Dear Tomo Fujita! I've never commented on UA-cam before, but now I think that I should. I'm a kind of intermediate guitar player searching for the path to become a professional guitarist. A month ago I've found your youtube channel, watched almost every video on it, and I felt like that I found a philosophy that can make me a better musician. I've subscribed to Guitar Wisdom and now I can state: I know the way how to be a professional guitarist! Thank you for your efforts you put in to make such a high level material. You're a very kind and humble person and the way you teach is outstanding! I wish you good health and many successes in your life!
00:00 Intro 00:45 C Major scale on 5th string with 1st finger 02:20 C Major scale on 2nd string with 1st finger 03:00 C Major scale in 3rds sequence (Nothing to do with this lesson!) 03:35 A little about AZES40 's tremolo 05:00 About Guitar Method Book One 06:00 C Major scale in 2nd position 08:15 How to shift Major scale in different keys 08:53 The importance of Music Theory / Foundation 09:40 About the Ibanez AZES31 & AZES40 / Tone setting 11:50 Back to C Major scale 12:15 C A- D- G (Simple 3 notes) 12:52 C A- D- G (Triads on top 3 strings) 13:20 C A- D- G (Do Re Mi & 2 Triads) 14:00 Develop idea from last Triad lesson (ua-cam.com/video/WdUb5HUKAu0/v-deo.html) 14:25 A minor triad from A Major triad 15:00 Play triads on 123 set strings (C A- D- G)
I love the fact that you tell us to keep the one finger in place while playing this progression to be more effective. That really made a big difference.
Mr Fujita this clip and the one on triads have been the most significat breakthrough I had in my understanding of music theory in my life. Thank you so much for this, you are an amazing teacher and I wish you all the best!
Dude just bought that guitar! Love the neck and size , pick up selection color everything is perfect even balanced when standing, this dude had the perfect guitar in his head all the time !
Foundation , that's the most important key. Exactly like math's, if there is not a good foundation , it's impossible to progress . Although , those that deliver, has a huge impact regarding pupil's understanding . You are an amazing teacher .
Thank you for sharing your guitar wisdom! Lot of people think it's not interesting to learn the bases,but, if you are a begginer, 'CMajor', scale is a great start of a journey, and a good reference for everything to come ahead. And it gives you a reference tool. Thanks again for your efforts!
I have been learning and playing guitar and bass since the late 80’s by tablature only but your video lessons are the only ones that i’ve been able to follow and learn without using tablature. No wonder you’ve been voted as best guitar instructor so many times by guitar magazine. There are many instructors who have a lot of knowledge but they aren’t good at communicating it to the people they’re trying to teach. So not only are you super knowledgeable and gifted, you have the best ability to explain that knowledge and techniques to the people you are teaching. You’re ability to communicate is what really sets you apart. Thank you 🙏 for all the lessons and all you do for so many beginners and even old timers like myself. I also share your videos to many of my friends who have also been playing for many years and they can’t believe how easy you make it. Keep up the great work 😎👍👍
Thank you for sharing! I don't use any tabs & PDFs. I use note name, strings, fingering & intervals so you just don't get LOST at all! and you will understand musically. Not only visually! That's why many thousands of subscribers are so happy at my Guitar Wisdom. I am so happy for them too! This way, everyone will improve guitar skills forever! So much fun! Thank you so much!
Tomo, you got my interest when you did a video that covered a little bit of the solfeggio. You are a phenomenal musician. Fun to watch and you provide content for aspiring musicians that is useful.
Thank you so much! Guitar playing with EAR TRAINING (Singing the pitches) and MUSIC THEORY (NOTES definitions, relationship, intervals) then music, guitar playing ...so much fun!!
i had my very first guitar lesson yesterday. and this is what the teacher taught me first thing.. literally everything you did is what i learned. and in 1 day... i already see the fretboard much differently. really opened my eyes,, awesome video. i’m going to play along with this tomorrow
This is awesome!! I'm getting ready to have knee replacement surgery and I'm going to be sitting at home playing guitar...lol. I'm going to sign up for Guitar Wisdom. I've already order my Shirt!!...lol. I'm excited to get started. I'm a local actor and have a play getting ready to start but once it's over I can concentrate fully on music class.
It took me a while and a lot of brain power (for me) to figure out what you were doing at the end. Then I realized you were doing the c major diatonic scale (1,6,2,5) in triads (then I realized it was in the time stamp, oh, well). But I think this is a great exercise, and really IS part of the lesson. I wish you could have explained what you were doing in that beautiful chord progression and how it all fits into the lesson (scale, triad shapes, major and minor). There's really a lot going on with that. Thank you sir!
