Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

Hello everyone. I'm new to guitar wisdom and have been watching through the "Foundation & Technique 1" series, I now understand that Mr. Fujita teaches to learn by the sound of intervals when it comes to scales and to not learn the shapes. I totally understand why this is important but I'm like an intermediate player who's memorized all the shapes. They're burned in my brain.

Any advice on how to go from here? I want to re-learn the scales through sound instead of shapes but I'm having trouble because of my memory of the shapes. Or maybe even combine the two types of understandings of scales, shapes and sound, but I want to have more of the ability to go by the sound.

I've gone through this and am going through this - from all the videos I've watched - I now play the 5 shapes (ex M or m, Pentatonic M/m) - then do them by sound on each string - up and down the neck single string and try to connect to adjacent strings by interval and by ear. I don't try to unlearn the shapes - I try to connect them easily - I try not to get lost in them - or try to get lost - and find my way out. Same with Triads.

I still practice the shapes still - naming the notes - then naming the intervals - then I try the solfege (quietly so my wife doesn't hear :) )

Here is Tomo's comment:

"Thanks so much for subscribing to my Guitar Wisdom. Don’t rely on shapes! Playing well is more about sounds, intervals, and colors. Please take your time and learn triads, phrasing, and chords with intervals -- all by their sounds. You don’t have to unlearn anything. Just keep learning!"