I think of the best parts of the video is him saying “ahh wrong notes, I’m only human” just shows that it’s okay to mess up cause we all do at some point and not to take it too seriously, and just jump back into it confident.
Tremendous. It's impossible to overstate the value and importance of this video in combining knowledge and turning it into music. If you're at the right level and do some homework, this is guitar gold. I began my journey from beginner to intermediate a little over 18 months ago, after returning to guitar late in life. Tomo's triad video triggered the journey. I knew basic music theory, but only on an intellectual level. I've studied most of the topics that Tomo mentioned, practiced them individually, and have just started to be able to apply them. But this is a master class on how to do it. I just spent an hour and a half breaking down the video and taking notes. Writing down the natural A minor scale, Iooking at and labeling the chords and the progressions. I wondered about the E Major chord. This "homework" enabled me to understand Tomo's comment on the E being non-diatonic. I missed it the first time. So while I don't know the Harmonic minor scale, the description of the pentatonic and then the 9th came into focus. I appreciated the fact that I was able to see Tomo's fretting hand. I'm not good enough to recognize everything on the fly, but by stopping and starting the video and taking notes, I'm stunned by how much information is contained in this video. Maybe I shouldn't be, I know Tomo is a master teacher, but wow. Even if you follow your own path, if you don't expect too fast, Tomo will help you put it all together. With a smile. Using Hotel California was a great choice. I especially appreciated the move to the relative major. Either in the Listen Together videos or maybe in a series on understanding chord progressions, I'd suggest a song like Black Muddy River. Played by both Jerry Garcia and John Mayer, it's slow enough to allow more of us to follow it, yet focus on the theory. Jerry and John often end up playing it in different areas of the neck. Yet emphasizing the melody is key, like here. Thank you, Tomo. You've truly brought enlightenment - guitar and life - to one old and grateful guitar player.
Thank you so much! So happy to hear your guitar journey! Good job on learning triads! Please join my Guitar Wisdom where I teach a lot more details with all information is on each video screen & two cameras! Very different from my RUclips channel where I don't edit at all. You're very welcome!
@@TomoFujitaMusicYes, Tomo, great lesson. I've learned so much by watching your videos. But, there is still so much to learn. So many guitar and music theory subjects to choose from. Hard for me to figure out what to study next.
@@witchdoctor7398 So happy to hear that! Thank you so much! Major scale & triads then 7th chord etc. With no shapes & no tabs! So you can hear those intervals by just listening! Once you own this solid foundation, you are going to improve your guitar playing forever! So much fun! Guitar can make your life so rich inside!
@@witchdoctor7398 I am not suggesting anything personally but I am just pointing out some important directions. Intervals is the most important past on music theory. Like be able to hear Root M3 5 or Root b3 5. These are just ideas. Hope something helpful. Thank you!
That blue strat behind you is beautiful. I have a soft spot for maple necks but also matching headstock colours to the body. I hope for one at some point in my life
Awesome !!! Really like your playing and phrasing - and love the Hotel California meets Sultans of Swing vibe... P.S. - Great teacher qualities. You make it easy for any level guitarist watching your lesson to connect with you because of the honesty and how humble you are! (When you criticize your own improve. Pointing out a wrong note or "too much thinking...") 🤘😎👍
Those songs got very strong minor key cadence sound. That's why so catchy! Thank you so much! I am a human so I am not prefect! We all can hit wrong notes but you can recover from that moment if you know basic theory & ear training skill.
I have a decent handle on top 3 strings. Landing what I want and where without too much string noise, 😂. Even the minors. Starting on 432 string triads to know them intimately. Takes a bit longer forcing to not use chord shapes but actually know where and why. But well worth the effort. A concept I try to get across but fail miserably. Example. You glance at a pencil, then look away and continue a conversation as you reach to pick it up thoughtlessly. I knew my Violin that well. I want to know my guitar that well. Very nice presentation, Thanks Finn, Thank you Tomosan.
Good job! Only a few so please take your time! 432 set is a little tricky! I spent more on 654/543 sets so that I make no noises! You're very welcome! Thank you! I am sure that I am horrible on violin!
@@TomoFujitaMusic yes, those thicker strings can sure "light up" an amp. Yes, Sir, I'm moving along slow and smooth. I already know that there is no real race to completion.
Thank you so much Tomo for sharing this video with all of us, I love the rich clean tone you're getting from your equipment plus the wonderful volume swells, the music that your playing sounds a little familiar like from some one from the past, but like you had mentioned, "still quite usable". Thanks again for sharing.
Wow I think this might be one of your best lesson so far, I could watch a 3 hours lesson on that kind of playing. I need to study that, how would you describe that sort of playing so I can dig in
It is nice to learn about the different scales we might apply over this chord progression, but what I want to know is HOW you know what to apply to what chords. I am trying to understand how you think about these things and how you decide what to use. Maybe hard to explain, but I would love to know.
