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Joni Mitchell Complete So Far: Guitar Songbook Edition (Hardcover) Book

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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 * Furry Sings the Blues * The Gallery * God Must Be a Boogie Man * Good Friends * Hana * Harlem in Havana * Harry's House---Centerpiece * Hejira * Help Me * The Hissing of Summer Lawns * How Do You Stop * I Don't Know Where I Stand * I Had a King * I Think I Understand * If * If I Had a Heart * Impossible Dreamer * In France They Kiss on Main Street * Jericho * Judgement of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig's Tune) * The Jungle Line * Just Like This Train * Ladies' Man * Ladies of the Canyon * Lakota * Last Chance Lost * The Last Time I Saw Richard * Lead Balloon * Lesson in Survival * Let the Wind Carry Me * Little Green * Love * Love Puts on a New Face * Lucky Girl * The Magdalene Laundries * Man from Mars * Man to Man * Marcie * Michael from Mountains * Moon at the Window * Morning Morgantown * My Best to You * My Old Man * My Secret Place * Nathan la Franeer * Night in the City * Night of the Iguana * Night Ride Home * No Apologies * Not to Blame * Nothing Can Be Done * Number One * Off Night Backstreet * One Week Last Summer * The Only Joy in Town * Otis and Marlena * Overture---Cotton Avenue * Paprika Plains * Passion Play (When All the Slaves Are Free) * People's Parties * The Pirate of Penance * The Priest * Rainy Night House * Raised on Robbery * Ray's Dad's Cadillac * The Reoccurring Dream * Refuge of the Roads * River * Roses Blue * Same Situation * See You Sometime * Sex Kills * Shades of Scarlett Conquering * Shadows and Light * Shine * Shiny Toys * The Silky Veils of Ardor * The Sire of Sorrow (Job's Sad Song) * Sisotowbell Lane * Slouching Towards Bethlehem * Smokin' (Empty, Try Another) * Snakes and Ladders * Solid Love * Song for Sharon * Song to a Seagull * Songs to Aging Children Come * Stay in Touch * A Strange Boy * Strong and Wrong * Sunny Sunday * Sweet Bird * Talk to Me * Taming the Tiger * Tax Free * The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms) * That Song About the Midway * This Flight Tonight * This Place * The Three Great Stimulants * Tin Angel * T

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Publisher: Alfred Music
Page Count: 512
ISBN10: 0-7390-9588-9
ISBN13: 978-0-7390-9588-1
UPC: 038081459844
SKU: 00-40964

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About the Artist: Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell stands among the most influential singer-songwriters of the past 60 years, known for her poetic lyricism, harmonic sophistication, and relentless innovation. Her guitar work fundamentally shaped acoustic music; Mitchell didn't just play standard tunings but invented new ones, treating the instrument as a compositional tool that evolved throughout her career from folk simplicity to jazz-informed complexity.

Why we love this

This is the first authoritative, comprehensive Mitchell guitar collection, and the tuning index alone makes it an essential reference for serious students. What sets it apart is the in-depth article on her guitar evolution; you're not just getting tabs, you're getting a roadmap of how one artist's relationship with the instrument deepened and transformed over decades.

What to expect

These songs span intimacy and introspection, wordplay and emotional directness, and experimental harmonic territory that still feels fresh decades later. From the spare, haunting fingerpicking of her earliest work to the sophisticated jazz-influenced voicings of her later career, Mitchell's catalog offers endless textures and moods to explore.

Who it's for

This book serves serious guitar students, folk and singer-songwriter interpreters, and musicians studying advanced fingerstyle and alternate tuning techniques. It's equally valuable for guitarists building a deep understanding of one artist's compositional voice and for educators teaching the history of acoustic guitar innovation.

How to get the most out of it

  • Study the tuning index as a learning tool, not just a lookup reference. Each tuning Mitchell explored had specific sonic and harmonic purposes; understanding why she chose a particular tuning deepens your interpretation of the song.
  • Work through songs chronologically by era or album rather than alphabetically. Her early folk pieces demand different fingering approaches and voicing philosophies than her later, more harmonically complex work.
  • Use the color photo section and the guitarist's article together when preparing a piece. Visual context of how she held the instrument and approached specific passages can clarify transcription choices that might otherwise feel unclear.

How to use it

Feature Mitchell's work in a singer-songwriter recital series, or structure a full concert around a single era of her career to showcase how her guitar approach evolved. For students, assign individual songs across semesters as technique studies; a piece from Blue develops different skills than one from Hejira.

Skills your students will build

  • Reading and executing non-standard guitar tunings
  • Fingerstyle patterns across multiple eras and harmonic contexts
  • Voice leading and harmonic voicing on acoustic guitar
  • Interpretation of poetic text and its relationship to melodic phrasing
  • Transposing and adapting Mitchell's compositions for different keys and capo positions

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