Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

Thanks for the update, Takano! If you look at the Week 2 thread, you will see many people found descending to be more difficult! I would suggest going slower...don't worry about keeping an even tempo just yet. Keep working on the slower, softer touch and coordination! You work so hard - it is inspiring!

Thank you Junichiro for playing the November Challenge Week 2.

Your body motion and your pace is really good. Nice slow tempo.

When you begin, you need to place all your 4 fingers on the string lightly!
Please check the November Challenge Week 2 video where I explain that part.

And you sustain each note as full value so you don't stop any notes!
This part is very difficult to do.

So I think you need to watch any lesson or any example video for at least 3 times and
take notes. All the details.

Thank you.

Tomo

Thank you Sammi for your feedback and suggestions.

Yes! Definitely I would go slower as possible.

In general, I would practice as slow as I can and think about all the detaisl / points so that I will not forget.

Thank you.

Tomo

Sounds good, Takano. I really struggle with descending when I need to pull my middle finger off of that second fret. I have to really relax my left hand.

Good job Junichiro!

This tempo is so good!

Your body should move with each note slowly!

Now try to play softer and softer so toward end you can not hear anything because your picking is so light.

Try this amp setting: Treble 10, Bass 0.

Thanks so much for sharing this video!
Good job!
Keep working!

Tomo

Thank you Linda for encouragement & suggestion!

Tomo

I’ll try playing with my right hand as relaxed as possible.
I gave it a try today, and interestingly, when I relax my right hand, my left hand relaxes too.
Thanks for the amp settings advice — I’ll keep that in mind!

Thank you for your comment.
My left hand doesn’t feel quite comfortable with the movement yet either, but I’ll do my best and keep practicing little by little!

Hi Takano ! I found the Tomo's video from July Challenge thread !It's really help me for Chromatic Scale

And how progress you are ! The more lightly touching string , and sound more soft , great tone !
Thank you for sharing , is so inspiring !

Good job playing chromatic scale with slow tempo.

When you put your pinky finger to next position, you need to move other fingers a little faster. (00:17) (00:30)
Maybe try not move your fingers too far away.

Keep working!

Tomo

Thank you Jiayang for sharing this video!

Light touch is so important!

Tomo

Lately, I’ve been getting more compliments on my sound during sessions! There’s no doubt that practicing the chromatic scale is paying off. Thanks for the video! I’ll use it as a reference.

I’m practicing just like you said, but with the treble all the way up, finger noise happens, which makes it tricky! That’s exactly why it’s good practice. Thanks for the feedback!

Good job, Takano. It looks like your are holding the pick very lightly. I'm still working on that.

It is still difficult for me to hold the pick lightly. I can't sustain the notes long enough!

Thank you for sharing this video.

First note is good…. but there is a noize before you hit next note.
So you need to figure this out with slower tempo.

Same as 2nd run. Please listen and watch this very carefully.
Okay. You moved your 4th finger and you made noise!
So you need to figure this out. You are pulling your 4th finger when you are moviong to next note,

3rd time was good! Like this you need to pay a lot of attention on each movement.
Plesae watch this 3-4 times and write some notes down about noise issue.

Almost there!
4th finger, sustain that note longer.
Move your 4th finger from the string but no noise!
It’s not easy!

Please keep working and please be patient.

Tomo