Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

Hello everyone, my name’s Gerald, just joined today and already having a good time. Wanted to ask on some tips on where to start. I started from the first section and idk how to describe myself but I’m definitely not a beginner but I don’t judge myself as intermediate. Most of the lessons there I’m noticing I know it but in between Tomo drops some gold and gaps in my knowledge for example, I know my 3 triad inversions in 3,2,1 but I had never thought of learning them in 4,3,2. Was just in one of the lessons that I would’ve skipped if not for curiosity

Thank you Gerald for joining Guitar Wtsdom! Welcome! Thanks so much for posting this!

Yes! Basically you want to learn all foundation things so that you can improve yourself smoothly.
Just in case I will list up lessons that I would like you to go through. Please be patient.

Triad inversions are so important! It's GOLD for the fretboard knowledges! So you don't want to skip anythings and even you can review what you already know. Please go deeper! You need to learn all positions. 123/234/345/456 set strings and move these over chord progressions.

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

4) FB Blues Shuffle Bassline (Play it slowly without any noises)
https://tomovhxtv.vhx.tv/foundation-core-music-lessons/videos/fb-blues-shuffle-bassline

5) FT Root 3rd 7th Swing Groove Technique (Left hand muting technique and learn R 3 7 chords)
https://tomovhxtv.vhx.tv/foundation-core-music-lessons/videos/ft-root-3rd-7th-swing-groove-technique

Please enjoy your guitar journey.

Tomo

Welcome Gerald - you've already received a lot of good advice. I'll just reiterate some of it. Triads triads triads! All over the neck, every string set! And really follow the guidance in the lessons about the domiso, misodo, sodomi, the inversion number and the note names. This along with single string scales will work miracles for your fretboard knowledge. Because as we all know, to paraphrase Einstein, miracles are 99% perspiration. This is work that definitely pays off.

In my opinion I think triads just make the guitar sound better. I bashed barre chords for decades. It wasn't until in joined GW that this mysterious R37 thing was presented to me. Oh my goodness how much better they sound than just full on barre chords.

Anyway, as I'm sure you've seen by now, there is no one single path here at GW. BUT (big but) the time spent in the foundation section will really help open up the rest of the lessons to you. And if you have a question, by all means ask. Sometimes members can provide an answer, or at least past experience. But Tomo will always provide a response and is very engaging here. I'd really like to know when he sleeps. The man is seriously busy!

Welcome to GW! This place is incredible!

Thank you guys for being so supportive. I'm extra pumped up now and will do he work and be patient

Welcome, Gerald, to the Guitar Wisdom family -- or, as we like to call it, the world's most supportive online community! Special thanks to Matt, Cruz and Clay for all the encouragement!

It is not possible to over-emphasize the importance of points (1) through (5) in Tomo's post above. For additional information, please see my "Welcome" post, in these Forums, regarding elements that are more difficult than they first appear to be, and the value of the Sight-Reading Series.

Take your time with these lessons and be kind to yourself! The day will come when you realize that your technique and your sound are much better than when you joined Guitar Wisdom.

One last item: as you work on these lessons, remember to have fun with your guitar! We look forward to learning about your progress via posts in these Forums.

GM