Joni Mitchell -- Complete So Far: Guitar TAB, Hardcover Book
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Joni Mitchell -- Complete So Far: Guitar TAB, Hardcover Book Details
After decades of waiting, the definitive Joni Mitchell guitar songbook is here! Joni Mitchell Complete So Far contains 167 songs spanning her entire career, transcribed accurately and including the authentic tunings Joni explored throughout her artistic development. To make it easier to navigate the tunings---absolutely integral to any student of Joni Mitchell's guitar work---this book also includes a very clear and easy-to-use tuning index, and an in-depth article on Joni's evolution as a guitarist. Hardcover and featuring an impressive all-color photo section, the songbook culls the best work from the following albums: Song to a Seagull, Clouds, Ladies of the Canyon, Blue, For the Roses, Court and Spark, The Hissing of Summer Lawns, Hejira, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, Mingus, Wild Things Run Fast, Dog Eat Dog, Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm, Night Ride Home, Turbulent Indigo, Hits, Taming the Tiger, and Shine. Titles: All I Want * Amelia * The Arrangement * (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care * Bad Dreams * Banquet * Barangrill * Be Cool * The Beat of Black Wings * Big Yellow Taxi * Big Yellow Taxi (2007) * A Bird That Whistles (Corrina, Corrina) * Black Crow * Blonde in the Bleachers * Blue * Blue Boy * Blue Motel Room * The Boho Dance * Borderline * Both Sides, Now * Cactus Tree * California * Car on a Hill * Carey * A Case of You * Chelsea Morning * Cherokee Louise * Chinese Cafe/Unchained Melody * The Circle Game * Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire * Come In from the Cold * Conversation * Cool Water * Court and Spark * Coyote * The Crazy Cries of Love * Dancin' Clown * The Dawntreader * Dog Eat Dog * Don Juan's Reckless Daughter * Don't Interrupt the Sorrow * Down to You * Dreamland * Edith and the Kingpin * Electricity * Ethiopia * Face Lift * Fiction * The Fiddle and the Drum * For Free * For the Roses * Free Man in Paris *
Reviews
After years of not performing the guitar, I picked it up along with this book and got to work learning all those open tunings for Joni Mitchell songs which I never was able to figure out when I was a teenager, because no one had written it all down! Now, her guitar technician has created this invaluable resource for anyone wishing to delve into her fascinating and infinitely satisfying guitar work. Though I have been a classical singer for decades, upon seeing this book I threw caution to the wind and booked myself a performance gig of all Joni Mitchell songs. Then, I got to work using this book. Don’t be fooled, this is a very professional rendering of her work – not for the faint of heart. But, oh! It is so rewarding! I learned, for instance, that Joni Mitchell had had polio when she was eight years old and that all of the open tunings were her attempt to overcome a weakness in her hands which was a residual effect of the illness. The altered tunings also release an extraordinary color palette and expressive capability for the guitar which is simply not possible if you don’t alter the tunings. It has been a joy to finally perform these as they were meant to be performed. One weakness of the book is the dulcimer tunings for the four “Blue“ album songs; they appear to be inaccurate or nonexistent in some cases. Luckily, there are plenty of excellent videos on YouTube with dulcimer players playing the songs and explaining the tunings. I was able to come up with dulcimer tunings that work for me. If you love Joni Mitchell, treat yourself to this eye-opening manual — you won’t be disappointed!
