Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

Hi all!

I want to get into the habit of recording a quick video on my progress / thoughts on AL as I continue to study it and share it.

my practice routine for AL has been 15 mins of R37 strumming, 15 mins of R37 fingerpicking and then thinking through the triad inversions as much as i can, usually another 15 mins. but everyday!

2:47 to skip to strumming R37
9:55 to skip to fingerpicking R37
17:42 for triad inversion practice

Around 3:00.... Rhythm Guitar. Please do that with finger picking.

Triad root position. Wrong fingering. You need to use 341
Just in case, plesae check all correct fingerings for Major triad for inversions.

I think 10 minutes each topic is enough. Focus something less than 10 minutes.

Tomo

Thanks for sharing, Sun Ho! Great practice log for yourself and others to see. Not sure if you want feedback or simply want to post your process. Either way, I appreciate your commitment and all of the help you've been providing to others in the forums!

Thank you, Kim Sun Ho, for sharing your progress. We always appreciate your posts!

Let me add a few words of advice: if you would like more views and better feedback from the Guitar Wisdom community, please post short videos (2 - 3 minutes), with each video addressing only one topic. It is easy for most of us to spend a few minutes on a short video and then post a comment, but when we see a video that is twenty-two minutes long, the typical reaction is to think, "I will come back to this later, when I have more free time . . ." and then we forget about the post altogether.

Thank you for your enthusiastic participation in Guitar Wisdom. Keep going!

GM

Thank you so much for your advice and feedback!! I will definitely cut to the chase next time so I can have more feedback and so it is easier for the viewer.

Tomo's advice and reminders were very helpful. A summary for myself would be:

-(electric practice setup) Volume 3, Treble 8, Bass 5 Mid 6.5 (keeping in mind Tomo's goes to 12)
-Strum downstroke from chest, and mute on upstroke
-Add metronome, can keep on 2/4
-R73 on 6th string, R37 on 5th string (reminder)
-Arpeggios are learned, but never played from root to bottom -- becomes an exercise
-think of the *sound* of arpeggio, rather than the shape -- shape is used to visualize what notes are available. Sound is more malleable and once internalized can be played with.

Tomo's demo (around the 17:00 mark) demonstrate how you can link arpeggios musically by shifting positions with the index finger to connect to segments of arpeggios (mostly on 321 string set).

Hearing tomo's clean playing is always very inspiring. Grateful to be a part of GW!

Thank you Kim!

My favorite setting: Treble 10, Bass 0 on my vintage Fender Champ with a rear pickup!
This way, nothing you can hide! (For improving muting techniques and touch, picking volume)

Thank you for your reply! Write those notes on your note book and read them before you practice. That way you will not forget these important points.

Especally R 3 7 Swing Groove. It is super important to practice really slow tempo. No metronome first for a while. Do not rush! Slow, slower! And record yourself about 1-2 minutes. (Less than two minutes so that you can watch 3-5 times at least... so you can learn something.

Thank you so much!

Tomo