Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

Thanks for your question.

In the near future, we will post a lesson on right-hand technique for playing funky triplets.There will be other lessons that will touch on right-hand technique, because it is a key element of good playing.

Meanwhile, Tomo's preferred right-hand placement (near the "front" or "neck" pickup) and his use of (right-hand) "touch" are on display in many of the lessons and demos already posted!

Many "jazz" elements are introduced along the way, as Tomo helps guitar players to develop a musical foundation that will serve them well, whatever their preferred musical genre may be. There will be how-to-play lessons on various tunes. Tomo will show how the choice of a particular chord or tension changes the feel of a tune.

"Sunny" will be joining us.

We are happy to see that you are enjoying the lessons! Those tunes will show up in future lessons.

Yes.

These chords will show up in various lessons along the way.

As Tomo stated in a reply to one of your other posts: "There will be many more jazz-related videos, so stay tuned!"

There will be many more lessons that will give your strumming hand a solid workout.

Left-hand muting will be an element of many lessons, including Lesson 30, which is due for release this week!

Here is Tomo's reply:

"What type of harmonics are you talking about? There are some fun ways to play natural harmonics on the 7th fret and the 9th fret. Phrases using those harmonics are great over E-7 or G."

Tomo explains chords by degree (e.g., R M3 5 b7) in these video lessons. The idea is not simply to teach chords, but to help you to hear the sounds of chords, so that you can distinguish among, say G7, GMaj7 and G-7 from the moment you hear them. As for a video dedicated to ear training: we don't know what you have in mind, but we are open to exploring specific suggestions. Thanks.

Do you have any tips on identifying chords by ear? Right now I am just trying to hear different chords again and again but still find it difficult to transcribe songs by ear. I find notes and melody easier to transcribe but chords are extremely difficult.

Thanks!

Here is Tomo's reply:

"Yes. First study all the basic intervals of the Major scale in C, then in a few different keys. Learn triads: Major, minor, and others. All 7th chords, etc. Then you should learn as many great classic tunes as you can, in any kind of music."