You’re are awesome, Professor, Tomo-san 🙏 Your lesson and wisdom are always appreciated! I hope to get better and become a good guitarist, but I am also grateful for what I have learned (mostly) on my own.
Thanks, i love your teaching philosophy. I’ve made more progress with guitar wisdom and yourself, than anywhere else in the last 3 years, including private lessons. Thanks Tomorrow 👍
Thanks for sharing your wisdom once agon Tomo - much appreciated. Above all, your advice at the end (@18:43) is very important and so true. All the best for Christmas! Cheers.
You’re very welcome! Thanks for watching toward end. I tried to make a shorter lesson video but I failed that part. Next video I will try only play lesson part and no jam part. Thank you so much!
I'm doing the arpeggio you're doing often. I could have heard it somewhere. I'm a bassist and sometimes rhythm. It's what i do whenever i jam with my friends. So happy i saw it on your videos. I am starting to learn lead parts, and finding your videos a big help. Thank you, sir.
Thank you, Tomo, for another great lesson and words of wisdom. My new rule is to practice at least 2 hours before hanging out at Guitar Center. Then I count my time there as half time. So if I'm there for 4 hours I count it as 2 hours of practice if I'm playing. Trying to account ror social time and also soaking up information may subtract/add to that ratio.
You’re very welcome! If you have two hours for practicing guitar. You can accomplish a lot. But you need to record yourself everyday even two minutes. If you don’t record yourself then hours of practicing won’t work!
I’m still only on acoustic guitar. Following the lessons you do on Blues, the thread is solid fundamentals. Thank you so much for helping me learn guitar as well as philosophy of music.
Just what I needed, it opened a new door to learning the blues and a great breakdown! In addition, one should hit the root, 3rd and 5th etc of the active chord and the notes of bassline with the licks I assume? A number II of this lesson would be gold! Thank you and Happy Yule.
The 7th chords don’t use a note in the major scale but a note in the jazz scale the flat 7th that would be the first chord in a blues progression if it was a 7th chord, the next chords in the progression using different notes, but the 5th chord in a blues 145 progression won’t have the root in the jazz scale which they use for blues but in the major scale so knowing that helps me think about what the feel of the different notes is bringing.
But some people will switch to soloing in the major scale of the 4 chord ie. A if you’re in E major blues, usually I kinda jump between the jazz scale and the major scale if u notice they nicely on top of each other when most people think of the minor pentatonic as being below the major one, the jazz scale is just one note off the minor pentatonic
Thank you for this! I have to work on my vocal qualities for sure. I can hear what you mean by that in your playing. I want that for my playing, too. BB King had such a vocal style of playing! You've inspired me to work much harder on this... But I don't expect it to happen too fast.
Tomo. Thank you for a wonderful lesson. It makes me want to play more, listen more and create. I know a few chords. I’m thinking of re joining guitar wisdom. I’m interested in songwriting. Will Guitar Wisdom help me ? Thank you !!! I appreciate your comments on gratitude. Merry Christmas to You and Yours Frank
Fascinating that with all your knowledge you narrowed down to the blues and to one player. You didn’t mention Eric Clapton out of the group of the then current players. Any particular reason? He based off of Albert King mostly then added his own thing with his talent and constantly creates new content. Just curious as he said more to me than some others more strident at the time. Thanks for all your teachings. You are terrific.
I could tell you so many great blues player but it’s better to know less first then you could add more! No problem! I love Eric Clapton, Jimmie Vaughan, Albert Collins, Earl Hooker, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert King! My kids knew those! Thank you so much! My job is to make people happy with my guitar! I am so grateful!
Thank you so much for this lesson! I am curious if you have a preference in how high the action is on your guitar. Are you the player that likes as low as possible or a little high so that you have to fight it a little. I have heard players say they like the fight. I like as low as possible because it helps me lose the heavy hand that I got from teaching myself. It makes me play lighter. Do you know if your action is 4/64s or it's metric egual? Higher or lower? Thank you for any input. I love your approach to playing and teaching!
Great question! Funny part is when I was a beginner, I wanted to have lowest string height. Then now I want higher string height possible so that I can mite well and sustain well. I like 2.00mm at the 12th fret.
