From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #315 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 Friday, February 28 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 315 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: tunings [Dave Blackburn ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 22:13:49 -0800 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Re: tunings I think that if the sonorities and the voicings are right, the tuning/fingering is a matter of preference, or on-stage convenience in my case. For example, I play Furry in drop D; Its the same notes as Jonis version but I can get into the tuning faster than using Jonis and the guitar is happier because the neck is not being torqued in a way that it was not built for. Same idea with Electricity and Cold Blue Steel which I do in double drop D, For the Roses in standard etc. For me Jonis exact tuning is not as much her cool innovation as her voicings, and those can be played in different ways, in many cases. Sometimes she chose a tuning that let her play the chords with one or two fingers, so ease was a factor; apparently her polio experience left her hand strength weaker. One another, but related note, I bet Joni would have loved having a baritone guitar, which are now commonplace but were rare in her heyday. All those slack strings and pitchy intonation issues go away when the guitar is meant to be dropped down a third or fourth. I played Hejira on a Brazilian rosewood baritone once and it was a whole different thing having it in tune. Dave On Feb 27, 2014, at 2:11 PM, Susan E. McNamara wrote: > I got my book yesterday but didn't get a chance to look at it yet. It is my understanding that Joel Bernstein, Joni's long time guitar technician, compiled and produced the book with Joni's imprimatur. Joni has said many times that she depended on Joel to keep an archive of her tunings because she didn't have time or the inclination to cling to old songs past! Although I stand behind some of the tried and true transcriptions on the JM.com site, I believe that there will be more than a couple differences between what we've come up with and what Joel believes is the way Joni played it. Plus I may be pleasantly surprised and find that, oh, maybe Joel got this one right and I'm wrong. I'm OK with that too. It's all a beautiful and fun process and I don't think we will be done soon studying our sublime Queen of Tunings. :-) ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2014 #315 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------