Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

Hi John,

I was in the same situation. Intervals are the key. The pentatonic is Root, b3, 4, 5, 7b so you have to know where every interval is. The one string approach first and then you have many lessons like triads, scales, arpeggios to learn how to navigate the fretboard. I don't remember the pentatonic scale shapes anymore and I don't need them.

Thanks Christian, I really want to get to that point of liberation. You’ve inspired me.

Thank you John! You're very welcome! It was so much fun!

Right! I used to see those shapes..... Now I hear Major scale or triads so that I can see basic notes around the fretboard based on - single string approch or triad inversions related thinking.

You can use small shapes if you want... but if you see those too much then your playing wiill be so stale (?). Even triad = 3 notes. You have choices. 1) One String Approch 2) 3 strings 3) 2 strings (two notes & one note) 4) 2 strings (one note & two notes) and more!

But if you think shapes.... then ....you know?
You can try to play pentatonic scales with only one string or maybe two strings.

Thanks for your question! Great question!
Thank you.

Tomo

Thank you Christian for sharing your thought.

Grrat take!
Good job!

Tomo

Thanks Kurt, I’ll check out those lessons. Ive been working on triads and those same 1 string scales, just haven’t been able to apply them yet. When I’m on a gig my default is all the boxes I’ve learnt ( which I really don’t enjoy doing) feels like I’m swimming in a lake whilst the ocean is where I’d like to be.

I'm working on those too John. I think learning the Do- Re-Mi intervals is really huge! Ear training. Trying to imagine the lick from your heart and hear it in your head then play it with your hands is so fun.
Kurt
We'll all be surfing on the cool blue arctic ocean waves when we break free of those patterns.

Yeah man, actually I’m from the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago to be precise. So for me it’s the Caribbean Sea.

Thank you Kurt!

Thank you so much for sharing!

You know my teaching style very well.
Good job!

Tomo

Hello Linda, great to hear from you, hope you’re well. I’ve only ever messed around with DADGAD tuning for some arrangements but that sounds interesting and confusing at the same time. Do you mess with them? If so what’s your experience with it like?

Hi John. I have messed around with DADGAD a bit, it has a very cool sound. I'm not a player that is musically literate in DADGAD, but if I try to find triads (all 3 inversions) in that tuning it forces me to actually think about the notes ("Okay, the C is here, the E is now here, the G is here...whoa! Look at that!"). And of course, the triad "shapes" are usually different than standard tuning, but it's still the same triads. Then when I return to standard tuning, my mind is seeking notes, not shapes.

It's good exercise for the brain. To me, it's a "box buster". Thanks for reading.

Wow Linda…very, very cool. Makes a lot of sense…forces you to use your brains. Thank you.

Thank you Linda for sharing!

This forum is so amazing that many people chime in sharing their thoughts.

Thank you.

Tomo

Thank you Matt!

We all stuck with those box and once you see that box... no good!

Playing blues with triad inversons are very useful too.

Definitely start with one string / one finger approach first.
Then two strings.

Guitar is indeed very deep!
Guitar makes me so humble!

Thank you.

Tomo