Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

Hey,

I work on Guitar Wisdom Book and set up a practice Practice routine to Focus on 3 things:

1. Basic Exercises
Chromatic scale, picking dynamics etc

2. Fretboard
Solfege, intervals, notes etc

3. Rythm
Accenting, tapping

I do everything with a metronome on two and four. I restrict every topic to five or 10 minutes and do just one exercise presented in the book.

The question is now what do I practice if I have some extra time? I understood that it’s not a good idea to do these simple exercises. For longer than 10 minutes. I also want to make sure that I do not skip anything from the book. So I will not choose exercises from next chapter. Is there anything that adds up to this basic topics? Let’s say that prevents me from noodling.

Cheers

Thank you!

I Like R37 and practiced it before. I will add this to my routine.
Recording is something I should do more frequently. And actually listen.

Listening to music is a good one!

Oh, thank you for asking a great question, Bjoern!
I'm also struggling to figure out how to practice with limited time.
Tomo's answer is very helpful.
Thanks for this helpful thread!

hey bjoern, tadashi, tomo, and friends!

i am just figuring this out too.
thank you for making this thread bjoern.

i spent a month or two now actually,
to get to a daily sched, now i am doing 1212, triads (70's tune and triad challenge) daily. triads every other day now.

i did expect too fast for me.
but learning everyday to be humble.

i really love the mornings with guitar, becoming my meditation, time for quiet focus.

i also have blue monk challenge, kyoto challenge, and practice video threads on my plate but focusing on basic schedule first.

i go to an open jam session every month (first time was day before yesterday, wednesday :)), and i am starting to teach beginner electric guitar early '26. these goals and tomo will shape my gw path also

there is tomo's questionaire also, that is awesome to help you know yourself and your path, i believe.

Still working out r37, it is super subtle not easy.
I made some progress today by just using 2 fingers to mute all strings until i am able to get clear strum and muted strum. i had to re-think everything -- guitar position, finger pressure, mental health.

also i found the notebook video super helpful.
book is also super helpful.
everyone will repeat the same, because it's the shortest true path. i am a rebellious learner, so i often struggle to find a faster path, but here easiest thing is just do what tomo suggests.

currently i'm struggling (with joy! :)) to just make videos of my practice. i am finding its just best to record one or two a day, and upload videos that show what i am doing.
i am not going to worry about it.
just trying everyday.
this is a safe place, everyone doing the same.

just breathing, pick up the guitar (must be with joy) n times a day, focus m minutes each time, on 1 thing on the list/notebook. n,m = 3,10 for me as a guideline

goals:
* realize there is no perfect, or best
* one small step forward everyday.

just leaving all the words on the path for anyone following along, hope they are helpful.
also just writing this out while watching my crazy thumbs on my phone is helping me create daily structure. gw is helping me restructure my life hopefully i am becoming a better person everday...there is no best...

Hey Bjoern, just checking in to see how your practice is going!

Hey Sammi, that is nice! I‘m working at 3 topics as suggested and added R 3 7 swing. I also started to listen to bb king live at the regal as described in guitar wisdom book. This is something that takes time.

Good job Bjoern!

Tomo