SURE! In order to do, you need understand basic scales, and triads, 7th chords... and basic chord progressions. That's foundation. Then be able to play on one string one finger... Major Scale? A few different keys. C Major Scale, E Major Scale, G Major scale etc on 1st string or 2nd string. Maybe you can learn minor scale b3 b6 b7 or Dorian scale b3 b7.. then Mixolydian scale on V chord ..b7.. Maybe you can transcribe anything you are interested in and analyze them with theory information. Great topic! Did you watch Theory section at my Guitar Wisdom?
Do you ever use the whammy bar on that guitar? I’ve noticed SRV’s strat has the trem on the bass side so I’ve wondered if there’s a special purpose for that.
Loving the whole Guitar Wisdom site - totally changed my practice focus and people are noticing 🙏
So happy to hear that! Thank you so much!
You’re genuinely the best online guitar teacher I’ve come across, please keep it up!
Thank you so much!
I think of the best parts of the video is him saying “ahh wrong notes, I’m only human” just shows that it’s okay to mess up cause we all do at some point and not to take it too seriously, and just jump back into it confident.
Thank you so much! We are humans! Don't be perfect! Silly!
Very nice hinting on the hotel California Solo in your intro solo, Tomo! I like it 👍🏻
Thank you so much!
Tremendous. It's impossible to overstate the value and importance of this video in combining knowledge and turning it into music. If you're at the right level and do some homework, this is guitar gold.
I began my journey from beginner to intermediate a little over 18 months ago, after returning to guitar late in life. Tomo's triad video triggered the journey. I knew basic music theory, but only on an intellectual level. I've studied most of the topics that Tomo mentioned, practiced them individually, and have just started to be able to apply them. But this is a master class on how to do it.
I just spent an hour and a half breaking down the video and taking notes. Writing down the natural A minor scale, Iooking at and labeling the chords and the progressions. I wondered about the E Major chord. This "homework" enabled me to understand Tomo's comment on the E being non-diatonic. I missed it the first time. So while I don't know the Harmonic minor scale, the description of the pentatonic and then the 9th came into focus.
I appreciated the fact that I was able to see Tomo's fretting hand. I'm not good enough to recognize everything on the fly, but by stopping and starting the video and taking notes, I'm stunned by how much information is contained in this video. Maybe I shouldn't be, I know Tomo is a master teacher, but wow. Even if you follow your own path, if you don't expect too fast, Tomo will help you put it all together. With a smile.
Using Hotel California was a great choice. I especially appreciated the move to the relative major. Either in the Listen Together videos or maybe in a series on understanding chord progressions, I'd suggest a song like Black Muddy River. Played by both Jerry Garcia and John Mayer, it's slow enough to allow more of us to follow it, yet focus on the theory. Jerry and John often end up playing it in different areas of the neck. Yet emphasizing the melody is key, like here.
Thank you, Tomo. You've truly brought enlightenment - guitar and life - to one old and grateful guitar player.
Thank you so much! So happy to hear your guitar journey! Good job on learning triads! Please join my Guitar Wisdom where I teach a lot more details with all information is on each video screen & two cameras! Very different from my RUclips channel where I don't edit at all. You're very welcome!
@@TomoFujitaMusicYes, Tomo, great lesson. I've learned so much by watching your videos. But, there is still so much to learn. So many guitar and music theory subjects to choose from. Hard for me to figure out what to study next.
@@witchdoctor7398 So happy to hear that! Thank you so much! Major scale & triads then 7th chord etc. With no shapes & no tabs! So you can hear those intervals by just listening! Once you own this solid foundation, you are going to improve your guitar playing forever! So much fun! Guitar can make your life so rich inside!
@@TomoFujitaMusic I do not fully understand. Are you suggesting a study of intervals?
@@witchdoctor7398 I am not suggesting anything personally but I am just pointing out some important directions. Intervals is the most important past on music theory. Like be able to hear Root M3 5 or Root b3 5. These are just ideas. Hope something helpful. Thank you!
O my God., that was wonderful, volume swell technique!!!
Glad you liked it! Thank you!
That blue strat behind you is beautiful. I have a soft spot for maple necks but also matching headstock colours to the body. I hope for one at some point in my life
That's H.E.R. Signature limited edition Fender Stratocaster!
Thank you Tomo and Thank you Finn for allowing Tomo to share your lesson!
You're very welcome! Thank you!
What a great Lesson Homework...I will work it tonight! BTW, you are not human!! 🙂
Thank you so much!
Thank you Mr.Fujita.
Melody,singing are important.
(And good “Strat”.)😀
Thank you so much!
アメリカ的でもあり、1966年生のど昭和の人間なので日本の70年代な感じもして…何れにせよ作品として聴きたい素晴らしいメロディです。俺たちの旅で流れていても全く違和感ないですね。トモ先生、ありがとうございます！
ありがとうございます。もうアメリカが長くなりました。
@@TomoFujitaMusic 言葉足らずで誤解を与えたかもしれませんが、1966年生のど昭和の人間は自分自身のことです。トモ先生、失礼しました!