Thank you Tomo! Your lessons are friendly and smart. Not only that, there's wisdom that you bring simplicity and humor into each lesson. Enjoying all your videos.😎😀👍
sir..... its already been a few months since the launch of this guitar; but its still not available in India yet. kindly ask Ibanez to ship stock to India soon. and such a fresh style of teaching you have here. im learning a lot. thank you Sir.
The smartest thing I ever did was sit down and decide to learn all of the major modes. With that, you can improvise all around the neck! I still need to learn the Melodic and Harmonic modes. I need to get better at using chord shapes like you do, because that’s where the real jazz lines come in
If I could only play one scale it would be C major. It contains D Dorian, E Phrygian, F Lydian, G Mixolydian, A Aeolian and B Locrian. It has the 1-4-5 and their respective relative minors, and the half diminished seventh. No sharps or flats… What’s not to love? Thanks Tomo
Love the vintage tuners , I bought a fender American pro I last year . Found it not easy for begainer to change strings . One time ,I want to make string really tight around the pole ,So I use my teeth to bite the string to make it tighter . Now I missing my front tooth . Vintage tuner or locking tuner really user friendly to a newbee like me . I will definatly try a IBANEZ AZ in guitar shop someday love that S/H split .
Tomo, I've always struggled with music theory and this was the first music theory video that I ever watched. Thank you for this and please keep making more videos on music theory for beginners like me 🙌🏻
Thank you for another great lesson Mr. Fujita. I always have had problems understanding music theory, obtuse I think is the word for describing me, but I like how you put your effort, knowledge and empathy on all your lessons to help all people to understand the topic. Will be joining Guitar Wisdom to approach this topics deeply and hopefully understand this to develop my skills further.
You're welcome! I think a lot of people are believing about MUSIC THEORY being difficult! No no! That's difficult way to think! Simple way to think... then its all simple! Thank you! I teach super details on Music Theory at my Guitar Wisdom.
@@TomoFujitaMusic thank you so much for taking the time to answer my comments and all the comments from others. You words encourage me to continue and change my mindset to fully understand music theory. You are a great, down to earth person, Mr. Fujita.
@@TomoFujitaMusic Thank you so much master! I know this is too much for me to ask but how do I apply a jazzy solo to this song? ua-cam.com/video/eIi_GbFa_nw/v-deo.html This song is in Gminor but I can't seem to make it as Jazzy as the SAX guy haha. I think blues scale is okay but not the best, in fact I can't really find an exact definition of "jazz scale".
@@TomoFujitaMusic Wow! it sounded exactly like "Long Train Running". Did you derive that chord progression from that song or is it a common jazz/blues progression?
Tomo,about the 'Strats' in general, I like to change the Switchblade, to individual switches (one for each pick-up, like Schecter use to do, so you can have all the possible combinations or each one isolated+silence when they are all of!), and to have a 'Delta tone' (middle+bridge), that way, you can have a tone control for the middle pick-up too. Oh and I have a 'no circuit' position, on the bridge pick-up, for that 'tele/lap steel sound''. Hope you're doing ok, sorry for the '2cts'...
Dear Tomo Fujita, I love your video so much! But I have problem visualising the scale over the fretboard. Could you share some practices which can improve visualising scales 🙏🙏🙏
As a lifetime pianist I find a layer of interpretation is required when playing the guitar and it slows me down. When I look at a piano I can see every note, and every chord/inversioin instantly. When I hold a chord in the 5th position on a guitar, I have no idea what im playing until I analyze it for 10 minutes. Same with triads. I can grab a functional triad on a guitar and if you ask me what inversion and key it is, give me 7 minutes and I'll let you know. This is why I struggle. And I've been playing guitar for 15 years.
Hi Tomo, Could you make a video (here or on guitar wisdom I don't mind :) ) on scales practice routine/excercises ? I love what you are doing around minute 7:30 for example. I am practicing major scale following guitar wisdom but I feel I could be more productive with some routine amied at learing the scales all over the freatboard and beeing able to freely move vertically, horizontally and diagonally. PS Do you need someone to add italian subtitles to your content?
