Hello subscribers! We look forward to kicking off our 30-Day Chromatic Scale Practice Challenge tomorrow. For your convenience, here is a summary of what to expect as we progress through this challenge and the month of November:
Challenge Overview
- Duration: 30 days
- Daily Commitment: 5-10 minutes of practice
- Focus: Basic chromatic scale exercise with emphasis on details
Skill Development Goals:
- Improve finger dexterity and coordination
- Improve posture, thumb position, muting, timing, and picking volume
- Establish a consistent practice routine that builds your confidence
Weekly Focus: Posted on the Forum every Friday in November
- (11/1) Week 1: Ascending
- (11/8) Week 2: Descending
- (11/15) Week 3: Tempo
- (11/22) Week 4: Dynamics
- (11/29) Final Assignment: Put it all together!
Participation Guidelines:
- Open to all active subscribers; no registration required
- Log daily practice by commenting on the weekly thread or keeping track in your notebook
- Spend at least 5 minutes each day. Do not exceed 10 minutes!
Incentives for Participation:
- Connect with like-minded people and create a source of accountability
- Potential rewards such as mentions and reposts on social media when you share your progress or tag Tomo
- Enter our contest at the end of November where one lucky winner will win an Ibanez AZES31!
Keep in mind these November Challenge Contest Details:
1. You must be an active Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom subscriber to win the prize.
2. Submit your video by December 7, 2024. The winner will be decided, in the sole discretion
of Tomo Fujita, around the end of December 2024.
3. If you are the winner, we will notify you at the email address associated with your Guitar
Wisdom subscription. In our email message, we will ask you to provide an address to which
we can ship your prize, and a telephone number at which the shipper can contact you.
4. We will pay all costs associated with shipping. Beware of scams: we will not contact you, at
any time, to request payment for shipping or other costs, so safeguard your credit card data!
5. We anticipate that we will ship the prize in January 2025. At that time, we will announce the
winner (by full name and geographic location) in the Forums, in a livestream, via marketing
email, or by some combination of these methods.
6. We hope that you will learn and have some fun with this November Challenge. Remember
to be kind to yourself!