Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

I’ve been learning from Guitar Wisdom for about two months now. I’m currently studying sight reading, triads, theory, and blues lessons — almost all at the same time.

But of course, I can’t learn everything in one day. The sight reading lessons feel especially difficult; I might need a whole week just to get through one lesson. It’s the same for the other parts — I can understand them with my brain, but it takes a lot of practice to really feel them in my heart.

So my question is: should I slow down and focus on fewer things at a time?

That is a great question Tobi.
I am interested in what Tomo will say.
For me I’m focusing on 3 things:
Chromatics
R 3 7 swing
Triads
But only 5-10 minutes on each.
Then I’ll usually practice the Blue Monk challenge and sight reading as well
So I guess I am doing more than 3 things.
I am interested to see what Tomo says.
Thank you for that question!

Thank you Jeff, Rich & Kurt for sharing your guitar journey & your experiences! So good!

Method Book is so good! So it slowly! Great for clean techniques! Focus on muting techniques & picking volume control. I practice chromatics a lot! Especially 1212...and crazy chromatic. R37 strokes & finger picking. You can practice a few tunes... Blue Monk and any jazz standards. Blue Bossa is great too! I love Jazz Blues too. I highly recommend to record yourself more often. 2-3 times a week.

Tomo

Hi Tobi! Thanks so much for sharing. It sounds like you're experiencing the early stages of your journey learning with Guitar Wisdom. What you expressed - the difficulty, time, and effort - that's a good sign! You're learning deeply. Stick with it. Tomo always says that hard work now will make things smoother and more fun later. Trust that to be true.

So far, in just these past few months using this education, the guitar has started to transform for me. It’s no longer just an instrument where I know a few chords to songs; it’s becoming more like a canvas. I think that’s the ideal every true musician and artist strives for.

One thing I’ve really come to appreciate is the old piece of guitar wisdom: don’t expect too fast. It’s so true. Your brain needs time to absorb and form natural muscle memory. In my experience, guitar knowledge doesn’t hit you all at once. It trickles in, like soft raindrops on a window during a light shower, and before you know it, the whole window starts to glisten.