Hi Tomo master good day I have one question seems a dumb one but please help , I do all the scales but what do I gain from that the end result , I can do rythem looking @ some note , please help me why do we go through all the scales what’s beyond that , thank you very much ash
This is where double stops start to make sense playing two notes on different strings and triads all built up of note in scales and all scales sound different
There’s 7 notes in the major scale (do, re, mi…). The major pentatonic uses only 5 of those, by removing the 4th (fa) and 7th (to) which sound jarring if not used correctly. The major pentatonic is therefore a simplification of the major which can be played over all the chords in a C major chord progression. The 4th and 7th can be used to add more flavour if used correctly.
tomo as i request earlier that please breakdown jimi hendrix songs and please that would be great if you'll teach us arpeggios also.. whenever you feel you can put that video please, and thanks for this lesson.
My Guitar Wisdom in English. I speak very slow and I have happy subscribers over 90 different countries! Only $9.99 a month subscription video lessons that you can find anywhere else!
Thank you! Please join my Guitar Wisdom. I teach everything there! Only $9.99 a month subscription video lessons so all you have to do is skip one lunch a month!
I actually bought the AZES40 with the tremelo and absolutely love it. However, The only downside to this guitar is that it comes stock with a cheap plastic nut. Even Squier is making bone nuts standard in most of their guitars and Yamaha is making GraphTech nuts standard on most of their Pacifica models for good tuning stability. This is especially important for tremelo equipped guitars and the fact that they are only about a $5.00 item, there’s NO EXCUSE for Ibanez to not put them on a guitar they’re branding as “essentials”. Because there’s nothing more essential than tuning stability. I know many players would be more than willing to pay 5 bucks more for the overall price of this guitar to have better tuning stability with the tremelo. As knowledgeable as you are, i’m really shocked you didn’t push Ibanez to put a better quality nut on this guitar for much better tuning stability since it’s such an inexpensive item for a guitar labeled as “Essentials”. Other than that, this is a fantastic guitar especially for such a low price. I especially love the one piece output jack you designed and the smooth rounded saddles you suggested for the tremelo. There really isn’t a better guitar you can buy for only $349.00. But i will be removing the cheap plastic nut and replacing it with a GraphTech nut like i have on my Yamaha Pacifica.
@@TomoFujitaMusic I absolutely love the switching system on this guitar and the pickups have great tone on the clean channel and also on high gain and distortion for rock and metal. This amazing guitar is all you need to play any genre of music you want with amazing tone overall. So i have no plans to replace the pickups because they are perfect as they are. I’ll let you know if the tone is effected once i replace the plastic nut with the GraphTech nut. I have already replaced the stock string trees with GraphTech ones and this has already helped improve the tuning stability of the tremelo. Lastly, i just wanted to say that these are very minor and inexpensive upgrades for any guitar and that the rest of what you’ve designed is better than many other guitars in the $800.00 to $1,000.00 range and has definitely become my favorite guitar in my collection.
@@TomoFujitaMusicP.S, besides the plastic nut, theres nothing else not to love about this guitar. Fantastic neck profile and fretwork as well. This guitar is just as good as a $1,200.00 Fender once the plastic nut is replaced.
Can someone help me? I went on the guitar wisdom website and read through the initial page. There it said it's not good to learn scales by shape. But pretty much every other instructor says to learn shapes. Also, I've been working on memorizing the fretboard for a couple months almost. I mean my confusion after watching Tomo is that it's not necessary to learn the scales but learn by ear/feeling? Like I don't have to memorize the fretboard?
Easy way to say "Memorize this!" as shapes. It's harder to teach good ways! I pointed out all the details at my Guitar Wisdom! Please join my Guitar Wisdom. I teach everything there! Only $9.99 a month subscription video lessons so all you have to do is skip one lunch a month!
My issue is, I understand that connections are being made between the major and minor… but I’m not understanding HOW the connections are made( if that makes any sense) like how you move from the cmajor to a minor i know its all the same notes being played but it’s clearly making a different sound whixh confuses me
Okay. Do it super slow! Just one string! Play Major scale then can you make it as minor scale? M3 to m3, M6 to m6, M7 to m7. 3 places to change. Super slowly! Please take your time!
Guitar is hard. On a piano you just have to smash all the white notes for C major! But on guitar the pattern doesn't change for a different major key! Piano is hard.
Guitar is supposed to be easy... but if you discover more than you needed it...then it becomes so difficult but there is no end! Fun last forever!! I love it!!
@@TomoFujitaMusic I completely agree! It's fun to start, but you can go as deep as you want. I love theory now, but when I was a kid I just wanted to play songs.
Dear Tomo Fujita! I've never commented on UA-cam before, but now I think that I should. I'm a kind of intermediate guitar player searching for the path to become a professional guitarist.
A month ago I've found your youtube channel, watched almost every video on it, and I felt like that I found a philosophy that can make me a better musician.
