Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

Hi Jiayang. Those are excellent ideas already. Some of these I’ve mentioned previously, but here are a few thoughts:

• Get a harmonica (small, inexpensive, easy to use and carry).
• Print out the Circle of Fifths and study that (or put the image on your phone).
• I also put a keyboard app on my phone. It’s helpful for sounding out chords and intervals. The one I use is this free one: Virtuoso Piano Free 3.

Are you traveling away from home?

Thank you dear Linda !

Harmonica !! This is so cool , maybe can learn how to play the harmonica ? Just think this all most be blue !!

No , haha , I just back from a hospital from more big city , my left hand had injured , a little accident , a small cartilage was injury , so the doctor told me I need good rest about 1 month for left hand , means can't use left hand to do anything ...
So I got some ear time :)

So this thread is collect the wisdom to help people get through some music time without guitar !

I have a Circle of Fifths poster ! oh I can use that !

Keyboard app !! This way we can play the new chords and feel them , really cool !

Ooh, such a drag about the injury, Jiayang. We will be counting the days until you can pick up a guitar again. But it seems you are getting great suggestions about what to do in the meantime. Let's be careful out there!

Tomo always says "embrace the limitations".

Thank you Linda!

I always take everything positive way!

Thank you.

Tomo

I love this words !
embrace the limitations !!
Yes , embrace little drag , maybe we can do better !!
Thank you , Linda!

Thank you Kurt provide the idea that listening and singing intervals . Quiz the fretboard note names ! This one

made me think of some different key of triads , not easy to spell the different key of note on the fretboard ... Thank you for remind this !

Yes ! More sunshine walking , more photosynthesis ? Hahaha , each day have recover movement , learn from Ken :)

Great thread!

Looking forward to seeing everyone's conversations!

Thank you Jiayang!

1)Melodic Rhythm / Four Four
You can sing.
Move your body
Move your hand with picking direction
So you can practice alternate picking without guitar!

2)You can imagine triad inversions in your head.
Singing notes.
Thinking Do Mi So / Mi So Do / So Do Mi
Imagine the fretboard and your fingers to connect.
You can practice triad inversions without guitar!

3)Listen music (same music)
Very important!
Same song!
Same album
Less material
You can do this better without guitar!

Tomo

I love all these suggestions, Tomo. Even without injury, so often the demands of the day conspire to keep me away from my guitar. So these are all things we can do while driving, or walking the dogs, or whatever. Excellent.

So happy to hear that Linda.

Even just traveling without a guitar....

If you look for improvement then you cannot do while...

Thank you.

Tomo

Thank Sir for the great advice ! Here have a lot of inspiration !
Practice the guitar in my head !? Can I hear the guitar's sound? Imagine the triad's
sound !
Even without guitar also can do alternate picking ? So amazing!

Oh ! Less is more !! Just one !

Good morning in China (bedtime here!). So much of Guitar Wisdom here is about not "looking and finding notes" on the fretboard. It is actually starting to feel like....music!

Good evening Linda! If you are going to bed , wish you have a sweet dream !

Can't wait sharing this for GW , really grateful for this ! Have more harvest from ’ without shape ’ , ‘ no memorization ’
So happy we starting for music , if is start , WOW , So Cool !

Good job!
Try not to memorize them.

Please work on learning same notes on the fretboard.

Can you find F note?
1st string / 1st Fret
2nd string / 6th fret
3rd string / 10th fret
4th string / 15th fret
5th string / 20th fret

Thank you.

Tomo

Very appreciate for your guidance , Sir !
Learn the same note on the fret ? Got it !
I ‘m try to play F triads in my mind , so I can work to find F note in each string before practice F triads .
Let's keep going !

Don't worry ,
Don't compare,
Don't expect too fast ,
Be kind to yourself !
Morning☀️ Wish you have a good day !

Hi Jiayang. There is such a feeling of freedom and expression when my brain can let go of shapes and patterns and instead seek only the sound.

Hi Johno ! Yes, the healing process is get better ! Thank you for the care , really feel warm !
Harmonica and karaoke ! I haven't try the harmonica , maybe we can try ? You and Linda all mention about this ! Guess what ? Yesterday I'm listening Same Old Blues , can't help to be a home karaoke singer , magic from music !
I have a electric Roland go piano keyboard , which is always in tune !
This is a really great idea , ET lesson part and solfeg training of intervals single note . We still can do a lot of practice!
These day is good for try the different scale part , very curious with each scale .
All the best - Jiayang

Hello Sammi : )! I totally agree with you , When I first got injured , feel so bad and frustrated .

But through few days , I realize I still can do something to change the situation .

So things become different , even if somethings is are a bit bad for a period of time , we can still choose to move forward happily , this is what I learn from these day . Very special opportunity to learn !

Here have really great guidance in here , amazing work list for injured time , so appreciate for this !

Sammi, I like your thought "opportunity to deepen your understanding of music".

Jiayang, you have a great attitude when you say "I realize I still can do something to change the situation".

I read an excellent quote the other day...

"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."

Another saying is, "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade."

Thank you Linda , If change the way you look at things can make ourself feel great and kind , will the world becoming better ? So magic , I think this will be work !