Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

Hi All,

This topic came up in the Unofficial GW Discord that was created. We started talking about our practice schedules and ear training came up.

One person said they are doing the Do, Re, Me, etc. from each note and doing solfege etc.

For myself, I am doing this but also use an app that does major, minor, and chromatic scales and you have to identify the given note and/or interval. I'm also trying to find patterns on the fret board and the intervals associated with them. Finally, I've tried transcribing but have gotten very frustrated with the lack of progress so far.

What about you all? What is your ear training methods?

HI ,Michael , I 'm learn this now , there is so good and helpful lesson:
https://tomovhxtv.vhx.tv/videos/et01-c-major-scale

https://tomovhxtv.vhx.tv/videos/ftr-01-triads-on-strings-5-4-3-and-learning-the-fretboard

I found some quote in GW , think is important :
·No matter what happens ,don't get frustrate , because there is no way to speed up guitar learning .

·Treat the foundation as my heart , provide fuels in my progress ,then more I can challenge myself .

·Live is only once time, I have to try every possible position whether I like or not .

·You need to hear all the notes before then you can play then, and if you can't hear them , play them at a very slow speed.

·Remember to approach each lesson with curiosity and take small steps.If you're focused on your ultimate goal that you're hard to enjoy the road you walk.

I put there powerful words on the wall , when I feel tired , it will work , reminds me of original intention and can enjoy my journey.

Hi Michael

A bit slow on the uptake with this tread! I like you are having issues. I have tried a fair few methods, familiar songs, basic apps and one which plays a cadence first. I'm not bad at getting the right interval but trying to work out intervals in a song I have major problems. Tomo says you need to hear the note before you play it. Well I took this thought and are not applying it to ear training.

So I play a cadence, C E G, and have a dice app on my phone which I "roll" to give me the interval. I then try to hear it in my head then sing the solfege and check on the guitar. No idea if this will be an improvement but I'm finding it hard so reckon something must be going in.

All the best
Andrew

Because I am so bad at hearing and identifying intervals I went on a search of the internet and came across something that seemed like the real deal to me. I was wondering if anyone has heard of the Ploger Method. Developed by Marianne Ploger. Here’s a link to her website. She’s not one of those internet shysters trying to sell you a quick fix and her method seems pretty sound (pun intended) to me. Let me know what anyone thinks.
https://www.theplogermethod.com/