I've subscribed to Guitar Wisdom and now I can state: I know the way how to be a professional guitarist! Thank you for your efforts you put in to make such a high level material. You're a very kind and humble person and the way you teach is outstanding!
I wish you good health and many successes in your life!
Thank you so much!!! More video lessons are coming at my Guitar Wisdom!
00:00 Intro
00:45 C Major scale on 5th string with 1st finger
02:20 C Major scale on 2nd string with 1st finger
03:00 C Major scale in 3rds sequence (Nothing to do with this lesson!)
03:35 A little about AZES40 's tremolo
05:00 About Guitar Method Book One
06:00 C Major scale in 2nd position
08:15 How to shift Major scale in different keys
08:53 The importance of Music Theory / Foundation
09:40 About the Ibanez AZES31 & AZES40 / Tone setting
11:50 Back to C Major scale
12:15 C A- D- G (Simple 3 notes)
12:52 C A- D- G (Triads on top 3 strings)
13:20 C A- D- G (Do Re Mi & 2 Triads)
14:00 Develop idea from last Triad lesson (ua-cam.com/video/WdUb5HUKAu0/v-deo.html)
14:25 A minor triad from A Major triad
15:00 Play triads on 123 set strings (C A- D- G)
I love the fact that you tell us to keep the one finger in place while playing this progression to be more effective. That really made a big difference.
Thank you for sharing! Thank you!
Mr Fujita this clip and the one on triads have been the most significat breakthrough I had in my understanding of music theory in my life. Thank you so much for this, you are an amazing teacher and I wish you all the best!
You are very welcome! So happy to hear that!
I would like to thank you for teaching music theory in a way that isn't boring. I find all your lessons really fun and interesting!
You're very welcome!
Tomo your passion for music and teaching comes across amazingly in every video. Thanks for sharing your vast knowledge.
I love music, guitar! Thank you!
Dude just bought that guitar! Love the neck and size , pick up selection color everything is perfect even balanced when standing, this dude had the perfect guitar in his head all the time !
Great! Thank you for sharing! So happy to hear that!
Foundation , that's the most important key. Exactly like math's, if there is not a good foundation , it's impossible to progress . Although , those that deliver, has a huge impact regarding pupil's understanding . You are an amazing teacher .
Yes! Thank you for sharing! Thank you so much!
Thank you for sharing your guitar wisdom! Lot of people think it's not interesting to learn the bases,but, if you are a begginer, 'CMajor', scale is a great start of a journey, and a good reference for everything to come ahead. And it gives you a reference tool. Thanks again for your efforts!
My pleasure! Thank you!
Thank you again, your content is so incredibly useful. You are a great teacher, very wise and incredibly talented.
You're very welcome! So great to hear that! I will make more easy lesson videos! Thank you!
先日、トモさんのピック購入しました。とても使いやすいです。単音もコードストロークも調子がよくなりました。毎日、メジャースケールやケイジドをウォーミングアップで練習してます。
ありがとうございます。とっても嬉しいです！
I have been learning and playing guitar and bass since the late 80’s by tablature only but your video lessons are the only ones that i’ve been able to follow and learn without using tablature. No wonder you’ve been voted as best guitar instructor so many times by guitar magazine. There are many instructors who have a lot of knowledge but they aren’t good at communicating it to the people they’re trying to teach. So not only are you super knowledgeable and gifted, you have the best ability to explain that knowledge and techniques to the people you are teaching. You’re ability to communicate is what really sets you apart. Thank you 🙏 for all the lessons and all you do for so many beginners and even old timers like myself. I also share your videos to many of my friends who have also been playing for many years and they can’t believe how easy you make it. Keep up the great work 😎👍👍
Thank you for sharing! I don't use any tabs & PDFs. I use note name, strings, fingering & intervals so you just don't get LOST at all! and you will understand musically. Not only visually! That's why many thousands of subscribers are so happy at my Guitar Wisdom. I am so happy for them too! This way, everyone will improve guitar skills forever! So much fun! Thank you so much!
I bought this exact colour ibanez guitar for myself it it look gorgeous.
Good choice!
Wow congrats on Guitar Teacher Of The Year 2020!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much!!
Tomo, you got my interest when you did a video that covered a little bit of the solfeggio.
You are a phenomenal musician. Fun to watch and you provide content for aspiring musicians
that is useful.
Thank you so much! Guitar playing with EAR TRAINING (Singing the pitches) and MUSIC THEORY (NOTES definitions, relationship, intervals) then music, guitar playing ...so much fun!!
i had my very first guitar lesson yesterday. and this is what the teacher taught me first thing.. literally everything you did is what i learned. and in 1 day... i already see the fretboard much differently. really opened my eyes,, awesome video. i’m going to play along with this tomorrow
Thank you!! Good job!!
