Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

Nice to meet you. Solfège is helpful tying the together. Tomo explains in one his videos(my fav) how to learn not memorize.

I always want to know why im doing something. He clears that all up using intervals; one-string at a time. Listen to how far awsy the sounds are from your starting point or home. Could also put on a drone so not boring for you.

It's a very creative exercise that he shared!

Hi Tadashi!
Nice job! You never look at your left hand! That is awesome. I'm working on that. You set a good example for me.
Keep having fun and learning a lot.
Kurt in Seattle

Nice to meet you, Michael!
Thanks to you, I learned the word "solfege" for the first time.
As I practice the SR series, I think I begin to understand the importance of getting familiar with it, rather than memorizing it.
I'd like to continue having fun with it.
Thank you!

Nice to meet you, Kurt!
And thank you for your lovely message.
Since I joined GW, I feel like the guitar has opened up to me in a new way.
I would like to take my time and become familiar with the guitar without rushing.
Thank you!

Welcome Tadashi san!
So happy to have you here at Guitar Wisdom.

Thanks so much for your kind words.
Good job playing C Major scale exercise on 2nd position.

Once thing you want to watch GW lesson video and watch my fingering.
When you go from 2nd finger to 4th finger, it's important to keep 2nd finger (not move until you finish 4th finger)

Very difficult you you need to keep your 1234 fingers on 2345 frets so
when you stretch 1st finger to play chromatic note, you still need to keep your 1234 fingers near 2345 frets. So you need to stretch your 1st finger. This part is super important in this lesson. So fingering, you need to fix it.

Looking forward to your guitar journey.
Thank you.

Tomo

Nice to meet you, Jiayang!

I think it would be great if I could play the guitar as singing.
I'm so grateful to have come to this wonderful place, GW.
The community here is also great.

Let's continue learning guitar together!

Nice to meet you Sergio! You too? Amazing! Ok, Let's enjoy, Thanks!

Nice to meet you Fabio!

I'm very glad you like Hiroshima.
Oysters? Can you eat it? I love fried oysters!

Practice practice, I'll keep going!
Thank you!

Yes please! I'll need it in the future.

Tomo san

I look forward to new lesson videos!

Oh I see, thanks Kurt! I'm still at Sea to Sea Duet! 😅 Long way till I get there!

Me too!
We'll get there!
Kurt

Sergio and Kurt

I skipped a lot of pages! (ha ha ha)
But I'm also working through section1 bit by bit.
Let's keep practicing!

Sergio , I 'm in sea to sea too , emmm , with chromatic scale ... So long way to go
Guys , but we don't worry :) , little by little , get there !

that's it Jiayang! We are not in a hurry! We will get there! 😄

Nice to meet you Sammi!
I once saw the youtube video of you and Tomo talking, and I think you two have a wonderful relationship.
Thank you for your continued support!

Thank you for this video Sir , and thanks Tadashi make this thread , help & inspiration !

So happy to hear that.
This is one of reasons that you need to watch same lesson 3-4 times at least so you will understand the depths.

Think about this... if I teach you something, then you are trying to play that.
Focused too much about position so it's easy to forget " Stretching VS Shifting"
Normally I have to say.... Don't do this! A few times.. because it's easy to forget!

You're very welcome!
Thank you!

Tomo

Thank you Jiyang for your kind words!

Volume One Book. Up till Page 60... open position.
Page 60
Page 70
Page 80
Page 90
Page 100.... In position playing ... Page 60 is A form!

Thank you.
Tomo

Thank you for sharing your video!

Good job on your thumb position & in position playing.

One more, you need to notice about fingering movement.
Where you play, 4th string, E F G... You need to keep 1st, 2nd finger down to the string until you finish the last note!
Very very important part! Same as chromatic scale.

You need to stretch your finger a little more! (Your first finger and 4th finger)
I will make one more video for you. This thread is really teaching many people!

Thank you.

Tomo

Thank you for your kind advice, Tomo-san!
I will keep your advice in mind and practice hard.
Thank you!

You're very welcome!
Great attitude!

I made this video.
Please leave your feedback on this video.

I have one question. When you watch these sight-reading lesson video, do you watch it once without guitar?
Thank you.

Tomo

Thank you for the additional video.
I am holding the guitar when I watch the video. But I need to look more closely!

My pleasure!

Please watch those lesson videos without your guitar.
Just watch it and look for more depths. And take notes.

Then practice your guitar with a book with those important points from lesson videos.
Thank you.

Tomo

Good job!

Your fingering pacing are getting much better!
You understand those "stretch" meaning.

Thanks for sharing.
You are improving very good!

Method book volume one is good!
Thank you.

Tomo

Thank you Kurt!

Good book if you worked on....
If you don't do anything ...... just papers!

Tomo

Thank you Kurt!
This book and GW are truly amazing.
I just need to trust and keep practicing!

Thank you, Sergio! I'm looking forward to your videos too. It's better if they're a little unfinished so you can get advice from Tomo!