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. I am a novice on the piano and so the simpler the better. What is harder is ...no accordion on Joni. And I am a REAL novice on the accordion. :)
Peace.....Sharon Howard wrote: > > Hi Walt, > > Glad you're able to adapt the guitar stuff for piano successfully. > > I know the problems with the published piano parts for Joni's songs: > > a) they're hard to find (especially for the older albums like Blue, For > The Roses etc) > b) they tend to be oversimplified, as you say - not what joni actually > plays. > > The "Complete" songbook that I believe is still in the pipeline is - I > think - going to be the usual Piano/Vocal/Guitar style, i.e melody > transcribed with "simple" piano parts and guitar chord boxes. > I have heard that it will be out "soon" - but that could mean in a > month, in a year or longer! > > regards, > > Howard > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Hi, Howard and Marian, > > > > You've both sent mer good musical advice in the past, and I was just surfing > > through the guitar database, and although I'm some sort of pianist, I can > > make sense of the tablature -- not least because you've explained it so well. > > > > A very big thanks to both of you for all the work you do! > > > > I'm trying to teach myself to play piano directly from tablature arrangements > > -- I can already sort of do it from chord names and make up my own > > "arrangements" that differ from the published ones -- but your tablatures for > > songs like "The Wolf That Lives In Lindsey" which are very much guitar songs, > > give so much more information than the published piano arrangements, some of > > which are oversimplified and/or hard to find now (although that may change if > > she ever puts out her "Complete" Books -- any news on that?). > > > > And I have yet to make a dent in all the songs available. > > > > Thanks again, and keep up the good work! > > > > Walt
