Professor Tomo- new to the channel... took to heart the "have I failed as a musician?" video and using that as a platform to review bigger life questions - I am corporate attorney and "decent guitarist" (with a lot to learn (from you!) aspiring to just play music... you are inspiring and an amazing teacher - thanks!
Welcome aboard! Thank you so much! I have no problem teaching guitar but that type "Talk video" is a lot of challenge for me. I am learning public speech right now. Hope I can deliver better talk videos in future. Thank you so much!
Once again the best teacher there is. I have struggled with left hand muting for 2 years!! What my instructors and other online teachers failed to mention is the thumb pressure!!! That was it. As soon as I used your technique I could play funk! Unreal really unreal. I think people need to go back to school to learn how to teach
Thank you for your help 99.9% of you tube channel instructors only want to teach finger patterns and shapes without giving insight into what you’re really playing. So they’re puppeteers and we as viewers follow it, including me. So your lessons are so much more valuable. Thank you
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Im checking alot of your content here, your the best teacher by far on youtube, very calm and understandable for everyone, english is not my first language sometimes i get in trouble cause i dont understand but u make it so easy, thank you alot
I'm learning idea about guitar since I watch ur video in recommendations video here Mr. Fujita and I enjoy watching it lot of learning .I my self I don't have proper training in playing guitar thanks for making this kind of video 🙏🙏
@@TomoFujitaMusic you taught me 1. Triad's 2. Play lightly 3. And now funk I'm Eric from the Philippines 47 Year's old.. you helped me find my voice in this 🌍. I thank you
Awesome session. Over many years of playing I seemed to have developed some odd way of strumming such rhythms whereby I use no pick and kind of brush the strings with the back of my fingers and thumb. I guess out of having had to find something that would push me over the hump. So here, trying to apply your technique makes me feel like a total beginner! Tomo would you be able to cover the rhythm guitar in as played by Ramsey Lewis Quartet - Sun Goddess (EWF) in one of our vids someday?
Thank you for sharing! Bottom line is as long as you’re happy about your sound and your playing anything is fine! However I suggest to check other side .. a few choices so that you didn’t miss any possibilities
@@TomoFujitaMusicThank you for responding. Totally with you on that, and that is exactly what led me to watch you on YT. You are the only one whose suggested approach and techniques I actually try to emulate. Love you man!
I think I just noticed why I may be struggling with this. You use the LH middle finger to mute the sound which remains more or less straight all the while ring finger and the pinky are curving slightly when pressing the string to produce the sound. I seem to have difficulties achieving that. 😄
Thank you for sharing! Left hand muting! Practice more R 3 7 Swing Rhythm guitar. That will help you a lot! Please check R 3 7 Swing Rhythm Guitar! That technique helped my funk rhythm guitar!
Yes, if you try to play funky rhythm guitar or any fancy rhythm guitar... it won't work with even 10000 hours! Because you need to prepare your foundation techniques that can support your musical examples. That's why just learning songs quick... wont work well as you are studying learning guitar.
@@TomoFujitaMusic It's great! I take something out of this day. 😀 I have been watching more carefully your LH, and trying to replicate the exact same motions and I am starting to get it. That tells me I need to pay more attention 🙏 Thank you
Gotta get myself to the states and get some guitar lesson from you - by the way please break down those triplets ... as always great playing - keep it coming.
One of the stressful things about learning how to play the guitar by yourself using TH-cam. Is someone will go over something “basic” and you were lost like 5 minutes before that. And it’s just so stressful trying to find what that small nuance thing was that they skimmed over without name dropping or anything. Not the teachers fault at all, I just needed to vent. As much as I hate when that happens I feel great pushing forwards and trying to learn what that nuance move was.
Thanks for sharing. I bet TH-cam will produce more frustrated guitar players more and more! Plus anyone can become a teacher today! Anyone can copy what other trends on guitar lessons too. Free stuff is a little dangerous!
Thought I’d come back and check in. I was able to learn the bare minimum on all the lessons in this video. By no means good or really good. But I’m now able to practice and train something to make it better. :D
@@Joemama-o7o Thank you for sharing! These are not really course or... Just free ideas! You can make anything simpler & slower, shorter. No need to do exactly this way. Thank you!
