Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

So I’ve started applying the concepts from the November challenge into my regular practice routine ( scales, exercises, melodic cells) Wow!….I’m feeling like a different guitarist. I am applying mindfulness, relaxed pick grip, relaxed left hand pressure, playing closer to the fretboard for a warmer tone and lastly dynamics ( from regular volume right down to very quiet, the dynamics application alone forces a mindfulness that I’ve lost touch with but am slowly regaining) I must say the spillover from the challenge is real and transformative. Thank you Mr. Fujita, who would’ve thought such a simple exercise would have been such a crucial foundation. The name “Guitar Wisdom” resonates so much more with me now after this challenge. Keep the challenges coming!

Hey John, I am right there with you on this scale. Everything I learned in those 30 days has put a change on my many years of bad habits. It is so much more than a scale. After those 30 days I have picked up the guitar and at the very least started with this chromatic scale same as the challenge. Then jump to a fitting Eb, Bb triads and go either Key from there. Still working the 4,3,2,1 strings with triads occasionally 5 & 6 when I remember. Just building practice with this scale as a foundation starter, it creates space :) johno

Thank you, John and Johno :) for sharing! I'd love to hear how others are doing after the challenge. Please let us know!

Thanks John set this topic that we can continue to share what happened after the challenge.
Since the challenge, I keep practicing chromatic scales every day.

Chromatic scales is become an most important thing to support me with my Guitar work every day . Start by this short and need very slow practice , really help me to find my own rhythm to practice or how to life .(Ps:I hadn't done anything consistently before except brush my teeth)

This practice teach me don't compare , learn how to rest.But the most important thing is how enjoy and face different days. Some day's practice like get nothing , some day feel some progress. But whatever, I just do ten minutes . I do not because of get nothing then practice all the time , or feel some process then stop the next day's work.
This practice is reduce my pressure , make me feel relax and positive!

Do chromatic scale practice is cure my rush habit .
Example, I learn 《Learning fingerboard without memorization》 course with over a month , before one week ago , I really want to finish this practice : "one finger , one notes , one string" practice, then I can enter the " shape " stage.
But ,something I feel don't right. Then I took a video and I find some surprise result...
I 'm not to think degree thing , I just sing Do Re Mi... and use my finger to guess next Major notes! And the process is not slow , with so many sliding string's noise and other noise... Despite I have been learn for many days , but due to rush I still can't got this. So I decide to learn this part again. Things is become improve . I feel grounded and positive because not ignoring the problem.

Chromatic scale practice make me form a new perspective to learning Guitar Wisdom 's other course. Help me to find something I didn't feel before, then fix it.
This is find from《 William leavitt 1》practice.
I can use Chromatic scales method to observe this course foundation point, like, important is use ears to listen the notes sustain or whether is have noise, can pay attention whether the elbow was stay with guitar , check out body whether is relax , thumb position or how use both hand muting to have clean notes ,picking soft...... Like set some stander ,have some direction.

I think Chromatic scale is teaching me one of the most important things- Be patience.