Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

Great job Gorkem! Thanks for posting.
There is a ton of info on chromatics on the forum. One that might be easy to miss is the November Challenge. If you just type "November" in the search bar, you'll see them. They are titled by week, so you could follow week 1, week 2, etc. if you'd like.

Thank you Gorkem! Yes I remembered that question! Thanks so much for subscribing my Guitar Wisdom. Great job!

Chromatic scale is really effective and it is so important to pay attention on several areas. I can list up so you can follow easy later when you review your chromatic scale exercise.

1) Do use all down strokes.

2) Keep it slow pace.

3) Move your left fingers slowly and mute other strings.

4) Pick near a front pickup.

5) Sustain each note longer.

More proper advices are from Guitar Wisdom Challenge and plesae watch my chromatic exercise more.

I highly recommend these lessons to understand “HOW TO LEARN” rather than “WHAT TO LEARN”

1) FT01 Simple Chromatic Scale Exercise 1233 (Learn this with less pressure, soft picking etc)
https://tomovhxtv.vhx.tv/videos/ft01-simple-chromatic-scale-exercise-1-2-3-4

2) ET01 C Major Scale (One String One Finger Approach/Name Of Notes/Intervals/Singing Do Re Mi)
https://tomovhxtv.vhx.tv/videos/et01-c-major-scale

3) ET12 Major Triad (Learn inversions One String Approach first with intervals not shapes and no noises!)
https://tomovhxtv.vhx.tv/music-theory-i/videos/et12-major-triads

Tomo

Thank you Clay for encourgement and pointing to our November Challenge.

Tomo

My pleasure Gorkem! I think you should keep practicing simple chromatic scale with super slow tempo so you have enough time to adjust your fingers. So first you need to slow down and keep your fingers down as you go up.... 1 2 3 4 ...sustain that last note with your pinky finger while your 1,2,3 fingers are lightly touching the 4th string. So basically, you should do without tempo... super slow and allow your fingers to follow as you go. 4th note should a little longer.

When you go 4321... place your finger first 4321... then move your 4th finger as little as you can...then your 3rd finger.... go on. Then keep sustain the last note with your 1st finger... keep sustaining that note then swap with your 4th finger (next position) Then move your other fingers, Once you know this steps... you can fix it all. Please look up " November Challenge "

I have one question. How many times did you watch (review) that video you posted here?

Tomo

Hi Tomo-san, to answer your question, I reviewed the video of myself playing a couple of times. I've also been re-watching your lesson over and over to make sure I catch every little detail of your technique. When I recorded my video, I was already feeling pretty frustrated with myself, which definitely threw off my focus. Because of that, my hands were tense and I was pressing down on the strings way too hard. It's been two days since then, and I'm already feeling much more comfortable playing it. Thank you very much for all your guidance.

Thank you for your reply! Great! Watch it 4-5 times for good deep review for yourself.

I see... don't frustrate because these excercises are not super fun and so slow! Be patient and think positive potential part. Once you don't trust it ..then it is not effective at all. You're very welcome!

I made this advice video on this topic. So please watch this.

Tomo