Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

Hello Tomo and Friends!

I have been playing guitar now for around 30 years and I think the videos are amazing! there is so much I missed out on back in the day and these lessons bring me back to the fundamentals that I have been missing from the beginning.

Music isn't just about the playing it's also the philosophy and the way it is put forward is really cool, very natural. It's almost like you play as a student sometimes so it is easier to relate.

I'm working on the Jazz blues timing and chords and am working on the triads to get them under my fingers. I really want to get the triads down as I think this is the missing link in my playing. So once I have the Jazz blues progression drilled into my mind, would it be good to work it out as triad inversion?

Bruce

Great questions and thoughts. Without knowing your level of competency, I would agree, nonetheless, that learning inversions is a step forward. In some ways, that's the approach I have used during the past several months. There is a video --Twinke Twinkle Little Star--that Tomo uses to explain Triads and their inversions. You may want to view that video. For me, the real learning nugget was taking a basic song and making it sassy by inverting the chords to obtain different voicings. You may want to take that song and use it to learn some inverted chords for say the first 2 chords of the song.

I stay motivated to learn when I can advance my level of play incrementally either daily or weekly. To that end, I did the Twinkle Twinkle Little Star song by learning inverted chords for the first chord of the song. I learned 2 inversions of the E chord and then played the song. The next day/practice session I repeated what I learned but then learned 2 inversions of the second chord in the song--B chord. And then I kept going. Now I've included seventh chords, seventh minor chords and jazzed up the song.

The key, as you pointed out in your thread, is learning and practicing the fundamentals. And really learning how chords are constructed and when to use them. In a way, simplifying the lessons and learning small pieces at a time has truly paid off for me.

Keep us posted on your progress and any tips you have for learning/studying/practicing.

Enjoy the learning journey,

Rick

Thanks Rick!

I have had a go at twinkle twinkle little star, will go that bit further with your suggestions!