This is awesome!! I'm getting ready to have knee replacement surgery and I'm going to be sitting at home playing guitar...lol. I'm going to sign up for Guitar Wisdom. I've already order my Shirt!!...lol. I'm excited to get started. I'm a local actor and have a play getting ready to start but once it's over I can concentrate fully on music class.
Thank you so much! Please enjoy your guitar playing! Please! Thank you! You're so awesome!
Only Sensei Tomo can make basic scales fun. Now I “need” that guitar! 😎 Thanks Tomo San! 👏🏼🙌
Thank you!
Wish I had a teacher like you thirty years ago!
Thank you! Now you can learn all at my Guitar Wisdom.
Very great tutorial, establishing a strong foundation. This stuff helped me immensely when I was first learning guitar
So great to hear that.Thank you!
It took me a while and a lot of brain power (for me) to figure out what you were doing at the end. Then I realized you were doing the c major diatonic scale (1,6,2,5) in triads (then I realized it was in the time stamp, oh, well). But I think this is a great exercise, and really IS part of the lesson. I wish you could have explained what you were doing in that beautiful chord progression and how it all fits into the lesson (scale, triad shapes, major and minor). There's really a lot going on with that. Thank you sir!
Good job! You can join my Guitar Wisdom. I have 25 Music Theory Lessons!
Diads and triads are my favorite for writing chord progressions. Thank you master!
You're welcome!
@@TomoFujitaMusic I wish I could send them to you. Not good with files and mp3 etc.
Thank you Tomo! Your lessons are friendly and smart. Not only that, there's wisdom that you bring simplicity and humor into each lesson. Enjoying all your videos.😎😀👍
Glad you like them! Thank you so much!
sir..... its already been a few months since the launch of this guitar; but its still not available in India yet. kindly ask Ibanez to ship stock to India soon.
and such a fresh style of teaching you have here. im learning a lot. thank you Sir.
Thanks for letting me know. I will let Ibanez know about this. They are really working hard to catching up building those AZES guitars.
Thank you so much!
The smartest thing I ever did was sit down and decide to learn all of the major modes. With that, you can improvise all around the neck! I still need to learn the Melodic and Harmonic modes. I need to get better at using chord shapes like you do, because that’s where the real jazz lines come in
Good job!!
Thank you for your video it help me under stood 1-5th frets more clearly in a shorter amount of time than I expected heh
You're very welcome! Thank you so much!
Theory helps you so much, without any theory knowledge your trying to sail fast without a rudder.
Good job! Thank you!
Thank you for teaching sir! Very helpful for someone like me who's self learning!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you!
If I could only play one scale it would be C major. It contains D Dorian, E Phrygian, F Lydian, G Mixolydian, A Aeolian and B Locrian.
It has the 1-4-5 and their respective relative minors, and the half diminished seventh.
No sharps or flats…
What’s not to love?
Thanks Tomo
Many things! I will explain more fun things around this topic! Thank you!
Modes should be say moods.
Or they are like different colours. I think this way.
Scales they all are.
Amen!
Whats a song you LOVE that is largely or entirely based on C major (thus containing all or many diatonic scales you mentioned)?
Love the vintage tuners , I bought a fender American pro I last year . Found it not easy for begainer to change strings . One time ,I want to make string really tight around the pole ,So I use my teeth to bite the string to make it tighter . Now I missing my front tooth . Vintage tuner or locking tuner really user friendly to a newbee like me . I will definatly try a IBANEZ AZ in guitar shop someday love that S/H split .
Oh no!! Be careful my friend! Thank you!!
Tomo you're very good with explaining the finer details of the guitar. Great quality video thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it! So great to hear that! Thank you!
Tomo, I've always struggled with music theory and this was the first music theory video that I ever watched. Thank you for this and please keep making more videos on music theory for beginners like me 🙌🏻
Glad to hear it! Thank you so much! I love to teach slow & depth. Material is same but approach can totally change!
Prof Tomo or Mr Fujita to you, have some manners..
Thanks for the great lesson, very useful
So great to hear that. Thank you!
Another great video, I've been in the process of moving and have to play catch up! LOL Thanks Tomo!
Welcome back! Thank you!
Thank you for another great lesson Mr. Fujita. I always have had problems understanding music theory, obtuse I think is the word for describing me, but I like how you put your effort, knowledge and empathy on all your lessons to help all people to understand the topic. Will be joining Guitar Wisdom to approach this topics deeply and hopefully understand this to develop my skills further.