Yes! That is exactly what I understand when people say they like to fight it a little bit. They prefer a slightly higher action because it gives the string more room to oscillate or or ring out. With lower action, you get more sizzle sound, and your string doesn't sustain as well. I'm still working on the lighter touch. I learned the majority of my playing on an acoustic, so I blame that for my heavy picking hand as well as over tensioning of my fretting fingers. So at 2 mm, you are slightly above what the standard setup is. I think I'm going to try that as much as I love the easier playing. Maybe a little bit of fighting will help me have a better tone and sustain. That does not stop me from playing lightly, obviously. Thank you so much for the insight on the specs that you like. Thank you again!
Bb king had something that is very rare. Hard to come by he had a feel a deep deep blues feel. On top of everything else like for example his incredible vibrato. The truth is nobody can emulate him.its well impossible. But yes you can learn from him no doubt.
One suggestion, can you change the camera angle a bit. Looking down some more instead of up from floor? Great lesson! I've been practicing the licks here for a year now.
@TomoFujitaMusic wow! I did not realize this either. My son likes them like that as well. I have tried the Billy Gibbons & BB King approach of using 7s,8, and 9s, but they are hard to control for me. 10s are the lowest i play now but I am curious to see if I could get comfortable with 11s.
Thanks for all your help. I don't get it doesn't click with me for some reason nevertheless I love to play, and I enjoy watching your videos, great job.
@danielEfird Tomo is right. He is planting seeds that will, in time, grow. I ha e found this to be true as a self-taught player who still has everything to learn. I don't know the majority of what there is to learn, yet after a while, i will find something I had learned prior making a connection to something I am trying learn later. Even if I am just jamming and having fun, something will grab my attention, and it will be connected to prior lessons. You don't have e to fully understand at first as it will reappear and make itself very evident later. I love those "ah ha" moments.!
I beg to differ, Jazz Blues is rooted in Doran Flat 5, or M7b5, or jump scale.The simple approach is the Rock Blues scale, this is why the genre does not advance because of simple teaching. Let me teach this course at Berkeley! Please acknowledge lets get together
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Your one of the rare ones that cares about us and Know that WE do care about you and yours. Be Well. Travel Easy.
You are very kind! I care about others and that’s my way! Thank you so much!
Very helpful tutorial. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
I will move to Japan and become a blues legend . ✨🎸✨🎬🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼😊
You can be anywhere! I am in Boston MA 🇺🇸
best advice for playing the blues ive ever heard
So happy to hear that! Thanks so much!
You’re are awesome, Professor, Tomo-san 🙏 Your lesson and wisdom are always appreciated! I hope to get better and become a good guitarist, but I am also grateful for what I have learned (mostly) on my own.
Thanks, i love your teaching philosophy. I’ve made more progress with guitar wisdom and yourself, than anywhere else in the last 3 years, including private lessons. Thanks Tomorrow 👍
You are an awesome teacher. This is really a great lesson.
merry christmas and a happy new year
Thank you! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
Very nice, informative, and entertaining. Thanks for sharing your knowledge Prof!
Thank you Tomo. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
You're very welcome! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
Perfect timing to see this video thank you Tomo!
Thanks for sharing your wisdom once agon Tomo - much appreciated. Above all, your advice at the end (@18:43) is very important and so true. All the best for Christmas! Cheers.
You’re very welcome! Thanks for watching toward end. I tried to make a shorter lesson video but I failed that part. Next video I will try only play lesson part and no jam part. Thank you so much!
Inspiring, thank you.
Thank you for the advice.
Thank you Tomo sir 🙌🏻
You're very welcome!
Thank you Mr.Fujita.
Great teaching about Blues,And about your blues history too.
👏🙏🙏😎
Thanks for listening! My pleasure!
I love your suggestion of playing "inside" the reverb. I am going to try and think of it that way from now on.
I'm doing the arpeggio you're doing often. I could have heard it somewhere. I'm a bassist and sometimes rhythm. It's what i do whenever i jam with my friends. So happy i saw it on your videos. I am starting to learn lead parts, and finding your videos a big help. Thank you, sir.
Thank you, Tomo, for another great lesson and words of wisdom.
My new rule is to practice at least 2 hours before hanging out at Guitar Center. Then I count my time there as half time. So if I'm there for 4 hours I count it as 2 hours of practice if I'm playing. Trying to account ror social time and also soaking up information may subtract/add to that ratio.
You’re very welcome! If you have two hours for practicing guitar. You can accomplish a lot. But you need to record yourself everyday even two minutes. If you don’t record yourself then hours of practicing won’t work!
