Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

Hi Tomo, hope all is well.

I have been practicing my C major scale like you suggested, i am practicing switching from c major to c dorian whilst singing the intervals and noticing the half steps on every string and it feels really helpful.

My question was should i also be focusing on the note names as well as the solfege and sounds. At the moment when i play this i only sing the solfege should i perhaps swap and sing the note names instead, as i struggle to remember the name of each note and its position within the scale.

One other questions regards practicing and learning the pentatonic scale properly. when i watched your major pentatonic video i was alittle confused on how to apply your teachings to my practice.

what i gathered is that it is better to learn phrases/riifs/licks in 5 positions and learn each of their intervals rather than the shape and practice the scales on one string like all recommend for all the other scales. Is this ok?

Thank you so much for reading i love your lessons!

Hope you are doing well! Thanks for sharing!

Great question! When you are learning, practicing, you should think everything you could & sing them.

When you are playing, don't think about name of notes...focus on sounds/colors more.

That's why you are practicing between C Major & C Dorian (b3,b7 = Eb&Bb)

Pentatonic scale. Easy to learn by shapes (vertical) so you want to learn these.
Minor & Major on One String Approach first.

Which Major Pentatonic Video and which part? How ... confusing?

First I have learned those 5 shapes and I sounded like exactly those 5 shapes!

Then I started to transcribe blues melody, vocal melody... I noticed the range of notes!

Learn a few melodies on any blues tunes. This way you understand about blues phrasing.

Music first! Sound first then use, think pentatonic scale to analyze the sound that you heard from any old blues, jazz records.
Blues phrase.... you need to learn any existing music ... should not create any of your own first!

Hope this message will help you a little. Thank you!
You're very welcome! So happy to hear that!

Tomo