Mahavishnu´s 'The Dance of Maya' intro/riff

Mahavishnu´s intro to "The Dance of Maya". I really dig this haunting chord progression.

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[OMGitsthellamaking]

What are the frets?

[KingTabor]

@OMGitsthellamaking Yamaha's stock ones, not too high I mean

[fkhodada]

does anyone know the time-signature?

[KingTabor]

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!

[Fr3tsOnFir3]

10/8 then it goes to 20

[KingTabor]

OMG theoryheads had assumed control :-)

[OMGitsthellamaking]

@KingTabor I mean like the positioning on the frets.

for ex. 7th to 8th or whatever

[Parvenu333]

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.

[musiclifelove]

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

[ElDondro]

Its a 10/8 time signature

[ThreeLeggedMongoose]

great

[sci49]

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.