You're welcome! I think a lot of people are believing about MUSIC THEORY being difficult! No no! That's difficult way to think! Simple way to think... then its all simple! Thank you! I teach super details on Music Theory at my Guitar Wisdom.
@@TomoFujitaMusic thank you so much for taking the time to answer my comments and all the comments from others. You words encourage me to continue and change my mindset to fully understand music theory. You are a great, down to earth person, Mr. Fujita.
@@MrLegion501st You're welcome! So great to hear that.
Great Lesson! Can you teach us MODES in the future and maybe tell us how to apply it?
Thank you! Yes! More lessons are coming!
@@TomoFujitaMusic Thank you so much master! I know this is too much for me to ask but how do I apply a jazzy solo to this song?
ua-cam.com/video/eIi_GbFa_nw/v-deo.html
This song is in Gminor but I can't seem to make it as Jazzy as the SAX guy haha. I think blues scale is okay but not the best, in fact I can't really find an exact definition of "jazz scale".
You're welcome! That's jazz minor blues!
Please watch this
ua-cam.com/video/AlxgkO80s7M/v-deo.html
@@TomoFujitaMusic Wow! it sounded exactly like "Long Train Running". Did you derive that chord progression from that song or is it a common jazz/blues progression?
Tomo! You’re fantastic! Thank you!
Happy to help! Thank you!
トモさんの英語めちゃくちゃ聞き取りやすい
ありがとうございます！
Tomo,about the 'Strats' in general, I like to change the Switchblade, to individual switches (one for each pick-up, like Schecter use to do, so you can have all the possible combinations or each one isolated+silence when they are all of!), and to have a 'Delta tone' (middle+bridge), that way, you can have a tone control for the middle pick-up too. Oh and I have a 'no circuit' position, on the bridge pick-up, for that 'tele/lap steel sound''. Hope you're doing ok, sorry for the '2cts'...
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
My pleasure! Thank you!
Hey mate, I'm from Myanmar. I saw a lot of Japanese. But your English accent is so good. I like your videos. ❤️
Thank you so much!
@@TomoFujitaMusic Thanks, I also learned from you.
Thanks for the lesson, dear Tomo!
PS. I hope AZES models come to Chile soon 🙏
You're welcome! Thank you!
I've been dying to find a replacement for my old beat-up Strats -- I want one of these guitars Tomo!!!!!!
Great choice!
Dear Tomo Fujita, I love your video so much! But I have problem visualising the scale over the fretboard. Could you share some practices which can improve visualising scales 🙏🙏🙏
So great to hear that! Sure! More lesson videos are coming!
SUPER COOL LESSONS !!!!
Thanks!
You make just Do Ré Mi Fa Sol La Si Do …. So Beautiful… 😍😍 ( From France )
Thank you so much! Do Re Mi with more feeling!
@@TomoFujitaMusic Oh yes , Great Teacher ! 🙏🙏
I want to join your guitar wisdom love the way you teach
Thank you so much!! So great to hear that!
As a lifetime pianist I find a layer of interpretation is required when playing the guitar and it slows me down. When I look at a piano I can see every note, and every chord/inversioin instantly. When I hold a chord in the 5th position on a guitar, I have no idea what im playing until I analyze it for 10 minutes. Same with triads. I can grab a functional triad on a guitar and if you ask me what inversion and key it is, give me 7 minutes and I'll let you know. This is why I struggle. And I've been playing guitar for 15 years.
Guitar is very unique instrument. Play quick or play it in your lifetime. I teach everything at my Guitar Wisdom.
Hi Tomo, Could you make a video (here or on guitar wisdom I don't mind :) ) on scales practice routine/excercises ? I love what you are doing around minute 7:30 for example. I am practicing major scale following guitar wisdom but I feel I could be more productive with some routine amied at learing the scales all over the freatboard and beeing able to freely move vertically, horizontally and diagonally. PS Do you need someone to add italian subtitles to your content?
Sure! I though everyone taught that & leaned that... No problem! I will make something. Thank you! I don't edit videos here. Thank you!
Domo arigato Tomo sensei
Domo domo!
Hi Tomo master good day I have one question seems a dumb one but please help , I do all the scales but what do I gain from that the end result , I can do rythem looking @ some note , please help me why do we go through all the scales what’s beyond that , thank you very much ash
Thank you for sharing! I just made a new scale lesson on one string! I will publish it soon!
Les cours détaillés et délicats sont super 👍 👍
1:41 yes. i agree
Thanks!