I’m still only on acoustic guitar. Following the lessons you do on Blues, the thread is solid fundamentals. Thank you so much for helping me learn guitar as well as philosophy of music.
Thank you for the kind words! I’m glad I can help you learn.
Tomo! happy holidays! Triads!
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
Your wisdom is amazing !
Thanks so much!
This is such a great lesson! Will def include practicing my kick this weekend;-). Really like this lesson.
Thank you so much! Yes! Blues kick!
Just what I needed, it opened a new door to learning the blues and a great breakdown! In addition, one should hit the root, 3rd and 5th etc of the active chord and the notes of bassline with the licks I assume? A number II of this lesson would be gold! Thank you and Happy Yule.
So happy to hear that! You should learn that phrase! R M3 5 M6 and b7 etc. learn triad inversions! Like broccoli 🥦
The 7th chords don’t use a note in the major scale but a note in the jazz scale the flat 7th that would be the first chord in a blues progression if it was a 7th chord, the next chords in the progression using different notes, but the 5th chord in a blues 145 progression won’t have the root in the jazz scale which they use for blues but in the major scale so knowing that helps me think about what the feel of the different notes is bringing.
I listen to a lot of Albert King Stevie Ray Vaughan BB King Jimi Hendrix but I’ve been getting more into the blues lately
But some people will switch to soloing in the major scale of the 4 chord ie. A if you’re in E major blues, usually I kinda jump between the jazz scale and the major scale if u notice they nicely on top of each other when most people think of the minor pentatonic as being below the major one, the jazz scale is just one note off the minor pentatonic
Tomo man you are the coolest guitar teacher on the planet
Thank you so much!!
@joshhamester 100%
He is human and has gone through the same things we all do yet his approach is always positive and inspiring.
Nice one Tomo! Happy Holidays to you and your family! 🍻
Thank you! Happy Holidays to you too! 🍻
Great lesson . Thank you Tomo . I also appreciate your thoughts on gratitude.
Merry Christmas to You and Yours Best Frank
You're very welcome! Thanks so much! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
I see christmas came early this year. Thank you for posting this!!
Great story about your fusion to blues journey! And nice Chet baker style vocal improv!
Thank you Tomo.
Thank you for this! I have to work on my vocal qualities for sure. I can hear what you mean by that in your playing. I want that for my playing, too. BB King had such a vocal style of playing! You've inspired me to work much harder on this... But I don't expect it to happen too fast.
Thank you so much! BB King is my hero! He is the best! Slowly!
so nice thank you
Thanks so much!!
Merry Christmas Tomo ❤
Same to you! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
I love the kick!
Thank you! Very very important!
You know i have always loved BB King...but i discounted how great he was as a guitar player...this was a good reminder
DON'T HOIT 'Em!
Thank you so much for Tomo Fujita music! Happy Holidays🎉
You are very welcome! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
good times, bad times, some people say the blues aint nothin but a good man feelin bad....crossroads....thanks tomo
Thank you! Blues is good for me. Good for my soul.
Listen, listen, listen - soft touch, dynamics - clean - ear/heart only, no backing track - vocal lines - getting close to heart of real blues
Good job! You listened it so well! Thank you!
Great video. Also, I love your guitar strap ^_^
Thank you so much! This strap is from Grande Uomo (Japan)
Hardtail in Sherwood Green?! Perfect for 60s blues… and Holiday Spirit ☃️
Like...Lake Placid Blue went to Green! Thank you!
Well done Tomo, your instructor chops are as good as your playing.
Thank you so much! It’s very important to play well & teach well!
Tomo. Thank you for a wonderful lesson. It makes me want to play more, listen more and create. I know a few chords. I’m thinking of re joining guitar wisdom. I’m interested in songwriting. Will Guitar Wisdom help me ? Thank you !!! I appreciate your comments on gratitude.
Merry Christmas to You and Yours
Frank
I wish I can find a local teacher who can explain this good. At times I thought of quitting because of how complicated my teacher makes it 😢
So happy to hear that! Now you can join my Guitar Wisdom. My lessons are super simple!
The kick though!!!
Fascinating that with all your knowledge you narrowed down to the blues and to one player. You didn’t mention Eric Clapton out of the group of the then current players. Any particular reason? He based off of Albert King mostly then added his own thing with his talent and constantly creates new content. Just curious as he said more to me than some others more strident at the time.
