Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

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Hello, I've been working on "Blue Monk" recently. I'd appreciate your honest feedback and advice on what to practice next.

Thanks in advance, best regards.
-Bart

Thank you for sharing. Could you post sideway? Not as shorts.
Please play it a little slower.

First phrase you should use 2 3 4 (3rd string), 1 (2nd string)
2nd phrase you should use 3 4 (2nd string) , 1 1 (1st string)

Please play only melody without backing so we can hear more details on each note.
Go to Blue Monk related thread and learn proper fingering please.

Try not to look at the fretboard that much.
Good job! I really enjoyed your solo etude too!

In order to improve. Play it slow and play it simple as possible so no backing.
No reverb is better. Next step is go back a few steps so you can learn more details.

Tomo

Thank You for suggestions. I'll try and post here later.

It was a tough task, I started practice with no reverb and metonome. I have Kemper with princeton profile and Yamaha monitors now. But I purchaised Fender champ 68 reissue and waiting for deliver.

I think I have to still practice "Blue Monk" , but this video will be grate reference point.

Thank you for sharing your video. Good job playing Blue Monk melody, R 3 7 Swing Groove and Bb Solo Etude.

Please check each phrase duration especially last note. (Blue Monk) I think you need to listen my melody demo video from GW Additional videos.

Overall volume is not loud enough. Turn up more so it is difficutl to play so you need to slow down. R 3 7 Swing Groove... you should much slower and try to pick softer please.

Good job overall! Slow down and play it a little softer. Especially Blues Etude.. your picking volume is so full! You want to pick much softer. So slower tempo will help your techniques to settle.

Tomo

Thank You very much. Really apprciate Your opinion. Slower tempo than 40 seems to be exremly diffuclt. It was hard to play in 40 but I'll Try with 30.

Bart

I made this video for how to play slow & softly... R 3 7 Bb Blues Swing Groove & Blue Monk melody. No need to use a metronome until settle down. Hope this video is helpful about how to decide "Tempo"

Thank you.

Thank You, Your videos are really helpful. I made a video with melody only. 50 bpm and body motion.

My amp settings are here (click right button to second photo):
http://youtube.com/post/Ugkx7T4bT3av6rgv-6pAnJH_hOJ7AVVKGfT9?si=xpxXx975I1BHJRr-

Your ears are very strong! :) I'll do better next time ! Thank You.

Hello, my another attempt. No moetronome, no reverb, only body motion. I hope it is better now.

Thank you for posting this video! Good job! I love this tempo very much!

Your timing is very good Repeated with rght timing. Much better!

Now you can use a little more dynamics. Play a litte softer over all.

Tomo

So I have never heard this before and I watched the YouTube lesson from the other day.

Here’s my rendish…LOL, I don’t think it’s exact, I will work on it and I have to mute better and then work with metronome, but it’s a start.

Tried again, maybe this is better. No vibrato, working on thumb,and also muting.