From: owner-wanderer-digest@smoe.org (wanderer-digest) To: wanderer-digest@smoe.org Subject: wanderer-digest V2 #17 Reply-To: wanderer@smoe.org Sender: owner-wanderer-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-wanderer-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk wanderer-digest Tuesday, March 12 2002 Volume 02 : Number 017 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Not for Free [Susan McNamara ] Re:For the Roses [Susan McNamara ] RE: Not for Free ["Kate Bennett" ] RE: Not for Free [Susan McNamara ] Re: Jounings [Susan McNamara ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 08:42:44 -0500 From: Susan McNamara Subject: Re: Not for Free Hey, Will, I relate to your dilemma. broken strings, minutes lost in the translation of tunings, what's a poor street singer to do? Well, here's another tip, other than staying stranded in concert tuning... The Crazy Cries of Love is in CGDEGC which in Joni Notation is X77235 If you go to www.jmdl.com/guitar and select this generic tuning, seven other Joni songs come up with the same (or very similar) tunings: Passion Play Cherokee Louise Night Ride Home God Must Be a Boogie Man Cool Water Love Puts On A New Face Sunny Sunday Yvette in English joni calls this playing in a "family of tunings." That should cover about 40 minutes of excellent entertainment and some clinking of coins in your case! You'll be on your way to Jonifest in no time. :-) take care, sue (you see I've embarked on a mission to spread alternation among the masses...) :-) At 3:00 AM -0500 3/10/02, onlyJMDL Digest wrote: >Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 08:56:45 -0600 >From: "William Waddell" >Subject: Not For Free > >What to do Baba? I know, I'll retune for a quick rendition >of Crazy Cries. That'll get their hands delving into their pockets. Three >minutes later, while attempting C77235, the cold has no sympathy for the >stretching strings and scheckt ... there goes my G string. Minutes pass as >do the scurrying Glaswegians. Ok, the Crazy Cries. Lovely. Attention at >last. The clinking of a few more brown coins. "Another one like that," >shouts a man of some commendable taste. "Aye, just let me retune." D57543 >this time. I look up and the faces have changed. Where's my man of >commendable taste? > You get my point - three minutes of my dulcet tones stretched to eight >if I sing the chorus several times, then the same in silence whilst I >retune. Time is money. How many pennies does it take to get to the JoniFest >and back? 55545 - going for a song. >Willy the Shake - -- "Heart and humor and humility will lighten up your heavy load ... " - Joni Mitchell ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 08:46:20 -0500 From: Susan McNamara Subject: Re:For the Roses I agree with Linda that the low G is needed for this song. If you want to hear the wonder of this tuning and the slack G in all its glory play "This Flight Tonight" My favorite thing about playing that song is the flappy low G!!! :-) take care, sue >Hi Ken and Greetings to all- > >I too had some consternation about that low G... WHY would so tune it so >low??? >I had it tuned to C for a while and it sounded pretty good. But, as I >listened to Joni, I was confounded by how she got that little slapping >sound she does just before the repeated guitar figure... Lo and behold.... >when I tuned that low string down to G, I hit it just before the riff and >VOILA! There was the sound! The slackness of the string makes that >fantastic sound as it hits the fretboard. >Other than that, the string is not needed, though it doesn't sound bad if >you hit it accidentally. >Yet another example of the genius of our Joan! > >Linda > - -- "Heart and humor and humility will lighten up your heavy load ... " - Joni Mitchell ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 10:01:33 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: RE: Not for Free great idea susan! and then, if you just tune that D sting down to C, you can play Amelia! >>The Crazy Cries of Love is in CGDEGC which in Joni Notation is X77235 If you go to www.jmdl.com/guitar and select this generic tuning, seven other Joni songs come up with the same (or very similar) tunings:<<< ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 13:41:39 -0500 From: Susan McNamara Subject: RE: Not for Free Right, look at that you have a full set right there! :-) >great idea susan! and then, if you just tune that D sting down to C, you can >play Amelia! > >>>The Crazy Cries of Love is in CGDEGC which in Joni Notation is X77235 >If you go to www.jmdl.com/guitar and select this generic tuning, >seven other Joni songs come up with the same (or very similar) >tunings:<<< - -- "Heart and humor and humility will lighten up your heavy load ... " - Joni Mitchell ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 13:59:26 -0500 From: Susan McNamara Subject: Re: Jounings My darling Will, you haven't overlooked a tabs page--you have overlooked THE tabs page. www.jmdl.com/guitar/ After you come up for air in about 3 weeks we can talk again about stranded guitars!!! :-) Go straight to passion play here: http://www.jmdl.com/guitar/passionplay-md-c.cfm There is nothing more wonderful than sharing an obsession. :-) take care, sue At 12:52 PM -0600 3/11/02, William Waddell wrote: >Like I say, maybe I've overlooked a tabs page. Best regards. >WtS >NP - Elephants & Flowers, Prince > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. - -- "Heart and humor and humility will lighten up your heavy load ... " - Joni Mitchell ------------------------------ End of wanderer-digest V2 #17 *****************************