Gotta love this “super simple” series of videos. Initially I started watching the videos on this channel because of how smooth Mr. Fujita sounds, but recently I’ve actually been able to understand the videos, which has been great!
Tomo understands the world so much yet he chose to be so kind and humble person. Thank you Tomo, you really inspire me to be better player and to be a better human being also.
I have not been honest with my music or myself because I never actually learned music, I only learned to "play" repeated, memorized concepts and scales. And because of that, I have always struggled to truly 'hear the intervals', which has always made it difficult for me to translate the intervals to the fingerboard. I think that approach also makes me slower to learn new concepts. I am very thankful for your videos as they have been extremely helpful in my effort to properly learn music/guitar theory. Your approach to thinking and the grace with which you present it have affected multiple facets of my life. Thank you.
So happy to have discovered this channel. I have been playing for 30 years now, but I always feel like there is something wrong with my playing. I was so focused about the technique, alternate/sweep/economy/hybrid picking, legato, tapping... I am into metal and I felt I needed those technics... And there are so many of those, and my models play so fast... Then, I reach a point where I can play fast and clean but I can't do a simple jam with people and come with something musically interesting. So now, I am trying to build some solid foundations, and the way you approach things is exactly what I needed. Play simple, learn just a bit each day... And after a couple of weeks only, I feel like a completely different musician. Why do we, self-taught have to realize so late that learning with tablatures and chords/scales shape was not the way to go 😅 Thank you very much from France
So happy to hear that! Thank you for sharing! Foundation is so important! Good job! You can learn basic theory & Ear Training so you won't need to use any tabs. You're very welcome! Thank you! I Wish All My Students Knew THESE Before They Came To Berklee ua-cam.com/video/xlRy7WwZg7c/v-deo.html
You're such a great teacher and an incredible human being! I'm so grateful to have the opportunity to learn from you. Thank you for your work, Mr. Fujita🙏
Mr. Tomo, Thank you for your generosity! Im having so much more fun. Seems like I wasted years. Im really catching on to the actual musicality of the instrument and I feel so much better. Triads make you a better person. Who said that? You sir, like Mr. Miaggi.... The Berkley people are so lucky to have you ..
It doesn't matter how slowly you go as long as you don't stop. I learnd and still learn a lot here and on "Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom", Thank you for all your advices Mr Fujita.
Lovely lesson on the triads. Only now are they making sense and now I can play them all over the fretboard (Slowly!) and with full understanding of what I'm doing. Thanks so much.
Really enjoying your lessons and especially the work on triads lately. Thank you for such clear explanation and the approach and delivery of the lesson too. Dean.
The legend who help with the azes 😍😍😍😍 Hope one day i can keep calm like you and play so smooth like you.. Thanks for your efforts.. Thank you sooo much ❤️❤️
So nice simple clear and precise method of explaining you have...superb ! I learnt all by ear listening to audio tapes... ff n rev all the time 😺. Performed possibly 000s shows since 1999 but Wish I was 30 yrs younger n in your school... alas that time has gone .... but this is so refreshing n easy ... awesome @tomo bro !! Happy that I got all the triad sounds in the exercise..almost immdtly....feels good !
It let me be the thousandth like. Memorable triad moment. Loved Kyoto. One week on my way to Thailand and Nepal Spring '02. I have precious memories and disposable camera photos. Wish i would have had a decent camera phone back then lol. Thanks for sharing. Your impact is immeasurable. Pure spirit. Much wisdom and you are a true teacher, and doer. Thank you friend/Sinsei. Youre a jedi.
Tomo, I'm working on these but i don't get as much time on the guitar as I'd like so sometimes I'm just writing on my notebook from memory the circle of fifths and then working out the intervals for each key and then pulling the triad out of that. This helps me see the way triads are formed. But my problem is when i go to play them. I am still learning the notes on the fretboard so it takes a lot of time figuring out finger placement for each triad. I know this can be a good way to learn the fretboard at the same time but i never feel like i get far enough to make much progress.
Don't worry! Learn much more simple things first! This Should Have Been Your First Guitar Lesson - Chromatic Scale ua-cam.com/video/m2hvyzmBgxg/v-deo.html
Tomo, I have a good idea for your perfecting your guitar wisdom. Have a nephew ( basically any beginner) try your course and you basically watch them learn off your lessons and see if where they can progress easily and where they get stuck. Then you know where some parts of your course needs reworking or more indepth videos and where you had very good lessons so you can use same strategy/teaching for new lessons. It might take some time but I think watching someone learn in real time and being able to interact them would help you understand how to teach even better. Have a good day!
