Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

Greetings all. Recent member from up here in Frozen Maine first time posting. I've really been learning a lot here after thirty years of gigging. Im curious if theres a video on the muting concepts that Im trying to establish with the chromatic scale and triads practice.

I think im starting to get it with the chromatic scale like when to move my fingers etc. But should the muting be exaggerated or anything at first to get it down? Thanks in advance for your thoughts. JC

Thank you Mr Fujita. I did watch those, but I'll do it again and pay special attention. Im having some difficulty navigating these forums so I have not come across those challenge posts. Ill put more effort into finding them!!

Thank you again for all you do.

JC

Hi Justin! Thank you for your question. When it comes to lessons, the 'Search' feature does a great job of finding lessons that include the search terms (thanks to George). However, the forum's search feature mainly pulls up thread titles. That could be why you had trouble finding the challenge posts.

In any case, here is a link to our Welcome thread, which includes links to all the November Challenge threads, each with a weekly focus and posts from the community. There are a lot of replies in each thread, so don't be surprised if it takes an extra second to load :)
Link to Welcome thread: https://tomovhxtv.vhx.tv/forums/general/72938-welcome-to-guitar-wisdom-october-2025

Sammi

The chromatic exercise is wonderful for muting when playing a single note. Search for the November challenge for a great thread with lots of info regarding the chromatic scale. As for chord muting, work on R37 as slow as you can. When you think you can't play it any slower, play it slower! These two exercises are numbers 1 and 2 on my daily practice list and have been pretty much for the past year since I joined GW.

Progress will be almost unnoticeable, but keep the faith. You ARE making progress. I'm at the point with my R37 practice where the muting has developed enough that I can almost play SRV's Texas shuffle from Pride and Joy. There's still some noise when I'm playing it, but a few months ago, I'd listen to that song and think to myself "there's no way I'll be able to play that." But hard work and consistent practice is getting me there.

Here's the links to the November challenge threads.
https://tomovhxtv.vhx.tv/forums/general/70889-november-challenge-week-1

https://tomovhxtv.vhx.tv/forums/general/70987-november-challenge-week-2

https://tomovhxtv.vhx.tv/forums/general/71098-november-challenge-week-3

https://tomovhxtv.vhx.tv/forums/general/71200-november-challenge-week-4

https://tomovhxtv.vhx.tv/forums/general/71279-november-challenge-final-assignment-contest