8 (each note is an eighth) phrased in eighth notes as 3/3/1/3
The drums enter playing a pattern in 10/8 phrased in sixteenth notes as 6/6/6/2. This is why it feels like a 12/8 shuffle.
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i love this riff too. great job. JM plays some crazy chords at the end and yours sounds fine so who cares if they're right
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Its a 10/8 time signature
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great
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5, 10, or 20 / 8 bc they're all the same thing. I find the most interesting part to be the drum entrance, which takes 3 8ths and plays 2 qrts in their place (3:2).
Every 10 8ths the drums restart to keep up though, so it sounds like 6 1/3 beats of 4/4 rock!! The harmony's interesting too, but they probably have set theory courses on youtube already.



What are the frets?
OMGitsthellamaking 1 year ago
@OMGitsthellamaking Yamaha's stock ones, not too high I mean
KingTabor 1 year ago
does anyone know the time-signature?
fkhodada 2 years ago
I like to think it in some odd-meter when the riff is alone. WHen band enters with a shuffle then it´s like an usual 12/8 with syncopated notes (where the chord roots lies). Thanks!
KingTabor 2 years ago
10/8 then it goes to 20
Fr3tsOnFir3 2 years ago
OMG theoryheads had assumed control :-)
KingTabor 2 years ago