Especially for funk guitar playing. Need to work on tapping (I just post 4 videos on my X(Twitter) now! first before with guitar. Tapping 16th notes with accent.
Les is sometimes more. That way you dont step on the other player in the band. Unless you trip over a cable. Then you step on everything and thats bad.
Thank you! As beginner, I find the colour of my pic coming off on the pickup near high E and beyond, and on the white pick guard. Is it cheap pics? Or poor technique? Too hard?
Great lesson! The best Teacher on the TH-cam! Please, could you tell us the chords? Do you think it is possible practice that chords in a acoustic guitar (MIDI) with a BOSS GP-10?
You're welcome! Actually the pick is naturally move between my fingers so I hit certain way, the pick is moving back to the original position. That's why I can hold the pick with super light grip!
Those guys are so special & they have their own ways & it's working! I am more normal guy who didn't have any talent but I pushed my way through. I believe this way (closed) focus to play all the strings evenly and fast! And you can play less too. Thank you for asking!
Yes, I've been playing both ways and I feel that playing with the closed hand connects more with the strings, it feels like it scrapes more. It also looks neater. The big toe would be more agile. I don't know if it's like that or I've gone crazy? @@TomoFujitaMusic
Thank you for sharing. More space and less attack, you can open your fingers so it can drag rhythm a little. Not at all! Always work hard than you need! Great reward! @@raffriff3914
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Thank you for sharing! Foundation is so helpful! I Wish All My Students Knew THESE Before They Came To Berklee th-cam.com/video/xlRy7WwZg7c/w-d-xo.html
I appreciate the simplicity not a very good player but have enjoyed the time trying old fingers play bar chords but the stretch’s not so good your getting me to write the notes down again thanks
How do you do those quicky rythm at 0:21 and 0:31 ? I see this kind of gimmick quite a lot of in the funk style ; but I don't know how to manage to place this movement in the rhythm.
Professor Tomo- new to the channel... took to heart the "have I failed as a musician?" video and using that as a platform to review bigger life questions - I am corporate attorney and "decent guitarist" (with a lot to learn (from you!) aspiring to just play music... you are inspiring and an amazing teacher - thanks!
Welcome aboard! Thank you so much! I have no problem teaching guitar but that type "Talk video" is a lot of challenge for me. I am learning public speech right now. Hope I can deliver better talk videos in future. Thank you so much!
Once again the best teacher there is. I have struggled with left hand muting for 2 years!! What my instructors and other online teachers failed to mention is the thumb pressure!!! That was it. As soon as I used your technique I could play funk! Unreal really unreal. I think people need to go back to school to learn how to teach
Thank you so much! Please watch other lesson videos here!
I'll never get over your Flutter technique, it's so flawless 😊Thank you Tomo.
Thanks so much!
What exactly is flutter technique ? Is this referring to the wrist action or the rake ?
@@robertbernard9720 I consider the wrist action as flutter. I personally cheat by raking because i can't do it 🙂
@@CGCEifel Thankyou for clarifying that for me and you have a Great rest of your Day
Thank you for your help
99.9% of you tube channel instructors only want to teach finger patterns and shapes without giving insight into what you’re really playing. So they’re puppeteers and we as viewers follow it, including me. So your lessons are so much more valuable. Thank you
You're very welcome! Thank you so much!
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Lovely video Tomo, humor, clarity, simplicity and delivered with a glowing love for music. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much!
Im checking alot of your content here, your the best teacher by far on youtube, very calm and understandable for everyone, english is not my first language sometimes i get in trouble cause i dont understand but u make it so easy, thank you alot
So happy to hear that. Thank you so much! I am always super calm. English is my second language. Now I feel my music is my first language!
So glad to see youtube channel that make people smart, thank you tomo san 🙏🙏
Thank you!
Exactly what I was looking for on my FUNK Journey 😊
So happy to hear that! Thank you!