Thank you for your awesome lessons Mr. Fujita. Where can I find the Ibanez guitar that you are playing?
You're welcome! This guitar is a prototype of AZES31.
Do you have to Play exclusively Ibanez guitars now?
No. I play everything!
Here's a note for beginners : there is no sharp or flat between B,C and E,F.... so, you need to shift only 1 fret/half step between those intervals.
Thank you!!
Cool ,thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Sir Tomo,
Wow!! Those guitars behind you!! 😯🔥
Btw, how many guitars have ya got?? 🤔🤔
Thank you! So many!
Thank you 😀
Thank YOU!
This is where double stops start to make sense playing two notes on different strings and triads all built up of note in scales and all scales sound different
Thank you!!
This was really helpful to me but what's the difference between pentatonic scale and major scale?
Great to hear that!
The Art of Major Pentatonic
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There’s 7 notes in the major scale (do, re, mi…). The major pentatonic uses only 5 of those, by removing the 4th (fa) and 7th (to) which sound jarring if not used correctly. The major pentatonic is therefore a simplification of the major which can be played over all the chords in a C major chord progression. The 4th and 7th can be used to add more flavour if used correctly.
tomo as i request earlier that please breakdown jimi hendrix songs and please that would be great if you'll teach us arpeggios also..
whenever you feel you can put that video please, and thanks for this lesson.
Thank you!! More lesson videos are coming!
Hello Tomo! I have seen that you have courses on your website. I wanted to know if the classes are subtitled to Spanish. Thank you!
My Guitar Wisdom in English. I speak very slow and I have happy subscribers over 90 different countries! Only $9.99 a month subscription video lessons that you can find anywhere else!
Sir i wish i had u as my teacher
Thank you! Please join my Guitar Wisdom. I teach everything there! Only $9.99 a month subscription video lessons so all you have to do is skip one lunch a month!
I actually bought the AZES40 with the tremelo and absolutely love it. However, The only downside to this guitar is that it comes stock with a cheap plastic nut. Even Squier is making bone nuts standard in most of their guitars and Yamaha is making GraphTech nuts standard on most of their Pacifica models for good tuning stability. This is especially important for tremelo equipped guitars and the fact that they are only about a $5.00 item, there’s NO EXCUSE for Ibanez to not put them on a guitar they’re branding as “essentials”. Because there’s nothing more essential than tuning stability. I know many players would be more than willing to pay 5 bucks more for the overall price of this guitar to have better tuning stability with the tremelo. As knowledgeable as you are, i’m really shocked you didn’t push Ibanez to put a better quality nut on this guitar for much better tuning stability since it’s such an inexpensive item for a guitar labeled as “Essentials”. Other than that, this is a fantastic guitar especially for such a low price. I especially love the one piece output jack you designed and the smooth rounded saddles you suggested for the tremelo. There really isn’t a better guitar you can buy for only $349.00. But i will be removing the cheap plastic nut and replacing it with a GraphTech nut like i have on my Yamaha Pacifica.
Thank you for sharing. How did it effect your tone? I didn't notice anything that part. I love the tone! Thank you!
@@TomoFujitaMusic I absolutely love the switching system on this guitar and the pickups have great tone on the clean channel and also on high gain and distortion for rock and metal. This amazing guitar is all you need to play any genre of music you want with amazing tone overall. So i have no plans to replace the pickups because they are perfect as they are. I’ll let you know if the tone is effected once i replace the plastic nut with the GraphTech nut. I have already replaced the stock string trees with GraphTech ones and this has already helped improve the tuning stability of the tremelo. Lastly, i just wanted to say that these are very minor and inexpensive upgrades for any guitar and that the rest of what you’ve designed is better than many other guitars in the $800.00 to $1,000.00 range and has definitely become my favorite guitar in my collection.
@@TomoFujitaMusicP.S, besides the plastic nut, theres nothing else not to love about this guitar. Fantastic neck profile and fretwork as well. This guitar is just as good as a $1,200.00 Fender once the plastic nut is replaced.
@@Xcorgi So happy to hear that! Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for sharing! Yes!
Where did u get the sob rock version book?? For sale anywhere??
Just a sticker from John!!
i love you tomo
Thank you!
I love how you really enjoy the whammy bar 😂
Thank you!
"If you have this book"... I got it open as he said that, but a different page 😄 (complete version)
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Hey, tomo Sir, is it a new guitar and special color for u? i cant find yourcolor.
Thank you! This color is for everyone!
How can we get one of those books with the sob rock
I am getting more stickers from John!!
@@TomoFujitaMusic so its not an actual especial edition?
