Joni Mitchell -- Complete So Far: Guitar TAB: Guitar Songbook Edition

A really fantastic book that I hesitated to buy simply because of the price but it is worth every penny. All of Joni’s songs are methodically recorded in a high quality format the tunings sound absolutely perfect when playing the original songs. Even if I only learn 10 of the songs fully from the book it will have been worth it. There is a shortcut within the book to tune your guitar using a quicker (Though maybe less accurate) method than a guitar tuner by using the fret numbering for each string. Overall a great book that I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend to any fan.

This is a wonderful book. It's well laid-out LP by LP (but with an excellent index of songs) and represents some of Joni's best work ever. There are good transcriptions from piano to guitar when required, but disappointingly there is only partial tablature offered in all songs, regardless of the instrument used in the recordings. The reason for this is explained by Joni herself on the very first printed page, but this would hinder guitarists who do not yet have a great ability at playing the instrument. Joni uses a multitude of open tunings, and these are all given, clearly and precisely. However, the chord windows given for each tuning and song are clear enough and, for myself at least, are enough to enable me to play each piece with little difficulty. Perhaps surprisingly, Joni's picking style is easy to learn. The overall quality of the book is very good, excellent in fact. I know someone else has already picked up on the light weight of the paper used for the pages, and this is an issue. However, if the paper was any thicker/heavier then the book would have had to run into two volumes so as not to put excessive strain on the bindings used. For any Joni Mitchell fan - especially if you play (or want to play) her music on guitar - this book is a must-have item.

This is much better for guitar than I'd hoped. I still play about 5 songs only, but plan to study Joni's chord and tuning methods to expand my own playing. To me Joni is an amazing artist that somehow is able to push the boundaries of composition with tweaking the guitar strings to her will. I have already used her tuning ideas to arrange a Bob Dylan song which I wouldn't have been able to do if I hadn't been giving the insight this book gives me. What I really enjoy is reading some of the lyrics that I didn't pay attention to much, but now that I have them it is fun to enjoy Joni's poetry, which come straight from the heart and feels so present and real. It is my pleasurable time to use this book and it seems to bring a faint inner smile as I play her lovely tunes.

All Joani Mitchell’s songs album by album. With special tunings for most of them. About 200 different tunings. Some pages had not been cut at the top, which was a bit annoying. Great book.

Great work, my book arrived damaged and misprinted pages, not to be expected in an expensive book. Content is great however.

For Joni (guitar playing) fans this has all the info you need.

All these tabs are available online, mainly as part of the JMDL (Joni Mitchell Discussion List) website, but it's great to have them all in one place. I thought she'd written a lot more than 167 songs then I realised that a lot of the piano based songs are not included - unless she has performed a live version on guitar - hence there are only two songs included here from the Mingus album. The paper quality isn't great but I suppose when cramming all those songs into one book they had to compromise somewhere.

An Amazing compendium of all Joni's penned songs to date. Worth for the listing of all her unique guitar tunings alone. Very minor gripe it is not fully complete as only two songs from Mingus *none of the Mingus penned tunes* present.

El producto estaba en perfecto estado, recubierto con protección de plástico y en un sobre de cartón grueso.

Il libro, molto elegante, è in formato grande, molto voluminoso e pesante per poter contenere tutti i brani di JM. La carta è un po' leggera per non diventare troppo massiccio. È in inglese. Comprende un'introduzione con la storia musicale dell'artista e alcune foto. I brani sono ordinati cronologicamente per album e c'è un indice alfabetico per trovare gli spartiti. Sono ben chiari e corredati di istruzioni sull'accordatura e di accordi. I testi sono completi. Nelle ultime pagine ci sono gli schemi degli accordi con spiegazioni. Ottimo.

Best songbook ever! Hundreds of songs from every album, whole albums, and not just the sheet music and lyrics, but also the different tuning and hand positions for every single one! It is my opinion that every Joni fan who plays guitar should have this book! Also beautiful photography. Old pictures that are timeless.

Nahezu alle Noten- und Tabulaturbücher für populäre Gitarrenmusik haben eine ähnliche Aufmachung: Seitengröße ist etwa DIN-A4, Seitenzahl ist zwischen 70 und 100, Einband ist dünne, ggfs. beschichtete Pappe und der Druck ist mal gut, mal etwas matschig. Dieses Songbuch von Alfred Music, USA, ist anders. Man erhält ein einwandfrei gebundenes Buch mit üblicher Seitengröße, aber 511 Seiten in der besten Druckqualität, die ich bisher gesehen habe. Nach einem Inhaltsverzeichnis folgen 9 Seiten Hochglanzpapier mit Fotos von Joni mit Freunden. Danach eine Einleitung von Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers zu den (open) Tunings, die Joni Mitchell nutzt, und eine Tabelle "Tuning Index", die für alle Songs das Album, die Lage (Frets) auf dem Griffbrett, die Stimmung (Tuning), die Capo-Position und den "Open Chord" für dieses Tuning angibt. Ab Seite 34 beginnen dann die Songs in der Reihenfolge der Alben-Veröffentlichungen, also mit "I had a King" vom Album "Song to a Seagull". Die Notenblätter geben dann, wie üblich, Tuning und Timing (Metronom) an und notieren dann die gesungene Melodie mit Text und mit darüber gestellten Griffbildern in bester Druckqualität. Tabulaturen sind nicht durchgängig angegeben, sondern nur in den Passagen (meist der Einleitung), in denen ein besonders charakteristisches Picking vorliegt. Bei Dulcimer-Stücken werden entsprechend die Dulcimer-Tunings und Tabs angegeben. Auf dieses Buch bin ich durch ein YouTube-Tutorial von Bastiaan Mulder mit dem Titel "How To Play Joni Mitchell Songs" aufmerksam geworden, in dem im Schnelldurchgang die bekanntesten Songs erklärt werden. Obwohl ich bisher immer einen Bogen um Open Tunings gemacht habe, waren z.B. Open-E Songs wie "Big Yellow Taxi" leicht nachspielbar und kein Hexenwerk mehr. Das Joni Mitchell Songbuch konnte ich über den englischen Anbieter SpeedyHen zu einem Superpreis von 51 EUR kaufen und bin nun sehr zufrieden über diese Kaufentscheidung.

disclosed Complete Tuning Secrets. Mountain dulcimer tunings are also included.