So you can play rythem with triads if you wish is that right like what you played at first in this lesson i was also learnt long time ago shown if using say the pentatonic shape an move down 3 frets your in the remind me please tomo 😊😊😊thanks my friend 🎉😊great lessons
You have a way of explaining without making people feel stupid but still simple enough to follow an learn my friend you can laugh at yourself it puts people at ease you understand thanks tomo!!!!
Most people too smart to learn guitar. Smart people want to know the result or very specific things. I don't teach same says on one subject. I need to figure out the best fit for each personality. That's why teaching the material is easy (information part) but hard to make people feel good themselves. Inspiration and positiveness! That's a game of good teaching without any frustration on both. Thank you so much! @@malcolm1367
Ah love this knowledge dropping and the bonus is hearing the playing. This video will be repeated until I get this. Slowest turtle in the world wins LOL
So awesome!! Please tell us the secret to how you using the triads for those Mayer/Frusciante/Hendrix style fills. I've learnt the triads all over the neck but am missing something I'm sure.
Sure thing! I will make more triad related videos. Basically you need to know 3 inversions with intervals. Once you think these as shapes... you stop growing!
Howdy, Tomo! Hope you’re doing well today. I’m curious about what you think about Elliott Smith? I’ve been listening to his music the majority of my life but now studying it…. It’s ridiculous. Have a good one!
I don't know how to properly phrase this question.... How does one know where each triad is played? You move between 3 shapes but I don't understand how you know where each one is played?
First you really need to understand 3 inversions from any inversions. Otherwise you are memorizing shapes! I think you need to go back a few steps in triad study.
@@TomoFujitaMusic it’s totally up to you. I would just like an equal opportunity to to win a guitar. I watch your videos and study music theory all the time but I’ve never been able to afford a guitar. I currently do not have a guitar or amp so I figured I’d ask you. You are brilliant and I love your videos and the awesome person you are Mr. Fujita. God Bess
Hello Tomo, A very good video, I managed to learn the major and minor triads on the first three strings. I can change them at an average speed, but I keep trying to improve my speed. I am a beginner but I want to start doing ear training. What knowledge do I need to have before I start doing ear training? Thank you!
Music Theory, Ear Training, Guitar Techniques ... all 3 in same time. Otherwise it will become a pile of correct knowledges that wont make it as music.
When going from major to minor triad, does the major 3rd note go down a half or full step? Thanks for posting. My first time with triads but I’m getting it.
At 18:30 when you practice with a note progression within a triad, are you going from R-R-R to 3rd-3rd-3rd to 5th-5th-5th or are you playing any inversion as you run thru the progression? The melody you play sounds great and it all fits together. Thanks.
Thanks so much! As you hear... listen more times. I am playing simple triads so you need to recognize each inversions. Learn & practice super slow! @@jjlbridge7877
@@TomoFujitaMusic Could you please ask Ibanez to make these a production model? I love the three-pickup AZ but don't like the colors available. If not, that's OK! Thanks for everything!!
Day 3 : Hanging around 15:25 starting to connect two triads and run through the G D Em C progression, but I'm going half speed on the video with a passion for the space bar.
I hope the people watching your lessons realize how much you are teaching them. You teach how to understand and play. Keep it up.
Thank you so much! So happy to hear that!
Gotta love this “super simple” series of videos. Initially I started watching the videos on this channel because of how smooth Mr. Fujita sounds, but recently I’ve actually been able to understand the videos, which has been great!
Glad you enjoy it! Good job!
Tomo understands the world so much yet he chose to be so kind and humble person. Thank you Tomo, you really inspire me to be better player and to be a better human being also.
You're very welcome!
A day without reviewing is a like a day without sunshine! Thanks for helping us focus and keeping it fresh and fun.
Thank you!
The true lessons are on the short stories you tell and how it taught you more and understand more in music.
Thank you!
I have not been honest with my music or myself because I never actually learned music, I only learned to "play" repeated, memorized concepts and scales. And because of that, I have always struggled to truly 'hear the intervals', which has always made it difficult for me to translate the intervals to the fingerboard. I think that approach also makes me slower to learn new concepts. I am very thankful for your videos as they have been extremely helpful in my effort to properly learn music/guitar theory. Your approach to thinking and the grace with which you present it have affected multiple facets of my life. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing! You should learn super simple way! Did you watch this video?
ua-cam.com/video/85RmFmRgTiw/v-deo.html
Thank you so much! So happy to hear that!
This video is so important!
ua-cam.com/video/weI70XnBogY/v-deo.html
@@TomoFujitaMusic Thank You.
