Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

Hey Jiayang, Kurt is on it with the shuffle. I still am practicing this too. Am going back and forth on different finger picking styles. Mainly getting this Metronome to be a snare like beat. Slow blues leaving space. This is a feel of 2-4 swing time also demonstrated in the how to use Metronome lesson. A favorite to practice lately about 15 min then do something else. Chromatic, triads, C scale single string plus intervals, Blue Monk still all on rotation. Day by Day improvements still learning and feeling good! -johno

Thank you Jiayang.

This lesson is R 3 7 Finger Picking / Jazz Blues

So if you want to learn how to groove (move your body with a metronome 2&4)
You can make it simple. Just play a regular 3 chord blues.

I can make additional video for this.
Thank you.

Tomo

I love this topic of 2-4 swing and Metronome. Probably my favorite to practice right now. I like the triplets in the video idea, it sounds smooth and balanced. It seems simple, yet is very difficult and keeps me entertained. I really dig the space the guitar in 40bpm.Good to sing or whistle along, Ska 'Red Bone' style reminant sort of jive type energy. I may need to post some progress video :) - johno

Great thread!

Thank you guys!

Tomo

Hi Johno and all,
Thanks for this. I'm having fun with the 2-4 swing beat but a long way from singing along. Enjoy👍

Pay attention to rhythm ! I love this lesson ! Tapping Rhythm!
Oh , Brick House , great song ~
Thanks , three month ago I watch this lesson , these like alien language for me , Ha !
three month latter I can listen some not like alien :)
https://tomovhxtv.vhx.tv/videos/tf-lesson-040
Learning this part & have a new routine ( Maybe can do before chromatic scale !Yeah 🍕🍕

Thank you Jiayang! I do this type lesson quite often for my private lesson.
If someone has a little difficulty playing funky 16th rhythm then you need to do this.

Thank you for your passion, commitment, dedication and more!
Great idea!

Tomo

The R37 has some very solid and standard technique and has me captivated on my list. It has been a base technique to master, big on my influences too. Listening to this progression in many instances muting and strum. Been playing this at least 10 minutes each session and busy, busy getting ready for spring seedlings! :) johno

Winter has gone , Spring is coming ! We're busy getting ready for spring seedlings ! Oh yeah !

Winter is taking is time before seasons change over here. Am so ready!! Eyes to the night sky on those planetary events too :). jingles of spring on a jangly guitar, lovely to hear, *smiles* -johno

Now here is Franz and me 46bpm with 2 - 4 swing. Not sure about the sound at the end, yet Don't Worry..

Hey guitar wisdom crew, :-) feeling so good and happy to be playing guitar for this lesson. It brings me joy that you were able to hear where I am at this stage of R37, very kind words, thank you so much, I really appreciate you, so awesome. There is so much in this lesson to focus and remember. I think the rhythm groove and fluid motion is my favorite part and has been much focus - keep grooving - no stills!! One idea was to make eye contact before changes to not change too soon, that was my intent reminder to myself while playing. I really do need to work on getting the blues pattern natural in my playing skills, listening to my pick now 'Don't Worry'. I felt that I needed to check in on this since I changed up my finger picking pattern seemingly too fast, it was a new evening at 46 bpm metronome. That guitar needs tech review again, not fun to take apart, also good learning on intermittent gear...I really appreciate you Tomo for taking the time to put in efforts to critique my progress and make me a video. I somehow get the swing inverted and what you mention makes sense, I should stay at 40 bpm and work the swing keeping it simple solid practice - solid blues pattern. The count off is very important to me, thank you for this video demonstration, I really needed that, very helpful to find the 2-4 swing groove with count off. Eventually I will get these Roman numerals natural, I am determined. Believe me I will be reviewing all this good stuff for another round in the future :) Sincerely, -johno

Loved watching your update, Johno! Keep on grooving.
I grew up listening to this, so there is something very calming about it. When I was a kid, Tomo did a lot of tape recording lessons at home. I know he taught this lesson many times. He'd be working in the basement, and this groove would make its way upstairs to us. All this to say, this groove will become part of you!

Wow! Sammi remembered that! Tape Lessons = Using audio cassette tape & hand written assignment lesson (I don't type via email) So each students needed to learn how to write their comments on each assignments on one page of paper. We are not allow to use 2nd page! Only one page to fit so that we can review it deeply without confusion!

Back in those days... I use to teach about 40 tape lessons a month!
Now I only do a few lessons (these lesson fees are helping my parents in Japan!)

I played so many R 3 7 Swing Groove to many tape lessons. I review same lessons many times.
I have one student who has been taking my tape lessons so many times. Now his 115 times.
This mean... he has our 115 lesson tapes.