Picking Volume

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Tomo Fujita Mod

3 months ago

I teach this homework for my tape lesson at lesson ONE!

Let me know your feedback on this video.

Thank you.

Tomo

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Clay

3 months ago

Very helpful - thanks. I hadn't thought so much about pick gripping strength to achieve better soft tones. Mostly focused on attack strength. Can't wait to practice with this.
Please share your funny story.

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Tadashi Morita

3 months ago

Thank you for the helpful video! The comparison with speech is easy to understand. I'll try various things!

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Tomo Fujita Mod

3 months ago

Great to hear that Clay! Picking grip can make different picking tone & picking volume.

I use Pickboy 1.00 mm Celluloid pick.

Yes! I will do!

Tomo

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Tomo Fujita Mod

3 months ago

Thank you Tadashi! Guitar tone is like your voice! Glad to hear that. Please try it.

Tomo

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Kurt Schubert

3 months ago

Such an important lesson. Thank you Tomo!
Having the amp loud enough makes more sense when you realize you can control the volume by how hard you hold the pick.
This is going to help so much.
Kurt

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Jeffrey Croteau

3 months ago

This is great and love the analogy about your voice. This really shows how soft and quiet you can pick and how normal you still don’t want to hold the pick tight.

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Tomo Fujita Mod

3 months ago

Thank you so much Jeff! Guitar tone is your voice!

Yes! How to hold your pick is not easy to do.

Tomo

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11 days ago

Thank you for the video, Tomo. Can exactly the same be applied to strumming R 3 7? Or are there slightly different techniques involved? I have to say I find it much more difficult to strum lightly than I do to pick lightly. More practice.

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Tomo Fujita Mod

11 days ago

You're very welcome jh! Very similar approach to playing R 3 7 Swing Groove. I hold a pick very light but it is very difficult to strum fast (even slow tempo) This will take some time to master it.

Tomo

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11 days ago

Thank you, Tomo. Your feedback is very much appreciated. Have a wonderful day!

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Tomo Fujita Mod

5 days ago

You're very welcome jh!

Tomo

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KAZUFUMI ONISHI

11 days ago

Thank you, Tomo.

Watching this video made me think much more consciously about the relationship between pick grip and volume.
Even before, when practicing Chromatic 1234 and 1212, I was already holding the pick quite loosely.

Recently, as I’ve been working more on dynamics, I’ve realized that to produce truly soft notes consistently,
I need to relax my pick grip even more than I originally thought.

That said, playing the open G on the 3rd string with such a soft and stable volume, like in this video, feels really challenging to me.
It’s inspiring — and also a great reminder of how subtle and difficult this kind of control really is.

Kazufumi

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Sammi Fujita Mod

5 days ago

So simple, but so challenging! What a great way to build control and consistency in picking volume.

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Tomo Fujita Mod

5 days ago

Thank you Sammi! It's very challenging because most people do not notice this part because people are focusing "What to play" So I did focus on "How to play" That's why I had to make this homework with only playing One Note! "Open G / 3rd string / All down stroke"

The other night I played with my friend Ahren Shreeve at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge MA (Boston) and the sound guy said to me after the show. "Your tone was great!" I was using Ahren's Fender Blues Jr. Amp.

Tomo

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Tomo Fujita Mod

5 days ago

My pleasure Kazufumi! Thank you for watching this video. Yes! pick grip and picking volume control is very important and it is easy not to notice this part.

“Open G string” Simple and very effective. Not only pick soft but you can play it softer and softer. So it is so important to have enough volume from guitar amp.

Tomo