Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

Livestreams ear training results very informative to myself. I was able to hear and wrote down correct answers on the first two. The rest of the changes were mostly a guess, yet tells me to listen to more complex changes. Listening to jazz changes are most difficult and enticing to my ear. I listened to a few jazz tunes after this thinking how to even learn how to transcribe these, I suppose more ear training of the like. Complex, this was a good test. Thank you -johno

Hi Tomo
Additional video playing slow would be very helpful for me . Another great live . Thank You.

Thanks Tomo !
Have a Great Day !!! Stay Warm !!!

Geez almost forgot that snuck up on us

Live stream tonight folks!

Great live stream team and thank you Tomo for another ear training session.

My takeaways are keep it simple number 1

Exercise
Work on C major scale this is the building block: play chord and sing intervals. Example I think I heard is:
Do mi so
Do Fa
Do La
Do Ray
Do T

I feel like we all did a lot better this time on the qui. Encouraged to see we’re getting better at hearing the notes

Thank you !

I Missing the March live stream, grateful with replay !

Sammi is also nearby so grate!

1st part I write on the paper : Major Minor Minor Major
2nd part : can't distinguish Major7 and Minor7
3rd part : just little bit dizzy
4th part : can't hear what chord

And Thanks Tomo , Do Re Mi is so important more then I imagined .

To everyone!

Don't worry!
I will make more Ear Training lesson videos!

Thanks so much guys!

Tomo

So, to be perfectly honest this Livestream was more difficult for me. Tinnitus was particularly loud with ear pressure yesterday so that's probably part of it.

Where the lesson ended up in regards to interval recognition in my opinion is where there's most accessibility and value.

The examples initially were not played as part of a progression which would have provided more context for me.

So, when hearing many 5-6 string chords where it's form is Root/fifth/root/minor third/ fifth/ root, the minor 3rd is a bit sonically buried and not easy to hear. The root/fifth opening is very strong and 'major sounding', only one note with minor third (mid frequency), then finished with fifth and root. Had I heard this in the context of a progression, I would have had a lot more success.

But when Sammi suggested 'Do' plus various intervals, yes, this is a lot more approachable because note values are only one of each. Even 4 notes is doable, but 5-6 notes chords without context more difficult for me, except for Dominant 7th types (maybe b/c a proper dom. 7th requires 4 notes, though it can be played with 3 and not confusing to the ear b/c it must include the b7.

Singing solfege with intervals is in my wheelhouse for sure. Thanks for the Livestream Tomo, as I always learn something value!

One thing that seems to help is if the chord sounds happy. I’m immediately thinking major which has major third. If it sounds sad. I’m thinking minor third. This is kind of generalizing but it seems to work. It also makes you think more about how the chord sounds and also the emotion that could relate well with it. There’s many other feelings from chords like wondering. Tomo has talk about these I think it’s a good approach to associate feeling with chords. Not sure if others have gone about it this way

Like that linda. Oh no! Makes a lot of sense. Also my one and a half year old son Tony laughs every time play g7 chord. He thinks it sounds hilarious. I’m starting to agree with him.

Silly cute laughs, that is sweet way to cheer him up! Lil guy likes the cool 😎 chord, very rounded, ALL natural too. G7 is dominant with that flatted F# setting F# back to natural... Anyways definitely more ear training is good all around, liked the surprises. So much listening in the live stream little typing this time. Good times - johno

Looking again at the chords Tomo sent from this weekend. Here’s where I ended up.

1) 0 2 4 0 3 5
E B F# G D A
E
Root 5th 9th flat3 flat7 11
Im getting a Eminor chord with extensions on the 9 and 11.
Could this be called Eminor 9 11
Very cerebral chord. I’m thinking and wondering for sure on this sound. Little bit ominous and expensive. Maybe like escargo.
Like it

2) X 0 2 4 1 3
A E B C G
A
I’ve got a Root 5th 9th flat3 flat7

Could this be Aminor 9

Also am seeing a cmajor7 with A in the bass so the A would be a 6th in this case then, so is this a C6 or cmajor7 13th… doubting more and more as I go here…
Now
X 0 5 5 0 0
A G C B E … I’m getting led back the my Aminor 9 again this is same notes as last one
X 0 6 6 0 0
A G# C# B E
Root 7th 3rd 9th 5th
I’m getting A major9 here

Gone through these a few times and this is where I’m landing, thanks hope if others are reading this are mindful I’m not saying these are correct, this is just my attempt! Thanks

Let me know what you think or what I missed thanks.

People get ready! Tomorrow night we’re live

I am very excited for the livestreams especially with this kind of topic (ear training) sadly in greece its sleep time when the livestreams happens but i always watch them! I will try to listen rose room 10 times and really try myself before I watch the stream! Lately i has surprised myself with transcribing solos and melodies! I try to sing the firsts note or phrase and from there the one finger approach and scale ear training exercises really have worked i have some instinct of where the other notes are! Also the other think that helped me is try to transcribing vocal melodies in guitar. Ofcourse i am in my babysteps but i am very excited! The more difficult is chords for me! I try to listen the bass (but it's kind of difficult to sing or relate it to guitar!).
Thanks professor for all this great lessons. 🙂🎸

Thanks for the great live stream tonight Tomo!
I need to watch again tomorrow
Great tour guide and I enjoyed the stories about your karate teacher.
Thanks for explaining about when to upstroke and down stroke- alternate picking. This was very helpful for me. Thank you!