From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #1023 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe:mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website:http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Sunday, July 21 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 1023 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: New guitar tabs and videos available in the Archive [Sam Stone Subject: Re: New guitar tabs and videos available in the Archive Thanks for the kind words, Michael. Rest assured that there IS a younger generation of Joni fans. And I think that demographic is growing. I've known so many people who, with their ears accustomed to the "look-how-fast-I-can-play-a-minor-scale" kind of guitarists, don't initially understand Joni's stuff or my fascination with it. When I play some examples, they get it! On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Michael quebec wrote: > Hey Sam, > > What a treat to see/hear your videos. I'm always tickled and touched to > see younger musicians digging Joni's stuff. It convinces me that this music > will live on. I thought that River, in particular, was very dreamy and > reflective, nicely done. > > Michael in Quebec > > > > Sam wrote: > > Hi JMDLers, > > These have already made the rounds on Facebook, but I figured I should let > everyone else know. Anyway, I've been hard at work constructing guitar > arrangements, mainly for the songs that are more piano-centric. Of the > five or six on my list, two are done: "River" and "Chinese Cafe." > > "River" is one that I have been perfecting on and off since 2010. I even > sent a "prototype" to JMDL back then. It's basically a jazzy guitar > arrangement of Joni's classic "River," with the harmonies and overall > "feel" closer to Herbie Hancock's version from 2007. The tuning is > A#FA#GA#D and I am proud to day that tabs for my arrangement are available > on the official Joni Mitchell website! > > The video is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtNlspvp83k > and the tabs are here: > http://jonimitchell.com/music/transcription.cfm?id=493 > > "Chinese Cafe" follows the same idea. Even though I'm not a fan of Joni's > synthy stuff, I've always enjoyed this song and have wanted to make a > guitar arrangement for a while. This one just came to me one night. I'd > been looking at the chords, in standard tuning as written in "Joni Mitchell > Complete" and started to work it out in DAEGCE. Didn't quite work so I > fiddled with the knobs and magically ended up in good old CGDFCE and that > did the trick. I wouldn't be surprised if that's the tuning used on the > original. Also, I'm told this is the first time anyone's tried to > transcribe this song in an altered tuning! > > The video can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F70jDfeQauI > and the tabs are located at > http://jonimitchell.com/music/transcription.cfm?id=493 > > Next up: "All I Want," "Court and Spark," and maybe "Rainy Night House"... > Hope you enjoy these! > > > > Michael ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #1023 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------