![]() ![]() The guitar part is basic, straight-up rock & roll rhythm guitar, but by using the open tuning, Mitchell achieves a very big sound with a very simple “one finger” alternating pattern to create the rhythm part. “Big Yellow Taxi” is played in open E tuning (the guitar is tuned to an E chord): E – B – E – G# – B – E. Joni Mitchell - “Big Yellow Taxi” Let’s start with one of Mitchell’s earliest forays into altered tuning. This is because in altered tunings, it becomes very difficult to identify notes from standard notation.ġ. Notice we have not provided standard notation, just diagrams and TAB. ![]() ![]() So here are five amazing songs that you can use to begin exploring the unlimited applications of altered tuning. Joni Mitchell (the queen of altered tunings) said to me, “If you think you’ve figured out my chords but the fingerings are hard, then you’ve got the wrong tuning.” Plus, if you are a songwriter you may find that every tuning delivers its own song to you. For example, altered tunings tend to provide huge open-string chords that sound amazing and yet use very simple fingerings. out the window? Well, because it can be fun and creative, unleashing whole new ideas and songs and for every disadvantage there is a cool advantage. Why spend all that time mastering the guitar in standard tuning only to throw everything you know about fingerings, positions, chords shapes, etc. If you’ve never played guitar in an alternate tuning it can seem a little formidable and even counter-intuitive at first. ![]()
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