Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

Great job Tadashi! Beautiful spread triads! So much fun!

Yes. Having a reverb is so nice! I love this new thread!

Root Position: R 5 M3 and your first finger only press 6th string.

Please keep going!

Tomo

Tomo-san, thank you for your quick reply! Is it better to press down all the strings in the root position?

Only press 6th string, 4th string and 3rd string so that you are not pressing the 5th string. Your first finger only press the 6th string and mute all other string by your first finger.

Tomo

Got it. I'll make a conscious effort to do that!

Nice work Tadashi! Sounds sweet like church bells.

Thanks Hugo! I love these sounds too. Guitar is fun!

Thanks, Johno! The guitar is such a magical instrument—it can heal people with just three notes.

Wow, thanks for the helpful video! I haven't checked out the 4-string root yet, so I'll give that a try too. Just like the name “spread” suggests, it really expands playing range.

My pleasure Tadashi! Okay. Please take your time! After you learn those then you can mix them.

Great work, Serena! Entering a new world is wonderful! Keep going!

Okay, go for it, LaVoy!

Kazu-san, thank you for your encouraging comment!
I also practice C major triads every day.
Spread triads seem like they'll take time to get used to, so I plan to work on them patiently.
Let's keep encouraging each other!

Thanks, Tadashi-San

Right now I’m working on understanding C major triads.

At the moment I’m practicing from two root positions: the 6th string 8th fret and the 5th string 3rd fret.

I’m focusing on clearly seeing the three notes (C–E–G) and the inversions: CEG, EGC, and GCE.

For now I’m practicing the vertical shapes and trying to really internalize them before moving horizontally across the neck.

It’s still slow, but little by little I feel like the fretboard is starting to make more sense.

Kazufumi

Hi Kazufumi,

Nice to meet you. I started working on C major triads too (but am now taking a break due to nickel and cobalt allergies hitting hard)!

Here's what I do horizontally (actually it's drawn from Tomo's video). On the 5th string, we had the open C chord by heart right, where C is at the 3rd fret? Then, I'm sure it's Root Position. Then, it has to be 1st and 2nd inversion before it goes back to Root position. After this, I quickly locate the "Me", "So" and "Do" (octave) on the 5th string. Voila! We got the other chords.

I think it will work on all strings, all keys as long as they are major triads. Let's do this together!

Hugo

Hi Hugo,

Nice to meet you, and thank you for sharing your idea. I really appreciate your advice.

To be honest, I’m still working on understanding the vertical C major triads from the 6th-string and 5th-string root positions, so I may need a little more time to fully grasp everything.
But I’ll keep your suggestion in mind and try exploring the horizontal approach little by little as I continue practicing.

I hope your allergy gets better soon so you can enjoy playing again.

Let’s keep practicing step by step!

Kazufumi

Hi Kazufumi,

No problem at all. Re the allergies, I've tried multiple methods and the main issue is on the guitar strings. Sadly, it appears not even stainless steel strings are helpful (I seem to be on the very severe/easily triggered side), but I'll keep trying.

Anyways, on the vertical C triads. Now that I cannot play - I try to "imagine" the fretboard layout with virtual fretboard online - using Tomo's method still, namely: singing them out when I "play" them. There is one good thing on the 6th and 5th strings, because the shape of the root, 1st and 2nd inversions are the same - meaning that we only need to deal with the horizontal "do me so" (i.e. root, 3rd, 5th). Once we got those notes, we know immediately what chord we are playing.

It's kind of my way to connect things for learning. It seems like connecting the dots to form circles. Hope it helps!

Happy to know your way of doing it as well!

Hugo

Thanks, Andy!
Once I get used to the spread triad, voice reading should expand too. Looking forward to it!

Sounds great Andy - nice work!

Hey Andy, great work, great tele!
Your dedication is a great inspiration.
Thanks!

Thank you, Tadashi. Your playing and challenges are great inspiration for me.

Nicely done Andy. Sorry for the delayed response. Sounds good.

Yeah, I was really wondering if I should be muting with left hand only or right hand too. I will practice muting with my right hand. Thank you!

Good job Andy! Try no noise between chord to chord. My pleasure! Thank you!

Tomo

Such beautiful playing and sound, Tadashi. I played this over three times while I was driving in my car because I enjoyed it so much.

Hi Andy, I really appreciate your comment—thank you! Were you driving? I bet you drove safely. Let's do our best!

I was driving but I looped the video when I was stopped. Safe enough!

Spread voice triads for sure are beautiful themselves, but you make them sound so nice. I can hear all the practicing you've been doing.

So good Tadashi! I'm not working on these yet, but love hearing your progress.

Awesome!

Thanks, Clay!

I listened in my car again (parked this time). So good. I love that you did the harmonic at the end!

Thank you, Andy! I bet your car has a great audio system!

Thank you, Sammi! I feel like my world of guitar is expanding more and more. I'm so grateful!

Thanks for the kind words, Eiji!

Wow, nice try, Linda! I'm glad I could help. As the name suggests, the spread triad really does broaden our musical horizons!

Great job Linda! Love hearing these from you guys - so sweet sounding.

Thanks, Tadashi. I will also try aiming for your lush tone.

Thanks, Clay. I love the sound of these chords.

Great job, Linda! Any tips on how to get the harmonic at the end?