So happy to have discovered this channel. I have been playing for 30 years now, but I always feel like there is something wrong with my playing. I was so focused about the technique, alternate/sweep/economy/hybrid picking, legato, tapping... I am into metal and I felt I needed those technics... And there are so many of those, and my models play so fast... Then, I reach a point where I can play fast and clean but I can't do a simple jam with people and come with something musically interesting.
So now, I am trying to build some solid foundations, and the way you approach things is exactly what I needed.
Play simple, learn just a bit each day... And after a couple of weeks only, I feel like a completely different musician.
Why do we, self-taught have to realize so late that learning with tablatures and chords/scales shape was not the way to go 😅
Thank you very much from France
So happy to hear that! Thank you for sharing! Foundation is so important! Good job! You can learn basic theory & Ear Training so you won't need to use any tabs. You're very welcome! Thank you!
I Wish All My Students Knew THESE Before They Came To Berklee
ua-cam.com/video/xlRy7WwZg7c/v-deo.html
You're such a great teacher and an incredible human being! I'm so grateful to have the opportunity to learn from you. Thank you for your work, Mr. Fujita🙏
You are very welcome!
Tomo is definitely a legend in his own right 🎉🎉😅
Thank you so much!
This vid is really top material! Tomo you are a star!
Thank you so much!
Thank you Mr. Fujita.
You're very welcome!
Mr. Tomo, Thank you for your generosity! Im having so much more fun. Seems like I wasted years. Im really catching on to the actual musicality of the instrument and I feel so much better. Triads make you a better person. Who said that? You sir, like Mr. Miaggi.... The Berkley people are so lucky to have you ..
You're very welcome! Thank you for sharing! No regrets! More forward! Thank you so much!
So far i understand, but im still see it as pattern, guess its bad habit from beginning learning guitar courses
Please take your time! Don't worry! Good job!
50 yrs ago my guitar mentor told me , , you can either pretend or you can practice and know for sure : ) thank you for the free lesson : )
Thanks for sharing. You're welcome!
Theory is incredible, and is available to all who want to get into it. Quite a good lesson man!
Yes! You don't need to use them all but its so nice to have them.
Thank you!
@@TomoFujitaMusic Definitely! Cheers!
It doesn't matter how slowly you go as long as you don't stop. I learnd and still learn a lot here and on "Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom", Thank you for all your advices Mr Fujita.
Thank you so much! You're welcome!
Thanks for subscribing my Guitar Wisdom
Lovely lesson on the triads. Only now are they making sense and now I can play them all over the fretboard (Slowly!) and with full understanding of what I'm doing. Thanks so much.
Great to hear!
Tomo is right about going slow.Guessing sucks. Listening is #1 skill.
You Never let us down ..tomo😊😊😊😊thanks mý friend🎉😊
Thank you so much!
Really enjoying your lessons and especially the work on triads lately. Thank you for such clear explanation and the approach and delivery of the lesson too. Dean.
You're very welcome!
The legend who help with the azes 😍😍😍😍 Hope one day i can keep calm like you and play so smooth like you.. Thanks for your efforts.. Thank you sooo much ❤️❤️
Thank you!
@@TomoFujitaMusic pleasure all mine.. Love from Mauritius ❤️❤️
very helpful sensei tomo! fundamentals at its best!
Glad it was helpful!
im trying to get into uni for music and I want to say your lessons have been helping understand theory completely, can't wait to start this one!
So great to hear that! Thank you!
Guitar gathering UA-cam channel has the best triad videos with a pdf. Pass it on
Thank you!
The intro is literally him playing wading in the velvet sea by phish and I couldn't be happier to hear it
So great to hear that. This chord progression is one of popular ones.
1 5 6m 4
So nice simple clear and precise method of explaining you have...superb ! I learnt all by ear listening to audio tapes... ff n rev all the time 😺.
Performed possibly 000s shows since 1999 but Wish I was 30 yrs younger n in your school... alas that time has gone .... but this is so refreshing n easy ... awesome @tomo bro !! Happy that I got all the triad sounds in the exercise..almost immdtly....feels good !
Thank you so much!
Yes I understand. Working on it. Thank you so much.
You are very welcome!!
It let me be the thousandth like. Memorable triad moment. Loved Kyoto. One week on my way to Thailand and Nepal Spring '02. I have precious memories and disposable camera photos. Wish i would have had a decent camera phone back then lol. Thanks for sharing. Your impact is immeasurable. Pure spirit. Much wisdom and you are a true teacher, and doer. Thank you friend/Sinsei. Youre a jedi.
