![]() ![]() A guitarist haunted by Mitchell’s playing on an album like Court and Spark or Hejira, for instance, can’t find much help in the music store in exploring that sound what she plays, from the way she tunes her strings to the way she strokes them with her right hand, is utterly off the chart of how most of us approach the guitar. And her voice adds another layer of invention, extending the harmonic implications of the chords and coloring the melody with plainspoken commentary as well as charged poetic imagery.Įven though all these qualities have made Mitchell one of the most revered songwriters of our time, an inspiration for several generations of musicians, the creative processes and impulses behind her music have always been clouded in mystery. ![]() Her guitar doesn’t really sound like a guitar: The treble strings become a cool-jazz horn section the bass snaps out syncopations like a snare drum the notes ring out in clusters that simply don’t come out of a normal six-string. The melodies and harmonies rarely unfold in ways that our ears, tamed by pop-music conventions, have come to expect. This interview was originally published in the August 1996 issue of Acoustic Guitar and was excerpted in the September/October 2020 issue.Īt the heart of the music of Joni Mitchell is a constant sense of surprise and discovery. ![]() So we're asking you to give just $1 (or whatever you can afford) right now. Hey, fellow guitarist! Did you know 99.9% of visitors to this site will scroll past this message without making a contribution? Many plan to pledge later, but then forget. ![]()
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