I totally agree. Thanks to Marian, Sue, Howard, & others, learning a few these tunings has inspired a whole new batch of songs for me. There are many more chords I have discovered when learning one of her tunings. Just when I think I have gotten all I can discover from a new tuning...I find another new chord...& thus a new song begs to be created! How she remembers all of these & all of the fingering for so many different tunings is quite amazing!!!! John wrote "There are surprises in the chords...!!!! I'm always amazed by the transition chords in her music. Fourth and 5th chords are obviously pretty in their transitions and Joni relies on them as much as anyone. But in the bridges, when she switches keys, modalities, etc. there are some brilliantly amazing chords that thrill my heart everytime I hear them. I find tonal passages that thrill me listing to her music being very different from the one's playing her music. It's the chords on the first, second, third, eighth, tenth, thirteenth frets that really put a spell on me. -Is this true for anyone else out there? As Bob Dylan asked, "Joni, where did you get THOSE CHORDS???!!!" ******************************************** Kate Bennett www.katebennett.com sponsored by Polysonics www.polysonics.com Discover the Indies at Taylor Guitars: http://www.taylorguitars.com/artists/awp/indies/bennett.html ********************************************
