Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

Thank you so much for posting this thread,

Please check Essential Theory Section.
Did you watch Essential Theory ET1 to ET16 so far?

Some songs has non diatonic chords so basic theory can apply most part and a few parts are outside of basic diatonic harmony.

Bass line has a few different patterns.
R 8 b7 5 could apply to minor or Major (Dom) but most this bass line for Major / Dom blues.
Please listen Earl Hooker / Two Bugs and a roach album. Let me know how you feel about this blues album.

Thank you.

Tomo

And yes, I will listen to that album and let you know what I think :)

Thank you!

Tomo

I have one more question.
When you watched ''BL20 A Blues Shuffle + Bass Line'' lesson,
Did you watch from the beginning to the end of this lesson.

How many times did you watch this lesson or any other lessons.
Thank you.

Tomo

I watched this lesson 3 timss, beginning to end. And then started practising.

Your lesson about how triads worked, I watched at least 5 times. Always trying to understand the logic, and then replicating it. And then later I would return to see if i did not miss anything.

Yes I get what you're saying about you teaching differently from other teachers. I will take that to heart, listen to what you're saying and start watching more to understand tou better.

Thank you!

I watched most of the previous theory lessons, not yet the new ones... but I will. Im serious about guitar.

ET1 to ET16 are new lessons.

Thank you!

Tomo

Yes! Thank you

Hi Silvije, thanks for your reply, I now realize I had to phrase my question differently. So trying again.

Yes I already understood that the modes were just the same scale, played from a different note. Every one of the seven degrees has a different atmosphere or 'feel' to it.
So this means that all of them relate to the same major scale. Tomo demonstrates this by using the one-string approach, thereby clearly demonstrating the intervals between the seperate notes. In the case of d aeolian for example, we have d - e - f - g - a - b flat - c - d. So there' s typically a 3rd flat note and a 6th flat note. These are the same notes as those of the F major scale. Okay so this is the rule.

My question is about the exception. When you make a chord progression that is based on the F major scale, using the same notes, the G and A chords should both be minor chords. However, in Amy Winehouse's 'Back to Black' in which she makes use of d aeolian scale (F major notes), she uses G and A major chords. So it got me confused if I understood music theory correctly or what was going on here. When things don't fit into the regular pattern, am i missing something? What, at that point, is the connection?

Maybe Im thinking too much, Im always trying to understand things all the way from the inside out.

I think Tomo may have explained it in one of his previous replies, by saying that in music, people also constantly deviate from the rules.

I wouldnt think about theory as rules by which we have to play. Just a system of organizing concepts and their connections. Or a language that we use to describe what we have played. Other than that we can play what we want if it sounds good to us and/or others. Theory can hint what might sound good but shouldnt be taken as a "prison" which prevents us exploring.

Absolutely. But sometuimes understanding things thoroughly can help to move forward or can help you 'feel' better what you're doing.

What are you yourself working on/practising right now? Just curious.

Thanks Kurt :) keeping it up!