I'm learning idea about guitar since I watch ur video in recommendations video here Mr. Fujita and I enjoy watching it lot of learning .I my self I don't have proper training in playing guitar thanks for making this kind of video 🙏🙏
Welcome aboard! Thank you so much!
Love the funk!! Thank you Tomo for expanding my range of playing! Thank you so much!
My pleasure!! Please enjoy funk guitar!
Thank you Mr. Fujita.
I checked fundation.
And 3revel styles are good for us.😎
Glad to hear that! Thank you!
Giving the crowd free wisdom, very nice!
@CharlesaBerthoud jam with Tomo.
Oh well dad, we might as well jam in the living room with Tomo!! Yeah that was fun!
Thank you! Hope people can enjoy more!
Very nice . Simple chords combieed with a clever funk rhythm and good technique. Very pleasant, inspiring and fun to listen/watch. Thank you kindly.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much!
Sooooo good. So humble. Fantastic player & teacher. oNe LovE from NYC
Thanks so much!
@@TomoFujitaMusic Always great content on your channel.
@@michael_caz_nyc Thank you!
Love your funk style. I seem to learn through this style.
So happy to hear that! Thank you so much!
Very nice lesson. I love funk, especially The Osaka Monaurail! 😊
Thank you so much!
Professor Tomo, greetings from Aruba Dutch Carbbean, great information and great, awesome lessons!
You're very welcome! Thanks so much! From Boston MA.
Very good beginner lesson, you have original groove around 21 minute perfect 'train going across the tracks 'beautifully!Thanks
So happy to hear that. I tried to make a little shorter video but it ended up around 20 minutes. Thank you!
Tomo Sensei with another great lesson.
Thank you so much!
Excellent lesson master Tomo!
Glad you liked it! Thank you!
Tomo's lessons put the fun in funky :)
Fun funky lesson! Thank you!
Thank you once again for sharing your amazing knowledge with us!
My pleasure! Thank you so much!
Hi. Awesome lesson. I'm completely locked in trying to funk my guitare. I think it will help me. Thx a lot
So happy to hear that! Thank you so much!
Absolutely incredible instruction!! Thank you. 🎼
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
Helo Tomo. Thank you for your videos.
Thank you for watching!
@@TomoFujitaMusic you taught me 1. Triad's
2. Play lightly
3. And now funk
I'm Eric from the Philippines 47 Year's old.. you helped me find my voice in this 🌍. I thank you
So happy to hear that! Good job! Thank you for sharing! @@ericsor2688
Dear Tomo this is insane information! Thank you so much for this knowledge!
Glad it was helpful! You're very welcome!
Thank you Tomo, I like it very much…
You're welcome! Thank you!
Brilliant lesson 👍🇬🇧 thanks
Glad you enjoyed it Thank you! I made this lesson on 8-23-2022.
I like this lesson very much. Thank you. :)
Glad to hear that! Thank you!
tomo i just bought guitar wisdom and im learnin lots!
So happy to hear that! Thank you!
Learned a lot, just funky~
Thank you!
Awesome session. Over many years of playing I seemed to have developed some odd way of strumming such rhythms whereby I use no pick and kind of brush the strings with the back of my fingers and thumb. I guess out of having had to find something that would push me over the hump. So here, trying to apply your technique makes me feel like a total beginner! Tomo would you be able to cover the rhythm guitar in as played by Ramsey Lewis Quartet - Sun Goddess (EWF) in one of our vids someday?
Thank you for sharing! Bottom line is as long as you’re happy about your sound and your playing anything is fine! However I suggest to check other side .. a few choices so that you didn’t miss any possibilities
If I practice something correctly then I feel same way! Totally beginner!
@@TomoFujitaMusicThank you for responding. Totally with you on that, and that is exactly what led me to watch you on YT. You are the only one whose suggested approach and techniques I actually try to emulate. Love you man!
You're very welcome! So happy to hear that! Thank you! @@Kept_Crude
Excellent bro always love ur playing style 👍
Thanks for listening! Thank you!
I'll call that first one 'The Funky Max" after your one lovely Ragdoll!! Jim C.
Thank you Jim! Max woke me up pretty early this morning!
Hardtail strats are awesome...
Yes indeed!