Thank you so much! So happy to hear that! You're welcome!
great lesson Wow You are a great Teacher n Full of Wisdom
Thanks so much!
Always enjoying your lessons, especially the theory!✌
Glad to hear that. Thank you!
The melody😍
Yes
Great lesson again.I have book now,really good idea.I can see why you are so successful teacher at berklee.So much fun learning. 👍😀
Thank you so much!
Which book is it?
Tomo, I'm working on these but i don't get as much time on the guitar as I'd like so sometimes I'm just writing on my notebook from memory the circle of fifths and then working out the intervals for each key and then pulling the triad out of that. This helps me see the way triads are formed. But my problem is when i go to play them. I am still learning the notes on the fretboard so it takes a lot of time figuring out finger placement for each triad. I know this can be a good way to learn the fretboard at the same time but i never feel like i get far enough to make much progress.
Don't worry! Learn much more simple things first!
This Should Have Been Your First Guitar Lesson - Chromatic Scale
ua-cam.com/video/m2hvyzmBgxg/v-deo.html
Please watch these lessons (Super Simple)
ua-cam.com/video/85RmFmRgTiw/v-deo.html
Slowly learn 3 things:
Note name
Intervals
Do Re Mi (singing / ear training)
Thank you for these videos, professor
You are very welcome
Playing a steel style on a standard axe is tricky as each guitar is different. I'm better on some than I am on others. Keep shining :)
Thank you!
Oh yeah, Tomo! Thank you! Very love "your" triads, how you follow changes - love your music! (Sorry, not very good English)
Glad you like them!
I love this!! Thank you...this is good practice
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
Master Tomo creating an army of slow turtles to learn and play triads is a great thought. 🙏❤️
Thanks so much! Slow and deep!
Tomo, I have a good idea for your perfecting your guitar wisdom. Have a nephew ( basically any beginner) try your course and you basically watch them learn off your lessons and see if where they can progress easily and where they get stuck. Then you know where some parts of your course needs reworking or more indepth videos and where you had very good lessons so you can use same strategy/teaching for new lessons. It might take some time but I think watching someone learn in real time and being able to interact them would help you understand how to teach even better. Have a good day!
Thanks for sharing!
Unbelievable ! No neck pickup 😲 haha. Thanks for the video !
Thanks for watching!
Thanks Tomo Sensei
You're welcome!
I noticed the distance between the 5th and the flat7 is a minor third (m3) apart! So as a challenge, I made the V triads dominant!
3rd to the 5th is a (m3) apart as well!
6th to the R (m3)
Thank you for sharing
So you can play rythem with triads if you wish is that right
like what you played at first in this lesson i was also learnt long time ago shown if using say the pentatonic shape an move down 3 frets your in the remind me please tomo 😊😊😊thanks my friend 🎉😊great lessons
Thank you for sharing! Triads are so good! Thank you so much!
Tomo you know s.r.v s version of Stevie wonders superstition love that so good just sharing
You have a way of explaining without making people feel stupid but still simple enough to follow an learn my friend you can laugh at yourself it puts people at ease you understand thanks tomo!!!!
Most people too smart to learn guitar. Smart people want to know the result or very specific things. I don't teach same says on one subject. I need to figure out the best fit for each personality. That's why teaching the material is easy (information part) but hard to make people feel good themselves. Inspiration and positiveness! That's a game of good teaching without any frustration on both. Thank you so much! @@malcolm1367
LOVE LOVE YOU😀😀😀
Thank you!
Good Morning Tomo Have a great day🙂
Thank you! You too!
Beautiful.
Thank you!
Excellent lesson thanks 👍
Glad you liked it!
Very melodic stuff
I love melodic, rhythmic and harmonic!
Smooth Tomo...thank you!!
Thanks for listening!
Always good stuff. Thanks 😊
Glad you enjoyed it
You are enjoying
Yes! Guitar! So much fun!
Thanks for sharing..
My pleasure
GREAT STUFF..!!! 👍🏼❤️
Glad you enjoyed it
Ah love this knowledge dropping and the bonus is hearing the playing. This video will be repeated until I get this. Slowest turtle in the world wins LOL
Glad you enjoy it!
So awesome!! Please tell us the secret to how you using the triads for those Mayer/Frusciante/Hendrix style fills. I've learnt the triads all over the neck but am missing something I'm sure.
Sure thing! I will make more triad related videos. Basically you need to know 3 inversions with intervals. Once you think these as shapes... you stop growing!
Howdy, Tomo! Hope you’re doing well today. I’m curious about what you think about Elliott Smith? I’ve been listening to his music the majority of my life but now studying it…. It’s ridiculous. Have a good one!
