Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

I took a lesson from a famous Nashville guitarist this week for a lean into country music and sharing a few thoughts shared with me.
- Melody melody melody hear it be able to express it then I can branch out but it has to be fundamental. (Reminded me of Tomo emphasizing hearing intervals)
- know the neck way better than I already do. Emphasized ability to go all directions without hesitation not looking at the neck much if at all. (Reminds me of Tomos lesson one finger)
- switch between scales effortlessly with no hesitation from anywhere even calling out Switch randomly. (Again Tomos lesson on scales comes to mind)

Then because of his background I. asked about bends and wow what a lesson about drawing someone the ear forward through bends. 2# and 5# a little harder to make sound good unless passing through

Hope that’s interesting. Tomo Ty for the foundations to be able to even listen to that country star. .

I had memorized the neck about two years ago and have. been building on that but so much more there.

Ive been going deeper into knowing the neck by playing scales and pentatonics and switching randomly to different scales, and finding there so much more depth I need to access on the neck, scales, intervals, chord tones, arpeggios, key signatures.

What an instrument, it's always giving me a new hill to climb. Thank goodness it pays off :) eventually. So glad to be on this path.

Thanks for sharing this, Cruz! I think one of the beautiful (and humbling) things about guitar is that every time you think, "Okay, I know this now," you discover another layer underneath it.

I'm really glad to hear how Guitar Wisdom has opened the door to a deeper level of understanding. Everyone has their unique path, but we are all on it and IN it. Let's keep climbing :)

It's all about "foundation" and "Music"

Thank you Cruz for sharing your experiece! I am so happy that you had "Private Lesson" That's so special that you never get same experience from hours of YouTube videos.

Once this... people explain with some words... and real meaning is more than words. (hidden).

Once thing I can say I never memorized the neck! If I do... I will stuck! Instead... I am trying to understand the fretboard with music. (scales, triads, 7th chords, arpeggios with music)

Tomo