More of this would be good!

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Matt

6 days ago

Look what came across my YouTube feed.

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Tomo Fujita Mod

6 days ago

Thank you Matt! Do you like it?

1) I am not a great country guitar player.
2) I just made up from what I heard.

Tomo

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Clay

6 days ago

Tomo needs a B-bender!

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Hugo W

6 days ago

What's a B-bender haha

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Matt

6 days ago

At a very high level, it's a lever that you attach the guitar strap to. When you push down on the neck to activate the lever, it will raise the B string a whole step. Brad Paisley has his guitars setup with a G bender instead of B.

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Linda M Tucker

6 days ago

Love this. Got Nashville on the brain!!

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Matt

6 days ago

Yes Tomo it’s great! I’ve been listening to a lot of country recently. A lot of what I’m hearing (Brad Paisley, Vince Gill, Brent Mason, Luke McQueary) is so fast and technical it seems light years away. This video really gets the country sound without the blinding speed of the players I mentioned - the bends are so important to the country feel. I think a country standards section would be a good companion for the Jazz standards section. Maybe some Johnny Cash/Hank Williams Sr/George Jones? It doesn’t seem that far away from blues. Lots of 1-4-5 in those old tunes.

And don’t sell yourself short! That was a great demo of your country chops! That tele looked and sounded right at home in your hands!

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Hugo W

6 days ago

I think it's good music. And the bends do capture the soul or basic idea of country music? Don't know how to describe it.. it's the dry-ish, "pulled springy-feel" bends.. and it's the placement of bends at the very start of each sentence? Tomo's just being humble haha

Hugo

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Matt

6 days ago

It’s the twang of the tele!

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Tomo Fujita Mod

5 days ago

Thanks so much Matt! Basically once you have a solid foundation then you can hear music deeper and much clear so you can figure it out if you want to! Thank you!

Tomo

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Matt

5 days ago

I'm back to basics and really drilling into single string scales and triads. I also downloaded an ear training app and am working hard on recognizing intervals.

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Tomo Fujita Mod

5 days ago

Good job Matt! Melody & Chords! One Single String Approach and triads are so helpful!

Tomo

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John Fiers

4 days ago

Wow, there is some country ear candy there. My babes is telling 'you need to learn some country' well, if I was past the outlaws, then maybe.. Still stuck on the old. Some serious Nashville style the for sho. I guess I can say start here, and go there. Thanks for the vibes Tomo, Matt, git on that horse and ride!! Nothing breaks up the blues like a little twang.
-johno

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Linda M Tucker

4 days ago

A short shot of Twang for y'all. As a Brit he has amazing feel for Country, and is welcome here in Texas anytime.

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Matt

4 days ago

Johno - YEE HAW! I used to ride a steel horse, but that was back in my younger days! I've been binging on the band I called out last week in the "what are you listening to for pleasure" thread - Kelley's Heroes. They're a bar band in Nashville. I've started going down the rabbit hole with all of their videos and started listening to some of the original versions of their set list. Some I were already in my library, but a lot wasn't. I'm currently listening to A LOT of Johnny Cash. Dipping my toes in with George Jones and Merle Haggard. Really great stuff!

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Linda M Tucker

4 days ago

Love it, Matt! George Jones had an amazing voice. As did Merle, Waylon, and let's not forget Wanda Jackson.

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John Fiers

4 days ago

A steel horse like Bon Jovi?. Or the one that takes a penny in front the grocery store.. Jk, lol. Yes, I love me some Cash too. Listening for the changes, blues and 1 6 2 5. . Cheers~
-johno

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Matt

4 days ago

My first bike was a mid 70's Yamaha TX500. My last bike was a mid 90's Harley Sportster. I sold it when we were buying our home.

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Tomo Fujita Mod

3 days ago

By the way, I have so many lesson videos on my YouTube Channel. So please use " Search " function for checking out any topic that you are intrerested in.

Tomo

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