Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

I am just finishing up lesson six on two octave arpeggios and I have some minor suggestions for The benefit of visually impaired students. I am unable to see the video (blind) but through repeated and very careful listening, Along with my background in music theory and playing other instruments, (five string banjo, I know, who am I kidding right?😁) I have been able to determine what is probably being shown visually on screen with a high degree of confidence. I thought it might be nice if possible to have the occasional non-visual reference in the videos, for example what inversion is being used or especially in what fingerings may be being used especially when showing scale oddities etc. as I said, I’m able to figure out pretty much what’s being shown on video and I suppose that is to my advantage, considering that music is an aural medium not a visual one. Still, if you could tomo, make an occasional reference to where you are on the fingerboard or what fingers you’re using. Not a whole Lot of detail is necessary just the occasional hint. It might seem a little redundant and odd to the sighted students to hear you mention what frets and what fingers are playing, but they won’t know that you’re actually clueing in the blind students. And they don’t really even need to know that If it’s done right.Thankit might seem a little redundant to the sighted students to hear you mention what frets and what fingers are playing, but they won’t know that you’re actually clueing in the blind students. And they don’t really even need to know that If it’s done right. Thank you very much for some great lesson materials here.

Here is Tomo's comment:

"Thanks so much for subscribing to my Guitar Wisdom, and for sharing your thoughts! A long time ago, I taught a visually impaired student by exchanging audio cassettes. After a while, I was really surprised to learn that this person was playing by following shapes! So, I changed my focus, in those lessons, to the sounds of intervals and triads, and using those sounds to connect everything. I want all Guitar Wisdom subscribers to benefit from what I learned while teaching that student. The most important part of each lesson is to listen to the sounds of the guitar!"