From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #1236 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 Tuesday, August 27 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 1236 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Minor chords [Dave Blackburn ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 15:25:40 -0700 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Re: Minor chords Well, since that went over okay, here are some more moments employing chords from the parallel minor/major chord scales ; ideal for your next stump the dinner guests game and sure to result in their prior commitments when you invite them over again: Passion Play "like washing on a LINE" borrowing the minor V chord from Dminor Yvette in English "little bit of instant BLISS" using the bVI chord from Dbminor and moving to the VI chord of Db major., Court and Spark - moves throughout between E major and E minor tonalities. Blue -last chord unexpectedly converts the "expected" Bminor into a B7. Called a Picardie third in traditional music theory. Cotton Avenue - the whole intro is in minor and moves to parallel major when the lyric begins, And many more. These are off the top of my head. Stop me when/if this gets tiresome :-) Dave On Aug 27, 2013, at 10:35 AM, Dave Blackburn wrote: > Ha, Corey! Be careful what you wish for! > > If there are others that might like to read about this stuff I'd be glad to write about some facets of JM's music pertaining to theory and method, and make sure it doesn't get too esoteric. As Jim said there is the Lloyd Whitesell book that gets a bit too exhaustive even for the keen student. Joni's music is often an odd mix of pedestrian and highly original, and the fact that she may not know which was which makes it all the more interesting. I believe she trusted her "feelers" so much that no other guidelines were needed or heeded. > > Dave > > > On Aug 27, 2013, at 9:37 AM, Corey Blake wrote: > >> Dave, I love this stuff. I'd love to see an ongoing or recurring series of posts that looks at the music theory behind the magic of Joni's music. >> >> -Corey ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #1236 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------