On 10 January 2002 14:48, Laurent Olszer [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > Marian wrote: > > > It is even possible (but would be very difficult for the average guitarist) > > to play Joni's songs > > > with her chords (not the chord shapes, but the tones of her chords) from > > > standard tuning - > My 2 cents: when I first got the Hejira songbook I was a beginning > guitarist. The songbook is all in standard tuning. By following the > songbook I had no problem (even as a beginner) in playing Strange > Boy, Blue Motel Room, Amelia.
I have that songbook. I'll take a look at those songs and try out the chords they suggest, but I think I will be surprised if the chord shapes they give really sound like Joni's sounds. I think it is difficult for an average guitarist to get Joni's sounds from standard tuning. > Some songs simply cannot be played in standard tuning, such as > Black Crow. Probably the same is true for most of the early songs, too. The point I was trying to make is that I heard Gerald Gradwohl, an Austrian guitarist, play a set of Joni's songs on a guitar tuned to standard, and it sounded just like Joni's guitar - he managed to reproduce all the tones. He is, however, a very accomplished guitarist. After the show, I told him about the JMDL guitar site, and he later said he wished he had known about it before he started working on the tribute project, because it would have been a whole lot easier to play Joni's songs using her tunings and chord shapes. > Does anybody PLEASE have the tuning (+ chords?) for the song: Dog Eat Dog? Dog Eat Dog is one of Joni's piano songs, so to play it on guitar, you could go with standard tuning. Marian Vienna