@@jacobmiller3427 I'm a year late, but i ncase others see this: my "complete edition" has it at page 60
Can someone help me?
I went on the guitar wisdom website and read through the initial page. There it said it's not good to learn scales by shape. But pretty much every other instructor says to learn shapes. Also, I've been working on memorizing the fretboard for a couple months almost. I mean my confusion after watching Tomo is that it's not necessary to learn the scales but learn by ear/feeling? Like I don't have to memorize the fretboard?
Easy way to say "Memorize this!" as shapes. It's harder to teach good ways! I pointed out all the details at my Guitar Wisdom! Please join my Guitar Wisdom. I teach everything there! Only $9.99 a month subscription video lessons so all you have to do is skip one lunch a month!
Everything will take some time. Please watch more Music Theory section (24 video lessons!) You will get this in a few weeks.
@@TomoFujitaMusic Thanks
Hi sir tomo, what string gauge do you use?
D'Addario EXL110 (10-46) Thanks!
16:01 I hope you talk too much Mr.Fujita :v. Love the lesson
Thanks!
My issue is, I understand that connections are being made between the major and minor… but I’m not understanding HOW the connections are made( if that makes any sense) like how you move from the cmajor to a minor i know its all the same notes being played but it’s clearly making a different sound whixh confuses me
Okay. Do it super slow! Just one string! Play Major scale then can you make it as minor scale? M3 to m3, M6 to m6, M7 to m7. 3 places to change. Super slowly! Please take your time!
Don't think shapes! Feel, think about inversions!
Please watch this video! (Super Simple Series)
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What guitar model is this ?
Ibanez AZES40
Tomo, can I ask how heavy are the new AZES guitars, roughly?
Normal to me.
which ibanez is this?
AZES31
AZES40
@@TomoFujitaMusic would you gig with this guitar? It is very cheap
@@hustlinc3540 Yes. I did a few times. I jammed with Dragonforce with this guitar!
I would like the guitar please. :)
6:49 Egooon
Thank you!
@@TomoFujitaMusic no thank you!
ううううう。中々覚えられない。覚えれば忘れてしまうの繰り返し😂
覚えなくて大丈夫です！
ゆっくり慣れましょう！
@@TomoFujitaMusic ありがとうございます。カバー曲ばっかり弾いてます。周りからスケールとコードまず覚えると。ムズイ。分かりました少しずつ頑張ります。ありがとうございました。😊😊
カヴァー曲も全て耳でコピーされてからアナライズをされますと
効果的です
覚えないで学びましょう！（ゆっくり）
ありがとうございます！
@@TomoFujitaMusic 参考にします。本当にありがとうございました
Your website doesn't work sadly
My website tomojustfunky.com
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@@TomoFujitaMusic I tired joining "guitar wisdom" I keep getting an error.
@@audiomanmik Please use a regular credit card. Make sure fill in all needed information. Thank you!
@@TomoFujitaMusic what is meant by a regular credit card?
@@TomoFujitaMusic does a "visa debt" qualify?
Banyaknya guitar kat belakang tu...bagi aku satu...
🎸🎶🎸 = ☮️
Thank you!
It is strange. It always comes back to the C Major scale when learning a new instrument.
And because Piano it is all white keys in C-major scale.
When you start talking about 3rds on the fret . I always get lost. I don't know why. 😕
You just need to learn basic music theory super slow! Just intervals.
This video is easier.
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Please write thet on screen
..For us beginners...HAYABUSA
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💙🖤❤
Thank you!
like watching Mr. Rogers "won't you be my neighbor".
Thank you!
how to do major / minor for any key forever and permanent - 'so you own it, you don't borrow'
Learn as much as you can. Don't memorize them!
there's a cassette tape on top of the amp.
Yes. I still teach a few students via cassette tapes.
@@TomoFujitaMusic that is precious. Thanks for keeping alive something that defined my youth.
It's Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si Do
Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do in USA!
Whammy bars fun sure. But i like melted cheez, bcuz its fon-to-due...ha! Yes im a dad ok! 😆
Thanks!
The C what now?
You can stay there as long as you want!
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Do re me fa so ray se da bu she it
Yes!
Guitar is hard.
On a piano you just have to smash all the white notes for C major!
But on guitar the pattern doesn't change for a different major key!
Piano is hard.
Guitar is supposed to be easy... but if you discover more than you needed it...then it becomes so difficult but there is no end! Fun last forever!! I love it!!
@@TomoFujitaMusic I completely agree! It's fun to start, but you can go as deep as you want. I love theory now, but when I was a kid I just wanted to play songs.