*can be any guitar player you admire or would like to share about. This thread is for sharing something you learned or an observation from listening to a guitarist about their playing. Thank you for sharing about your fun deeper listening experience
Linda M Tucker
John Fiers
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李jiayang
Matt
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I learned more super-duper important tips on how to study this week from Tomo Fujita.
Kurt
From recent forum discussions:
" Best way is just don’t hurry and go super slow. Be calm and enjoy every moment.
1) Do not skip!
2) Stay in one topic a little more longer!
3) No need to worry about too much ahead (Like should I do all?)
4) No need to memorize anything! Be familiar with things with slow pace.
Do all much slower. Don’t decide how long.
Do it deeply until you feel comfortable to understand in details.
Don't worry about how fast or how long!
Always better to stay longer and have more fun!
Like visiting your favorite people! You want to stay longer, right?
More you spend your quality time with any foundation- you will improve yourself!"
-Tomo Fujita
This is awesome stuff Kurt. Thank you!
Christian Guerrero
Linda M Tucker
Matt
Sammi Fujita
Kurt Schubert
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+Tomo’s clean tone! Just incredible sounding and uses dynamics and technique to achieve it.
+Tomos bending. Sometimes bend in a sequence string two flat 7 then up half step to major 7 then bending whole step up to root and using vibrato and sustain on that last root note. Another one I like is bending up to pitch then picking and sustaining while descending from the pitch. Then many more types…
Linda M Tucker
John Fiers
Matt
Sammi Fujita
Kurt Schubert
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+ Learn from Tomo :
· You can't catch everything , you have fish each fish .
·You don't have to know everything at the time , one at the time .
·Do one thing at a time, do it well .
· Be proud of yourself !
·When you upset , When you not feel good , you try not to do more than one thing.
— Tomo Fujita
Linda M Tucker
John Fiers
Matt
Sammi Fujita
Kurt Schubert
Christian Guerrero
Linda M Tucker
John Fiers
Sammi Fujita
李jiayang
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Not one specific technique or lesson (other than open G tuning), but Keith Richards taught me that the rhythm guitar can be the coolest player in the band - unless Charlie Watts is your drummer, then rhythm guitar is second coolest. It's all about the groove!
John Fiers
Sammi Fujita
李jiayang
Kurt Schubert
Check out this Grammy winning artist for a tribute collection of the Blues.. Rory Block..She is a guitarist singer who does a deep dive and learned the blues of blues. Rory Block has two notable blues series: The Mentor Series and Power Women of the Blues. The Mentor Series focuses on recordings that pay tribute to blues artists she personally met, like Son House (album: blues walking like a man), Mississippi Fred McDowell (album: Shake 'em on down) and Rev. Gary Davis (album: I belong to the band), John Hurt (album: Avalon). The Power Women of the Blues series, starting with a Bessie Smith tribute, celebrates iconic female blues artists. Worth a visit to Rory's tribute to blues artists. I really admire her dedication to the blues and deep soulful renditions in her collection. Blues walking like a man, and Shake 'em On down, have struck a chord with me. Rory also has a signature guitar named 'crossroads' from Martin guitars. Rory has got the blues. - johno
Johno! Thank you sir. I haven’t heard of Rory block this is all new to me. Will check out! (And the guitar)
John Fiers
Sammi Fujita
Kurt Schubert
李jiayang
Enjoy the blues listening Jeffrey!! Many open tunings and slide guitar with Rory Block on these. I was checking out 'Shakem' on down' last night after posting this comment. Figured out a key and hit some major triads where they fit, it was refreshing to jump around the fretboard and just play along with triads or triad phrasing over the spaces. Was working on not looking too, still difficult, all Good stuff :) - johno
Kurt Schubert
李jiayang
Sammi Fujita
Johno, on the topic or Rory Block and learning, I had read her impression from meeting and playing with Bonnie Raitt....
Block: "She's just not in a hurry to get there. Instead of sliding fast into the note, she just takes her time, and it sounds so much better. It really helped me by seeing that I was rushing".
Kurt Schubert
李jiayang
Christian Guerrero
Sammi Fujita
Linda M Tucker
Matt
Sammi Fujita
Kurt Schubert
李jiayang
Thanks Matt, Open G! I agree and a good reminder to use the metronome too
John Fiers
Matt
Sammi Fujita
Kurt Schubert
李jiayang
From BB King- Tomo mentioned this before but BB King likes to just hit the high octave root note.
Another one from BB King is to hit the 5th on string two. Then root on string 1. Followed by root on string two and sustain the last note.
A little tough to write and explain. may need to start doing videos instead and playing to show more
John Fiers
Matt
Sammi Fujita
李jiayang
Kurt Schubert
Kurt Schubert
李jiayang
Matt
Christian Guerrero
Sammi Fujita
It seems the P5 to Root interval always exchanges well together. I can imagine what you are saying is the BB King bend and auxiliary string note hit on the P5 like what Tomo mentions, very much a BB Blues style. :)
Kurt Schubert
李jiayang
Sammi Fujita
Kurt Schubert
李jiayang
Matt
Christian Guerrero
Sammi Fujita