I think I just noticed why I may be struggling with this. You use the LH middle finger to mute the sound which remains more or less straight all the while ring finger and the pinky are curving slightly when pressing the string to produce the sound. I seem to have difficulties achieving that. 😄
Thank you for sharing! Left hand muting! Practice more R 3 7 Swing Rhythm guitar. That will help you a lot! Please check R 3 7 Swing Rhythm Guitar! That technique helped my funk rhythm guitar!
Yes, if you try to play funky rhythm guitar or any fancy rhythm guitar... it won't work with even 10000 hours! Because you need to prepare your foundation techniques that can support your musical examples. That's why just learning songs quick... wont work well as you are studying learning guitar.
@@TomoFujitaMusic
It's great! I take something out of this day. 😀 I have been watching more carefully your LH, and trying to replicate the exact same motions and I am starting to get it. That tells me I need to pay more attention 🙏 Thank you
You are the man, Tomo! Great video. What is the radius on that fretboard?
Thank you so much! 10
Gotta get myself to the states and get some guitar lesson from you - by the way please break down those triplets ... as always great playing - keep it coming.
Thank you so much! You can join my Guitar Wisdom from anywhere!
love funk love u ，although im a beginner
Thank you!
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Thanks for the lesson. Idea: you could do a funk jam with Cory Wong! Thanks Tomo! 🙂
You're welcome! Cory and I are a great friends! When the right timing, it will happen!
Professor what's another name for pirate treasure....love the line if you can't do this you can't do funk ..u gotta have that love for it ..
Thank you so much!
One of the stressful things about learning how to play the guitar by yourself using TH-cam. Is someone will go over something “basic” and you were lost like 5 minutes before that. And it’s just so stressful trying to find what that small nuance thing was that they skimmed over without name dropping or anything. Not the teachers fault at all, I just needed to vent. As much as I hate when that happens I feel great pushing forwards and trying to learn what that nuance move was.
Thanks for sharing. I bet TH-cam will produce more frustrated guitar players more and more! Plus anyone can become a teacher today! Anyone can copy what other trends on guitar lessons too. Free stuff is a little dangerous!
Thought I’d come back and check in. I was able to learn the bare minimum on all the lessons in this video. By no means good or really good. But I’m now able to practice and train something to make it better. :D
@@Joemama-o7o Thank you for sharing! These are not really course or... Just free ideas! You can make anything simpler & slower, shorter. No need to do exactly this way. Thank you!
Especially for funk guitar playing. Need to work on tapping (I just post 4 videos on my X(Twitter) now!
first before with guitar. Tapping 16th notes with accent.
Great lesson! I'm always having a problem keeping my pic from rotating!
Glad it was helpful!
Les is sometimes more. That way you dont step on the other player in the band. Unless you trip over a cable. Then you step on everything and thats bad.
Good job! Thank you!
Hello dear Tomo, love your videos, you taught me how to funk on guitar. May i ask what are you playing when going near the 12th fret? 21:09
Triads! Thank you so much!
Thank you! As beginner, I find the colour of my pic coming off on the pickup near high E and beyond, and on the white pick guard. Is it cheap pics? Or poor technique? Too hard?
You are very welcome! Please join my Guitar Wisdom forum! Thank you!
For a beginner which guitar should be more suited for this style? the Ibanez AZES31 or a Squier Affinity? thx
Definitely Ibanez AZES31! Great intonation with a solid bridge and saddles. So good!
@@TomoFujitaMusic thank youu Mr Fujita 🙏
Great lesson! The best Teacher on the TH-cam!
Please, could you tell us the chords?
Do you think it is possible practice that chords in a acoustic guitar (MIDI) with a BOSS GP-10?
Thank you for sharing! Please watch again and write down chords as I teach them! Takes time
Hi, Tomo, can you please teach us how to do the 'raking the strings' part? At around 9.41 or 9.44 or 9.45 ..thank you
Thank you so much!
Fast Triplet Lesson
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@@TomoFujitaMusic thx u Sensei🙏🙏
Are you playing C's and D's higher up the neck ? , thx .
