Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

Day 11 week 2 - going slow, muting strings, posture, clear tone, correcting string noise, moving my body. Thinking through all these and feeling like ten minutes is going by way too fast.

Thank you for all your great feedback, Tomo, sir. I enjoy reading all the other conversations and responses as well. Thanks for all you do.

Respectfully,
Bryon Mondok
Laconia, New Hampshire

Day 11 | Week 2
Today I will focus on:
+ keeping good posture
+ palm muting

Week 2, day 11
Notes:
• Not to get too deep here, but this little exercise serves as a nice metaphor for life. Stop trying to rip the big solo, and instead spend a little more time exploring the gifts that are already in front of us. There’s so much more to see when you go slow.

Day 11,

Hi Tomo,

I’m wondering what I can do to keep my wrist relaxed while moving away from the fretboard, I realized my wrist tenses up and gets sore when I jump too far and then start ascending again.

I haven’t read the descending post or watched the video yet, I don’t feel confident enough in ascending to move onto descending yet with my left hand pressure still up in the air and I’m also having trouble keeping it relaxed the entire time I practice during my other sessions along with the November 30 day challenge.

I’ve hooked up my amp and pedalboard this time and I’m going to change one of my goals from thumb position to practicing the chromatic scale in 4/4 time using a metronome with loose tempo. I’ve been struggling with rhythm and staying in time with my soloing especially as well, one of my longer term guitar goals for this month is going to be practicing with a metronome every day both with chords and soloing improv.

Please let me know what you think,
All the best,
-Toni

Day 11 - posture and note clarity when picking. Taking in the calming tones with the 4rth being longer than rest. johno

Day 11 in the books. I sometimes hear string buzz mostly under ring finger. Not pressing quite hard enough. Slow, awareness of pick, and body movement when sounding the note. This is the focus.

Day 11 notes:

Worked for 10 minutes today.

Spent time on trying to limit finger noise and making sure to maintain good posture throughout

Thank you

Day 11 Complete!

Today I focused on note length and unwanted noise. I tried to move as slowly as possible while being as precise as possible with my movements and pick strokes. Slow and steady….

Best,
Erik

Day 11 | Week 2
Concentrated on pick grip pressure and note sustain today, slow and steady
Thank you :)

Day 12 week 2

Tomo:

I’m loving this chromatic challenge. Focusing on the whole list much easier as each day passes. I can’t emphasize enough how grateful I am for the descending demonstration you did for us in the video Friday. It’s such a game changer for me.

Safe travels. I’m loving your posts on Instagram of your time in China. I hope you’re having the time of your life.

Respectfully,
Bryon Mondok
Laconia, New Hampshire

Hi Tomo

I really look forward to this every day. I have never focused so much on an exercise before.
This is more than just a guitar practice for me.
I can't quite put it into words, but it makes me very happy and calm.
Amazing!

Thank you!

Today is the 11th day of practice.
Relax and practice.
The sound quality is still has noise and note breaks.But it's better than last week.
Continue to pay attention to the mute part of the palm.
Thank you Tomo ,and wish all the best.

Day 12 | Week 2
Today I will focus on:
+ sustaining every fourth note
+ keeping good posture while practicing
✨

Week 2, day 12
Notes:
• Been using the iPhone to record the exercise, not the entire five mins, just once or twice down the neck. Result = Aaack! Still some finger noise! I think my brain was filtering it out. Palm muting helps tremendously.

Day 12.

In the descending chromatic exercise, I find it challenging to adjust the rest of my palm relative to the neck once I start a new downward sequence by moving the left hand pinky down one fret. Does that make sense?

Moving my pinky down one fret is not the issue so much as the readjustment of the palm itself (including the placement of thumb against the middle of the neck) in order to continue the remaining 3 notes of the downward sequence unit (i.e. 6543).