Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

Greetings Tomo, George, all!

About a week or so ago I watched Tomo's YouTube video about Berklee auditions and he mentioned about levels...or grades..if you will...1-8..

I have been "playing" for some time now...but still only consider myself level 1...maybe approaching 2? I'm not sure...Im going slow..learning "do, re, mi" all over the neck...so thats why i say i must be at level 1...more understanding on the levels is needed.

But I purchased 2 of Tomo's books...Triad Approach For Guitar...which is entirely in Japanese... And Tomo's guitar etude book...should I begin working on etudes now??
I can do some with tabs...should I wait to level up first?? I love Tomo's teaching style...and how he emphasizes learning without tabs and all that...learning to listen really...its like learning how to paint by numbers...and then learning to paint with a blank canvas...I don't ever want to go back to paint by numbers (tabs) again!! Lol

Thanks all!! Much love!

Oh and I also have DVDs accelerate your guitar playing.. Is all that too much?

Here is Tomo's comment:

"Thank you so much for buying my books and subscribing to my Guitar Wisdom. Don’t worry about levels too much! The most important thing is to study triads and intervals without much visualization. Learn to play triads over chord progressions. It will take some time.

"Please see these videos on my YouTube channel:

1) Super Simple Music Theory | Triad Lesson G D Em C

2) The Art of Chromatic Scale Exercise | Clean Picking Muting Technique

YES! Thank you very much! I have been doing these every day! I can hear more of the triad sound as well in the music I've been listening to...now to learn them everywhere!

Thank you much for your reply!