Beginning part is just A-7 and D triad. Around where? Time code please?
You can play C & D Major triad inversions on top 123 set strings.
2nd inversions, 1st inversions (all together 4 of them) for A-7.
Tomo San, If play funk music , what number is more appropriate to pick?
Play it slowly!
Great lesson tomoo thank you!! Quick question, how do you stop the pick from spinning our moving from its original position while strumming? Thanks!!
You're welcome! Actually the pick is naturally move between my fingers so I hit certain way, the pick is moving back to the original position. That's why I can hold the pick with super light grip!
Oh & Subscribed ;-)
Thanks so much!
Hola buenas.. Tomo nos podrías dar algunos recursos para tocar rock AND roll funky ?
¡Muchas gracias! ¡Haré más videos de lecciones divertidos!
@@TomoFujitaMusic sos un tipazo , gracias gracias por todo.
Hi Tomo!!! I wanted to ask you, if there is any advantage to play with the right hand closed? Cory Wong, Ross Bolton play with open right hand.
Those guys are so special & they have their own ways & it's working! I am more normal guy who didn't have any talent but I pushed my way through. I believe this way (closed) focus to play all the strings evenly and fast! And you can play less too. Thank you for asking!
Yes, I've been playing both ways and I feel that playing with the closed hand connects more with the strings, it feels like it scrapes more. It also looks neater. The big toe would be more agile. I don't know if it's like that or I've gone crazy? @@TomoFujitaMusic
Thank you for sharing. More space and less attack, you can open your fingers so it can drag rhythm a little. Not at all! Always work hard than you need! Great reward! @@raffriff3914
Thank you Tomo!!! @@TomoFujitaMusic
Thankyou Tomo, are you playing Amin7 and D and C so in the key of G? Thanks
Or just a jam?
You're welcome! This video only touched a little theory part so. That's possible thinking. Related those notes & sounds.
Upvote
Thank you!
What I want to know is how he does that 1/32 flick thing on 23:55
23:53 - 22:54
Fast Triplet Lesson
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@@TomoFujitaMusic Thank you Sir ! I`ll check it out.
New custom Moody guitar strap?
This is new Strap from Japan!
Good day, dear teacher could you share the tabs, tks
Thank you! I don't use any tabs. Not really helpful!
Hi again tomo, I’m trying to buy your guitar wisdom but I cannot get onto your website but I am blocked?
Also, for this straight 16th, do I tap my foot on beat 1? Thanks
As long as you use a regular credit card. No problem. Write Vemio customer service for what happened so they can help you. Thank you.
Please watch these videos.
Must Know - How To Use A Metronome - 3 Levels
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What chords did you use throughout this video?
You need more foundation & triads etc so that you can understand any chords, harmony that you hear. Please join my Guitar Wisdom!
First part was just A-7 to D
Practicing on a Dumble is gangster
Thank you!
❤
Do So Ti - Do Mi Ti - Do Me Ti - A jazzing we go.
Many ways!
Where did you get your metronome?
Many years ago...
New AZES color?
No. This one is only one off
I've been playing the guitar for 30 years - rock, punk, metal mostly, a bit of ska ... I feel like a beginner again. Let's face a new challenge.
Thank you for sharing! Foundation is so helpful!
I Wish All My Students Knew THESE Before They Came To Berklee
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I appreciate the simplicity not a very good player but have enjoyed the time trying old fingers play bar chords but the stretch’s not so good your getting me to write the notes down again thanks
Thank you! You're welcome!
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you so much!
What chords is he playing?
Please watch this lesson!
ありだとう先生
ありがとうございます！
How do you do those quicky rythm at 0:21 and 0:31 ?
I see this kind of gimmick quite a lot of in the funk style ; but I don't know how to manage to place this movement in the rhythm.
Fast Triplet Lesson is here!
th-cam.com/video/fIFuTTKQ-nY/w-d-xo.html
New hardtail color ?!?!?!?!
No. This is a proto-type guitar. Thank you!
1 maj, 2 minor. 1 minor, 7 major.
You can learn all in this video! Thank you for watching!
Guitar is my fidget spinner.
Awesome!