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As you research your selected guitarist, you will need to note some specific information from his or her life and career. Include the following in your final writing: Details for your written assignment: ,
 * Introduction
 * Biography
 * Discography
 * Legacy
 * Conclusion

Your Guitarist Name: (first and last name)

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The guitarist i am researching is Joni Mitchell. Her musical style is Rock/Blues/jazz/folk. she has closely followed the pattern of a folk song style but with some unusual guitar tunings and some jazzy syncopation. She has mastered to play the guitar and some piano. She was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on November 7, 1943. Her parents were a former teacher and a former Canadian airman who became a grocer after World War II. in her Childhood, she played Piano for a few years and ended up teaching herself to play guitar and ukulele. she first became interested in singing at the age of 9 while being hospitalized for polio. she was also inspired by a teacher for her love of poetry. In 1964 she enrolled in the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary she already had been playing in a coffee house for about a year. However, she already began to play gigs around Canada. when she played in a coffee house in Toronto, she meet Chuck Mitchell. they soon got married and then got a divorce. Joni kept his last name. Joni had a very interesting life before she got famous. Joni has written many songs and albums but these are two more famous ones. in the 1990s, she wrote, //Turbulent Indigo.//This album is famous because it extended into her direct folk-rock roots. it also remarked her voice change. This album also won two grammys, one including best pop album of 1995. another album she has written is // Ladies of the Canyon. //This album included some of her greatest hits like “Big Yellow Taxi” and “Woodstock,” it was also written in the 1960s. She has written many more but these are just 2. Joni has influenced many people. She has been influenced by her ex-husband Chuck Mitchell and a jazz-fusion drummer by the name of John Guerin whom she has played with. The legacy that the world is left with today is that she has set a blazing trail for women to follow. those include Patti Smith, Chrissie Hynde, Courtney Love, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Annie Lennox, Björk, and Sheryl Crow. she is just inspiaring to many singers, musicians, and songwriters to come. Joni has had a very interesting life. one interesting fact that i have learned about he is that she, In 2003, // Rolling Stone // named Mitchell among the hundred greatest guitarists of all time, the highest-ranking woman on the list. she is an inspiration to all guitar players out there.

Works Cited

Sources : Include the source information for all of the articles or web sites that were used to complete your project. Source information is found at the end of each article in iCONN.They should also be listed in alphabetical order by the first word of the source citation. sample: "Carol Kaye." //Contemporary Musicians//. Vol. 22. Detroit: Gale, 1998. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 8 Jan. 2012. "Selected Websites on Carol Kaye's Life and Works." //Gale Biography in Context//. Detroit: Gale, 2008. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 8 Jan. 2012.

"Mitchell, Joni." //Biography Reference Bank (Bio Ref Bank)// (2011): //Biography Reference Bank (H.W. Wilson)//. Web. 23 Oct. 2013.
 * Your Source List:**

Birns, Margaret Boe, and Birns Margaret Boe. "Joni Mitchell." //Musicians And Composers Of The Twentieth Century// (2009): 1. //Biography Reference Center//. Web. 23 Oct. 2013.

Guitarist Research Notes Table
//cells will expand as you enter your findings// || to present day. || Mitchell was raised in Saskatoon and took piano lessons in childhood, later learning to play guitar. she attended Alberta College of art in Calgary for a year and sang in a local coffee house. she then performed in Toronto, where she meet and married Chuck Mitchell, whose last name she kept after their divorce. ||
 * ** Information Feature ** ||= **Your Findings**
 * The guitar style I am researching is: || rock/blues/jazz/folk ||
 * The artist I am researching is: || Joni Mitchell ||
 * This guitarist lived from _ to __ || November 7, 1943
 * Define and describe the guitar style you are researching. || jazz, rock, blues, and some folk. she closely followed the folk song style, with an admixture of jazzy syncopation and unusual guitar tunings. ||
 * What kind of musical training did the guitarist have? || she played guitar when she was a child and she played piano. ||
 * What types of music influenced this artist? || most of the people who inspired her were folk or jazz singers. ||
 * Name some musicians who influenced the guitarist you are researching. || she married folksinger Chuck Mitchell, jazz-fusion drummer John Guerin ||
 * Has this guitarist played more than one style? If so, what other styles? || mature, sensitive artist comfortable in jazz, rock, and blues as well as in folk. ||
 * What type of guitar does this musician play? || acoustic guitar ||
 * What are some interesting facts about your guitarist’s childhood? || taught herself to play the guitar, and played piano for a few years. ||
 * What did this guitarist do before he became famous? || The daughter of a teacher and a former Canadian airman who became a grocer after World War II, **Joni** **Mitchell** was raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She first became interested in singing during her hospitalization for polio at the age of nine, and she briefly took piano lessons as a child. She taught herself ukulele and guitar, and she was inspired by a teacher to develop her talent for poetry. Nevertheless, she saw herself as primarily a visual artist. In 1964 she enrolled in the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary.
 * List two interesting facts about the guitarist’s life. || 1. In 2003 //Rolling Stone// named **Mitchell** among the hundred greatest guitarists of all time, the highest-ranking woman on the list.

2. In 1997 **Mitchell** was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She has received numerous honors, among them five Grammy Awards, and she was given a Grammy for Lifetime Achievement in 2002 ||
 * List two albums or songs your artist released, the dates they were released and why they are important. || **Mitchell**’s recordings during the 1980’s continued her explorations of jazz, with the addition of electronic synthesizers. Her 1994 album //Turbulent Indigo//, however, returned to some extent to her simple and direct folk-rock roots. This album was important because this album remarked a change in her voice and it won 2 Grammys, one is best pop album of 1995.

//Ladies of the Canyon// introduced two more of **Mitchell**’s most well-known works: the environmental protest song “Big Yellow Taxi” and “Woodstock,” about the legendary music festival. “Woodstock” became an anthem for the 1960’s era.

other albums and songs she wrote are, //God must be a bogggie man (after Charles Mingus's death),// || What do you like about his/her style? || Sheryl Crow, Sarah McLachlan ||
 * Who is playing this style of music today?
 * What legacy has this guitarist left to the world of music? || Mitchell is credited especially with blazing a trail for women songwriters such as Patti Smith, Chrissie Hynde, Courtney Love, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Annie Lennox, Björk, and Sheryl Crow. ||