Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

Great to watch and listen, as usual. But I'm not at the point I can use yet. Still practicing solo etude on Blue Monk. In my noodling time, I have been playing with 1 6 2 5 progressions, trying to add different flavors / voicing to the chords. Also sometimes replacing 1 with 3. But that's just play time, even though I am trying to apply what I've learned about triads, playing cleanly, etc. Thanks for posting - it's always inspirational / aspirational for me.

Thank you Clay for watching. This is like... recreating my private lesson like... so no pressure! Just enjoy watching this video.

We are still working on Blue Monk melody, Solo etude and R 3 7 soft picking (finger picking) with a metronome at 60 a lot!
That's very important foundation in order to play well.

You're very welcome!

Tomo

Great info Tomo! Thank you.
That is a fun progression. Dmaj7 Bm7 Em7 G/A(A7)
Soloing is still a little advanced for me. Working on bending etc.
Fun to play DMAJ pentatonic and practice triads over this though.
Cool George Benson idea to use minor Pentatonic over Em and G, Sounds bluesy.
Kurt

Thank you Kurt! Glad to hear that! Please enjoy it!

Don't worry! Good job! Triads are so useful!

Basically ii V I... you can use minor bluesy sound.

Tomo

Yah Kurt - I liked learning that too - minor pentatonic over the 2 5 part.

Thank you Johno! Chords are DMaj7 (D) B-7 E-7 G/A (A7)

Chord moves very quick! I go for chord tone (triad approach)

Tomo

Thank you Jeff! A little fusion taste! Triad over Bass.

b7, 9, 5 / Root

Tomo

Thank you Serena for your effect pedal comment.

I use
1)One Control Beth Reverb (Two channel)
2) Vemuram Jan Ray for TF (different tone than a regular Jan Ray)
3) Ibanez TS808
4) Tuner pedal

I have many pedals but I like to keep as small as possible so I can focus on my performance.

Thank you.

Tomo

Thank you Andrew for sharing your side. Don't worry! First you need to listen a few great examples for over and over and try to copy a few phrases. No need to make your own especially in the beginning.

Bending technique is not easy but you can magage it if you practice it everyday. Thank you so much! Glad to be helpful!

Good job! Left hand thumb posotion & less pressure! So important!

Tomo

Thank you Andy! So great to hear that! I can introduce more fun chord progressions. Thank you so much! E-7 ... you can play D Major 2nd inversion triad to E-7 so ...fun!

I love one string approach very much. You can play triad inversions between 1st & 2nd strings too! Great way to enjoy Major Scale fun improvisaition. Simple is the best!

Tomo