Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

You're very welcome Andrew!

I am so grateful to have you guys here at GW!

Thank you.

Tomo

Thanks, Andrew for joining me on this journey! Feel free to post any picking related videos in this thread for our coach Tomo to review. It’s nice to have a companion on this journey towards mastering flat picking. Tomo’s videos have been extremely useful and helpful.

Welcome into this thread Marcus! When I try to pick faster I tense up and go deeper, often hitting the pickup cover. And speed is impossible to attain when tensing up. Hence this journey. Please post any picking related videos here so we can all learn together! Thanks for comin on in!

Thank you Ken for sharing this video.

Awesome video! Thanks Tomo! I had been doing this but in a modified way. I appreciate the detail. I just finished my first round and will continue this 10-15 mins/day for 2 weeks and then let you know how it's going!

I might will be little late for this amazing video , because my network have some issue ,just can't watch any video , but don't worry , I can fix it and watch this super lesson!
Never be late :)
Thank you Sir to make the video !

My pleasure Ken! This exercise is good! First play each part really slowly with alternate picking and moving your body.

Looking forward to your review on this video.

Thank you.

Tomo

Thank you Jiayang.

Please enjoy it later.

Thank you.

Tomo

Glad to hear that!

Absolutely my pleasure!

So happy to hear that!
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Great thread here & your thread is very inspiring too!
Thank you.

Tomo

Wow Ken! You are even more of a hero to me after seeing this interesting video.
Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge.
R37 strumming with big arm muscles and holding the pick super-duper lightly has helped me.
Kurt

Awesome Kurt! We’re learning so much from Tomo & each other here in the Forum. I can honestly say I never thought an online community could be experienced this way! There’s a real honest personal touch going on here that’s so special! Your contributions are amazing, thank you 😊!

Thank you Ken for sharing this!

Your dedication is so amazing!
I am so thankful!

Tomo

Thanks for the time stamp, Ken! Good to know that part resonated deeply with you. Super helpful for others to catch it as well. Rock on Ken

Thank you , Ken ! Just watch this lesson , so helpful , have problem about how to holding picking , this sharing and lesson is pure gold !

This place is so amazing! So much inspiration from you and everyone from the forum!

Thanks so much for being here!

Tomo

Tomo's contributions are invaluable, but the kindness and support here elevate everything to a new level! The forums are good for the soul ❤️

Thank you Sammi!
I love the forum so much!

Tomo

What an adorable deep picker! Tony! Tony! Tony!

So cute!

Oh yes! Tony has nice muting technique already!
He'll be taller than that guitar before we know it.
You are so lucky to have each other!
Thanks for sharing Jeffrey!
Kurt

Wow ! Tony , how lovely and sweet guy , Thank you for sharing Jeffrey , a deep picker , cheer for Tony !🥳

Excellent Ken! Thanks for showing your great progress. Helps remind me to keep going. Love your strat!
Nice choice to go with the red shirt in the red room too :-)
Kurt

Good job Ken!
Thanks for sharing this. So happy to see... you got a Stratocaster! Best guitar for improving your technique because you cannot hide anything!

Always always you can play slower and using a metronome is not important in the beginning!
I wish you go much slower than you think ..

Watch out each duration of note. This tempo is way too fast for me (for you)!
Slow down without using a metronome. 80 is a little fast. I go 50-70 first.
If you want to improve faster & steady then you need to practice insanely slow first! More slow you practice, you reduce your time to improve! Very difficult to understand this with common sense.

Pick softer!
Keep working!
So lovely to see your video!

0:26 Left finger noise!

Tomo

Thanks Tomo & Kurt! I will pump the brakes for sure and keep working!

I just made this "Hint" video for you!
How Slow Can You Get?

Tomo

This is awesome, Ken! Way to go. Also like the camera angle here for this exercise. Thanks for sharing your progress with us :)

Thanks Jeffrey! Lots to refine here along the journey. This has been a useful exercise that I will continue.

I do not know for sure what Tomo is hinting at, but I notice his picking hand moving up and down at an even pace, even when he doesn't pick the string. This seems to keep the duration of notes/timing tight. Try watching Tomo's video at .5 speed (Click settings - Playback Speed - 0.5)

The 0.5 speed reveals the duration aspect on any video. When there is a metronome in the background, it can be hard to pick up on in real time. I'll leave it to the expert to correct me if I am wrong :)

So happy to hear that. Reviewing video is a great way to learn!

Good job! This is "Hint" video so do as much as you can.

Very very subtle! Only way to find out is to play very slow.

Thank you.

Tomo

Good job Sammi! That type of movement and body motion with a tempo... so important!

When I teach Skype lesson students, when I watch their assignment videos, often I watch them without the sound first so I can feel it from video...then I hear the sound.

Thank you for your comment!