Thanks for all your teachings. You are terrific.
I could tell you so many great blues player but it’s better to know less first then you could add more! No problem! I love Eric Clapton, Jimmie Vaughan, Albert Collins, Earl Hooker, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert King! My kids knew those! Thank you so much! My job is to make people happy with my guitar! I am so grateful!
Especially this is not private lesson so I needed to be more clear and less things so that people will get it from my time.
Thank you so much for this lesson!
I am curious if you have a preference in how high the action is on your guitar. Are you the player that likes as low as possible or a little high so that you have to fight it a little. I have heard players say they like the fight. I like as low as possible because it helps me lose the heavy hand that I got from teaching myself. It makes me play lighter. Do you know if your action is 4/64s or it's metric egual? Higher or lower?
Thank you for any input. I love your approach to playing and teaching!
Great question! Funny part is when I was a beginner, I wanted to have lowest string height. Then now I want higher string height possible so that I can mite well and sustain well. I like 2.00mm at the 12th fret.
I just use my pick to measure the string height. So if I drop two picks (1.00mm pick) then they will stuck in the middle of the beck.
Thank you so much! I play light touch as possible!
Yes! That is exactly what I understand when people say they like to fight it a little bit. They prefer a slightly higher action because it gives the string more room to oscillate or or ring out. With lower action, you get more sizzle sound, and your string doesn't sustain as well. I'm still working on the lighter touch. I learned the majority of my playing on an acoustic, so I blame that for my heavy picking hand as well as over tensioning of my fretting fingers. So at 2 mm, you are slightly above what the standard setup is. I think I'm going to try that as much as I love the easier playing. Maybe a little bit of fighting will help me have a better tone and sustain. That does not stop me from playing lightly, obviously. Thank you so much for the insight on the specs that you like. Thank you again!
Bb king had something that is very rare. Hard to come by he had a feel a deep deep blues feel. On top of everything else like for example his incredible vibrato. The truth is nobody can emulate him.its well impossible. But yes you can learn from him no doubt.
One suggestion, can you change the camera angle a bit. Looking down some more instead of up from floor? Great lesson! I've been practicing the licks here for a year now.
I love BB King 😂! So glad you mentioned him
What gauge strings are you using?
This guitar.. 11-49
@TomoFujitaMusic wow! I did not realize this either. My son likes them like that as well. I have tried the Billy Gibbons & BB King approach of using 7s,8, and 9s, but they are hard to control for me. 10s are the lowest i play now but I am curious to see if I could get comfortable with 11s.
Thanks for all your help. I don't get it doesn't click with me for some reason nevertheless I love to play, and I enjoy watching your videos, great job.
You’re very welcome! Don’t worry! You will get it later. Please enjoy your playing!
@danielEfird Tomo is right. He is planting seeds that will, in time, grow. I ha e found this to be true as a self-taught player who still has everything to learn. I don't know the majority of what there is to learn, yet after a while, i will find something I had learned prior making a connection to something I am trying learn later. Even if I am just jamming and having fun, something will grab my attention, and it will be connected to prior lessons. You don't have e to fully understand at first as it will reappear and make itself very evident later. I love those "ah ha" moments.!
I don't need that but I just saw you have a big action
This guitar, I set hight string height
“Kick!” 😁
Also the never taught Voodoo Blues scale that all the top Blues players Know. It just passed on, a six note hexatonic scale.
The 3 levels of Japanese jazz? This should be interesting. I wonder what a 60 year old New Orleans boy like me could learn from this?
I love these stories!!! Nov 1 is special! Scott Henderson!! You're amazing!! Thanks Tomo
I beg to differ, Jazz Blues is rooted in Doran Flat 5, or M7b5, or jump scale.The simple approach is the Rock Blues scale, this is why the genre does not advance because of simple teaching. Let me teach this course at Berkeley! Please acknowledge lets get together
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. There are many approaches to music! And this lesson is just simple 3 chord blues!
the stevie ray wanna bees became unbearable, especially in texas.
I love Stevie Ray Vaughan so much!!
@@TomoFujitaMusic I get it. he actually gave me an epiphany on 12 bar blues. I didnt really understand it. thanks for all you do.
look, youre copying one of the greats but people have to find their own voice not copy people
Thanks brother