Joni Mitchell Flashcards
1
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Harmony
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- Simple harmony (folk influence)
- Some use of extended chords showing jazz influence
2
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Melody
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- Wide range of pitch
- Word painting (‘fly’ in river)
- Often avoids uniform melodic phrase length
- Melodic embellishments - melisma making some notes sound more improvisatory
3
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Texture
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- Melody dominated homophony
- Later work uses more piano - rocking feel in LH and harmonic filling in RH.
4
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Rhythm
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- Syncopation
- Dotted rhythm
5
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Instrumentation
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- Mainly written for guitar in early work
- Alternate tunings on guitar - uses unconventional fingerings
- Integrates piano into later work
6
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Structure
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