はい
You’re videos are so much fun!
Thank you!
Thanks for watching! So happy to hear that!
thank you Tomo, I'm getting over my fears that I cannot learn with your help.
You're very welcome! Learn simple topic with super slow!
Please watch these lessons (Super Simple)
ruclips.net/video/85RmFmRgTiw/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/weI70XnBogY/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/uATDB1csCf0/видео.html
Awesome !!! Really like your playing and phrasing - and love the Hotel California meets Sultans of Swing vibe...
P.S. - Great teacher qualities. You make it easy for any level guitarist watching your lesson to connect with you because of the honesty and how humble you are! (When you criticize your own improve. Pointing out a wrong note or "too much thinking...")
🤘😎👍
Those songs got very strong minor key cadence sound. That's why so catchy! Thank you so much! I am a human so I am not prefect! We all can hit wrong notes but you can recover from that moment if you know basic theory & ear training skill.
I have a decent handle on top 3 strings. Landing what I want and where without too much string noise, 😂. Even the minors.
Starting on 432 string triads to know them intimately. Takes a bit longer forcing to not use chord shapes but actually know where and why. But well worth the effort.
A concept I try to get across but fail miserably. Example. You glance at a pencil, then look away and continue a conversation as you reach to pick it up thoughtlessly. I knew my Violin that well. I want to know my guitar that well.
Very nice presentation, Thanks Finn, Thank you Tomosan.
Good job! Only a few so please take your time! 432 set is a little tricky! I spent more on 654/543 sets so that I make no noises! You're very welcome! Thank you! I am sure that I am horrible on violin!
@@TomoFujitaMusic yes, those thicker strings can sure "light up" an amp.
Yes, Sir, I'm moving along slow and smooth. I already know that there is no real race to completion.
@@Jack.Waters Great! Same here! No need to be hurry! I keep my own pace!
So many gems to choose from ... thank you Tomo!
So happy to hear that! Thank you!
Love the playing, love the ideas, and -- again -- love the amp.
Thank you so much!
Wonderful playing
Thank you!
Excellent.
Thank you for sharing your lesson with us, Finn.
Glad you enjoyed it! Finn really does not mind that at all!
Tomo your awesome I've been a fan for a while thank you for your help in your uploads!
Thank you so much! So happy to hear that!
Nice one Tomo, great stuff!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
Fantastic
Thank you!
Thank you so much Tomo for sharing this video with all of us, I love the rich clean tone you're getting from your equipment plus the wonderful volume swells, the music that your playing sounds a little familiar like from some one from the past, but like you had mentioned, "still quite usable". Thanks again for sharing.
You're very welcome! Thank you so much!
Great video, as always!
Some Mark Knophler/Dire Straits vibes from this one
Thank you so much! Yes.
Thank you Tomo!! I need these practice lessons so bad. Thank you!
You're very welcome! Great to hear that!
Great lesson and insight!
Thank you so much!
The rhythm and vibe of the major section has such a similar feel to Dire Straits "Sultans of Swing" when it changes!
minor key and strong movement. Similar. Thanks for sharing!
I love this video!! ❤
Thank you 🙏
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
Wow I think this might be one of your best lesson so far, I could watch a 3 hours lesson on that kind of playing. I need to study that, how would you describe that sort of playing so I can dig in
So happy to hear that! Thank you so much!
Oh!... That's often how I jam, but I had no idea it was triads
Please watch these lessons (Super Simple)
ruclips.net/video/85RmFmRgTiw/видео.html
Like it
Thank you!
It is nice to learn about the different scales we might apply over this chord progression, but what I want to know is HOW you know what to apply to what chords. I am trying to understand how you think about these things and how you decide what to use. Maybe hard to explain, but I would love to know.
SURE! In order to do, you need understand basic scales, and triads, 7th chords... and basic chord progressions. That's foundation. Then be able to play on one string one finger... Major Scale? A few different keys. C Major Scale, E Major Scale, G Major scale etc on 1st string or 2nd string. Maybe you can learn minor scale b3 b6 b7 or Dorian scale b3 b7.. then Mixolydian scale on V chord ..b7.. Maybe you can transcribe anything you are interested in and analyze them with theory information. Great topic! Did you watch Theory section at my Guitar Wisdom?
Did you watch this video? Watch 3 times please.
How To Learn Theory, Ear Training and Jazz
ruclips.net/video/ZNBcImeANRc/видео.html
Do you ever use the whammy bar on that guitar? I’ve noticed SRV’s strat has the trem on the bass side so I’ve wondered if there’s a special purpose for that.
A little. SRV wanted same vibe as Jimi Hendrix! That's a lot of commitment!
I hear a japanese superhero music theme in the intro 😅😊
Thank you for sharing!
“A lot of songs have that” like waiting on the world to change by John Mayer 🤔
Yes! Good chords!
🤙🏼
Thank you!
bad monkey???
Yes!