Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

I need feedback with this lesson. In this video I'm playing at 75 bpm with every beat but I find very hard to follow the metronome when soloing. And what skills should I learn with this lesson? When I'm reading the comments on this topic I think I'm missing the point. Anyway this is the best I can get right now.

Thank you Christian for sharing!

Good job learning those notes!

Time feel is very hard to learn. A few things you can improve.
1) Listen the original demo many times without guitar so you can visualize/imagine this solo sound inside of you.
2) Metronome is not important but if you use it. It should not have any accent.
No accent. Maybe you can try to use a metronome on every beat for the first time.
60-70 per beat.
3) Move your body with a groove! You need to move your body with that groove!
4) Use more alternate picking as much as you can. Down beat is down picking. Up beat is up picking.
5) What to do? Practice Shuffle Bassline & R 3 7 Swing groove. These two will help you for playing blues with time feel / tempo.

For instance, rhythm of these phrases. First note is end of the 3 beat and triplet on the 4th beat.
Then first note on the 1st beat and 2nd note at the end of 2nd beat but you played 2nd note on the 3rd beat. Something like that... you can learn phrases with your body motion so that you can recognize what beat to play instead of just guessing.

So you need to practice more rhythm guitar so that you can stay in blues form & that tempo.
75 is good. You can also try a little slower at 60, 65, 70 etc.

Thank you!
I will make additional video for you.

Tomo

I just made this additional video for you.
Please leave your feedback on this video.
Thanks again for positing this thread & your video.

Original video for Bb Blues Solo Etude
https://tomovhxtv.vhx.tv/videos/fb-bb-blues-soloing-etude

Thank you.

Tomo

Wow ! Thanks Christian for making thread , Thank you Tomo make the video , amazing , I ’m struggling in this part , really really helpful !

Thank you Christian for posting. And thank you Tomo for detailed advice and video clarification. GW community is like one big happy classroom with an outstanding teacher. Cheers everybody.

Thanks Silvije. This video is priceless.

Thanks, Christian, for bringing this Bb etude lesson up. This is so helpful to me. Love the closeup view, Tomo. You are really getting good at filming these important lessons. The details are really sinking in, and I always notice something new or that I forgot. Feels so great to be working hard, having fun and getting better with everyone here!
Kurt

This is outstanding! And thank you Tomo for the link to the original lesson. I'm going to use this for multiple purposes. Rather than just watching the Etude video to learn the tune, I grabbed the audio from the original lesson and am going to work on transcribing it. My ears are a work in progress and with some of the Freddy King threads that have been posted, I struggle to hear the nuances of the guitar with all of the other instruments playing. I'm thinking that having a tune that is just solo guitar will help me develop my ear.

And the advice is spot on as always. Move your body and sing the melody!

What an awesome community this is!

Great demos and primo advice, Have a great day!! :)

Video 2. Over all good job!

1) Palm muting technique on pickup phrase. Please check noise issue.

2) Pick softer!

3) End of phrase (Duration)

4) 2nd time… first and 2nd phrases… after 3rd note… CH to M3, CH to b7… Time is not correct.

Tomo

I made these videos for Christian. I think you should listen the original Bb Blues Solo Etude a few more times and practice Chromatic scale exercise and Bb Blues R 3 7 Swing Groove everyday! I hope these videos are helpful to you.

Tomo

Thank you very much for new video.
Tomo-sensei. This body move is just what I really need right now for my rythm training. I will do this exercise for myself too.
Eiji

Hey Christian! It's so wonderful to see you. Thank you so much for sharing your progress videos with us - I know recording and posting a video is no small thing!

Seems to me you've made great progress and really know what you're doing - now you are in the "refining" stage. That means, continue foundational practice so that your picking technique and rhythm are solid, leaving your mind free to focus on the minor details in this etude. AND practice very specific parts of the etude (phrases) so you can match the duration of notes and nail the timing. I believe that is ultimately what Tomo is saying in his feedback.

What an exciting place to be, Christian! You should be really proud of yourself. Thank you for the inspiration and keep on refining :)