I’m not sure if others feel the same way, but when I watch a Tomo video I don’t feel like he’s preparing me to play some crazy Steve Vai lick or something, I feel like with every video I watch he’s getting me closer to unlocking my own style and playing my own way, and with that, I’m getting the most out of this instrument and can apply what I learn to almost any genre. Thank you Tomo, you truly are my biggest inspiration.
Thank you for sharing! Simple, foundation those will make you better player later. Good job! You will become a patient person and will be better player! Thank you so much! You're very welcome!
do you ever make your way to the memphis/ mississippi area? the blues is so deeply ingrained here its great to get it from the source almost daily. so much of what i learn from this channel is basically putting a name to what folks around here do without thinking about it. i love the experience. theres still little juke joints all over mississippi that sell moonshine and play blues all night and anyone can join in but if theyre bad they gotta sit back down haha.
Thank you for sharing! No plan for that direction. I would love to. Only if it's make a sense as my business right now. Hope I can travel more places. Thank you so much!
I like your more begginer videos, I can practise along. I know the basic walking base line from your other video in Bb but don't know how to connect it with the 12 bar blues. Alos it would be nice to have a breakdown on the Turnarounds and the ending frase you play. Thanks!!
Kept wondering where I’ve heard heard that progression and melody you were playing? Green door by the cramps. It’s not exact but it’s funny how these things creep in without you even knowing? I like the rhythm.
Thank you! Intro 00:00 About 12 Bar Blues 02:00 C Jam Blues Melody 04:25 Review Fingering for each chords 05:25 How to use a metronome 06:53 Bag's groove & improvisation 08:18 4 bar phrase & Blue Monk Melody 11:22
Foundations always.. Once I learned how to move around to reach I IV V so easily things really started to mellow out (stress wise). Same for Triads and Barr chords. So simple... Thanks Master Tomo - Be Well... Today however is Violin day. Time to saw away.
Thanks for sharing!! Good job!! I love triads & R37 voicings a lot! These days... guitar is pretty well setup from the beginning! Like Ibanez AZES31, AZES40... so easy to play! Guitar set up is more important than guitar lessons... the difference on guitar setup can make a different result. Thank you!
@@TomoFujitaMusic Yes, setup so important. I play most these "Shorts" on an Acoustic with GHS Vintage Broze 12's. Once a year I have to check the frets and every season reset string height I don't do AC so string height changes much thru the seasons.
Is it fair to regard Bb, D & Ab to imply a dominant chord? And if so, is that logic the inspirarion for Miles Davis' exploration of the ii chord -- which would alter the example to Bb, Db & Ab -- as a potentially satisfactory alternative as a blues, i.e., that the blues musically yearns for a resolution to the I chord by implying V and/or ii chords? I ask because I have always heard & understood blues to have no underlying desire to become anything else -- that blues is simply blues -- but as I study music theory I am inspired to wonder about what I have been hearing when I listen to, say, Kind Of Blue or Couldn't Stand The Weather.
Thank you for sharing. This lesson is all about simple 3 chord blues with these chord voicings. Definitely I can make more additional choice of harmony on blues music. I love blues so much! Blues is amazing! In key of Bb.... D7 is a cool sounding chord! V7/VI ...
Blues has simple one (145) Then Jazz Blues... minor blues (simple one & jazzy one) Then Parker Blues or R&B Blues (Ray Charles) I love simple blues so much!
Hej Tomo, you never play to much, these are the best parts, take hours to deciffer, but stays for ever after. I picked up Blue Moon from your other video about shell chords, very much fun!
Thanks again for sharing Tomo! Most of the time I pick up my Strat. next to me and try to play along with you on each of these lessons, everything is done for a reason and takes practice even the way you hold your guitar pick. The most difficult thing for me is the desending bass line with that quick little up stroke, it really sounds great! Thanks again.
Tomo would you be able To do a video and show us practice ideas for how to practice the major scales in the 5 position system. I have been practicing the 5 position caged scales but other than playing them ascending and descending as an exercise I’m not really sure what to Do with them , how to improvise with them ect . Would apprechiate any light on this subject 🙏🎸
I already have that video somewhere... one at a time! I just made new lesson video using one of these forms and sharing alternate picking exercises & interval/sequencing ideas. Thank you so much!
Me? I still can't figure out the basis of where the walking bass line walks to. Or the power of the major 7th in relation to the 3rd. Also, and why do people use the 625 when going back to the "Dominant".
Thank you for another superb lesson. Yesterday I had a reverse shoulder replacement. Consequently I won’t be able to play guitar for a few weeks. The longest time in my life I’ve gone without playing. But your lessons will keep me focused and even more anxious to get back to playing. Thank you again.
Thank you so much Tomo. I have never been great with my finger style playing and ignore working on it. Your fun rhythm breakdowns and simple patterns have been perfect to get me working on the fingers. I can honestly say that I have learned patience with these simple jams and as you do, I slowly expand the simple into an extra note here or there. My fingers thank you for improving their capabilities.
It occured to me to play the 12 bar blues underneath you while you were soloing to make sure I could track along. That was fun. Thanks for the great lesson!
Coffee spelled backwards is eeffoc, as I don’t give eeffoc until I had my coffee 😂 this one was very close to my heart. Thank you for your commitment too thorough testing.
