Dear Steve: We would all be the beneficiaries of your struggle to learn Down To You. :) As far as the accordion is concerned...I have to follow most of the piano music. And I am not proficient enough on The Tart (which is what I call my accordion) to even begin to play alternate 'chordings'.
Love and peace......Sharon NP: Tangerine by Mary Louise Knutson Steve Polifka wrote: > > Sharon wrote: > >Dear Walt: > >You may find talking with Steve Polifka from our list would be very > >helpful. He is a whiz at playing Joni songs on the piano. I >sympathize > with your problem. > > Hi Walt, and everyone, > While some may think I'm a whiz at playing Joni, it's really not > true.(Hugs to you, Sharon!) ;-) (LOL!)Sometimes I have to listen to one of > her piano phrases 25 times before I 'get' it. (That's why none of the > printed music is quite write. Nobody 'got' it after a few listens...) Then > I let go of having to play her stuff note for note (I had that, 'you don't > mess with the goddess' attitude...) and let some of me come out in the > music, which made things easier all the way around. > Her chords intrigued me so much that I had to learn to play every piano > piece she ever wrote at one time or another. But my favorite is Two Grey > Rooms- lyrically and musically it moves me everytime I hear it. > One day I want to do Down To You note for note in a live performance. I > have the ear and can pick out almost anything, but I may not have the > devotion to pull it off! > Ah well, maybe one day at some Jonifest somewhere... sigh... > > > Steve