Thanks for sharing!
Awesome video as always, Tomo. Thanks for sharing! Which AZES is this one? I haven't seen the SSS come in this awesome blue. It looks great
Thank you! AZES31
@@TomoFujitaMusic Thanks! I hadn't seen it in this color and it looks great. Have a good day!
@@grawman67 This AZES31 is a prototype guitar.
@@TomoFujitaMusic Thanks, Tomo. I appreciate you always replying to comments! Love the channel and your playing.
Woah
Thank you!
genuine af
Thanks!
Another great lesson Tomo. Thanks a lot. So, extremely slow and learning this by heart, in all keys. Right?
You're welcome! Insanely super slow! No.... one or two first!
@@TomoFujitaMusic duly noted. Gracias 😎
Tell us about your Two Rock Signature amp.
I will make new video on that topic!
Tomo; can you suggest a good all around electric guitar Tele; Strat I Notice you playing an Ibanez in this lesson on triads.
This guitar is so versatile! Ibanez AXES31
I don't know how to properly phrase this question.... How does one know where each triad is played? You move between 3 shapes but I don't understand how you know where each one is played?
First you really need to understand 3 inversions from any inversions.
Otherwise you are memorizing shapes! I think you need to go back a few steps in triad study.
Please watch these lesson (Super Simple)
ua-cam.com/video/85RmFmRgTiw/v-deo.html
Will you ever do a guitar giveaway? Just wondering
I have done 5 times so far... I can do that again. When? What occasion?
@@TomoFujitaMusic it’s totally up to you. I would just like an equal opportunity to to win a guitar. I watch your videos and study music theory all the time but I’ve never been able to afford a guitar. I currently do not have a guitar or amp so I figured I’d ask you. You are brilliant and I love your videos and the awesome person you are Mr. Fujita. God Bess
Hello Tomo,
A very good video, I managed to learn the major and minor triads on the first three strings. I can change them at an average speed, but I keep trying to improve my speed. I am a beginner but I want to start doing ear training. What knowledge do I need to have before I start doing ear training?
Thank you!
Good job! Thank you!
Music Theory, Ear Training, Guitar Techniques ... all 3 in same time.
Otherwise it will become a pile of correct knowledges that wont make it as music.
Thank you!
When going from major to minor triad, does the major 3rd note go down a half or full step? Thanks for posting. My first time with triads but I’m getting it.
You're very welcome! Major 3rd will do down a 1/2 step. E to Eb etc.
At 18:30 when you practice with a note progression within a triad, are you going from R-R-R to 3rd-3rd-3rd to 5th-5th-5th or are you playing any inversion as you run thru the progression? The melody you play sounds great and it all fits together. Thanks.
Thanks so much! As you hear... listen more times. I am playing simple triads so you need to recognize each inversions. Learn & practice super slow! @@jjlbridge7877
Will do. I’m slowly understanding it. I’ve had several aw ha moments. Thanks for your posts.
No need to understand too fast! Slow is good! One at a time! You're very welcome! @@jjlbridge7877
Need to ask, how did you get the AZES31 in blue?
No. This is my proto type guitar. Only ONE
@@TomoFujitaMusic Could you please ask Ibanez to make these a production model? I love the three-pickup AZ but don't like the colors available. If not, that's OK! Thanks for everything!!
@@johninama585 This color on my AZES31 is just one off proto type. We will create more fun colors on AZES31 & AZES40 .. Thank you!
Sharp guitar, what model?
Ibanez AZES31
Tomo, where can I buy that kind of shirt?
Very soon from this site...
Don’t worry
Don’t compare
Don’t expect too fast
Be kind to yourself
www.osiamo.com/Pickboy-Wisdom-Picks-by-Tomo-Fujita
🥰🥰🥰
Thank you!
hold up... that was super mario bros!!!!
Thanks!
@@TomoFujitaMusic I really should refrain from typing out loud at times!!
Under My Thumb
Thanks!
Setting up camp here for a little while. 🏕🎸
Thank you!
Day 2! Let's Go! Being kind to myself, lots of loud negative voices today.
Good job! Please do! Very important! Don't let negative voices into you! @@WhiskeyBiscuits23
Don’t worry
Don’t compare
Don’t expect too fast
Be kind to yourself
www.osiamo.com/Pickboy-Wisdom-Picks-by-Tomo-Fujita
@@WhiskeyBiscuits23
Day 3 : Hanging around 15:25 starting to connect two triads and run through the G D Em C progression, but I'm going half speed on the video with a passion for the space bar.