I hope everyone is digging into their Blue Monk practice and not annoying their spouse, roommate, or neighbor :)
Due to the number of threads about Blue Monk and the amount of supplemental videos Tomo made to help GW peeps, I decided to create a playlist containing ALL the Blue Monk-related videos.
Here is the link:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPa9BlYMYrS5KAFtvR7xtIoKatmmUcnoz&si=yMI_jyKC1GV7pcTk
This is unlisted - so you can only view it if you have the link. In other words, you will not be able to find the playlist on Tomo's YouTube channel. I recommend "saving" the playlist so it's easy for you to access on YouTube.
I hope this helps centralize the info being shared and serves as a great reference.
And if this is the first post you are reading about Blue Monk, I've included context in the description pasted below:
This playlist gathers additional Blue Monk videos Tomo recorded in response to Guitar Wisdom student questions. I’ve collected them here so you can easily reference specific ideas as you practice and work through the tune.
Topics include melody details, the R–3–7 Bb swing groove, the Bb blues soloing etude, dynamics, fingering and muting, metronome practice, picking volume, and general practice approaches. These videos originally came from several forum discussions.
While students have shared questions, ideas, and progress across multiple threads, the main discussion has developed in the “Blue Monk Challenge” thread, where many students have posted practice videos and shared their experiences working on the tune. If you’d like to explore that conversation, you can find it here: https://tomovhxtv.vhx.tv/forums/general/75939-blue-monk-challenge
Let me know if you have any questions or concerns! I'm here to help :)
Sammi