3 Levels of Guitar Playing - Which are you?
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- čas přidán 18. 06. 2024
- Maybe you can help me to understand 3 levels of guitar playing. It's important to assess ourselves, but sometimes this isn't easy! We don't always measure ourselves objectively, but we also shouldn't always! So, what is a healthy way to measure your guitar playing abilities so that you can continue to grow as a player?
You're very welcome and encouraged to leave your ideas & own opinions. Please discuss positively in the comments below.
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00:00 Introduction
01:40 3 LEVELS: Beginner / Intermediate / Advance
05:10 Techniques : Fingering / Picking / Chromatic / Muting
06:24 Theory : Triads / Arpeggios
07:45 Ear Training : Perfect Pitch vs Relative Perfect Pitch
10:08 Foundation : can help performance skills included Fretboard Harmony
12:40 Gazzi Amp / Incredible replica of Steel String Singer (Dumble amp)
14:45 3 Levels on I IV V Blues
18:22 3 Levels on Twinkle Twinkle
20:35 3 Levels on Jazz Blues
22:57 3 Levels on Happy Chords
27:55 Just Funky
28:31 Big Band Feel
30:20 Conclusion / Bottomline : Don't decide too fast! Learn & review more foundation (No matter what level you are) Please share your thoughts. Thank you so much for watching!
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My goal is to play simply and tastefully in tune and on time. The song comes first and my effort is to support my fellow musicians and our creation as a whole. Play what you should play not what you could play. I've done it for 50 years. Everyday I'm a beginner. Everyday I have to work on the basics. There are many magnificent players in the world and we're not going to get to hear them. This year's nominations in the supporting actor category are the guys who didn't quit. Everybody have a great day.
Thanks for sharing. Yes. Time feel, time control. Very important for me. Prepare more and use less musically. I am a student forever! I practice simple things super slow! Great message! Thanks so much!
Total crap, your goal is always to eat all other sound overwhelm the listener with a cacaphone of sound.
You're doing the right thing if you enjoy what you're doing
I think I'm intermediate. I have lots of experience with guitar but built on using my ear. My music teacher complained that I would never master reading music because I learned the piece by ear and pretended to follow the music score. I now feel the need to better understand the theory of music to be able to explore improvisation in more detail. I've played in several bands and have always felt frustrated with the other members' lack of discipline.
Thanks for sharing. Good job!
I started last year at 63, and am now an intermediate player, or on the cusp of becoming one. I follow your Guitar Wisdom system, and A Modern Method for Guitar Vol 1, and am progressing much faster than in my first year. These courses have helped me to focus on my weaknesses, like palm muting, and showed me how properly to practice and progress. Great way to enjoy my retirement.
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I’ve been a beginner for almost 50 years 😢 I’ll die trying to get where you and so many others are on CZcams 😮
Thanks for sharing. It's all possible! Foundation!
I am a guitar player, that's about it. sometimes I sound amazing, sometimes, well, not so good. I enjoy it most times and that's what counts. As far as what I hear when you play, beginner sounds alright, you can recognize the tune, intermediate sounds about right, enjoyable and danceable, most people would like this. Advanced, only really appreciated by other advanced players, sometimes less is more.
Thanks for sharing!
Got my first guitar in 1965. A Fender Mustang… still consider myself an intermediate player at best. I have a great ear and if I hear a song I want to learn I can generally learn it on my own quickly but tend to forget it just as fast. It’s a case of the more I learn the more I realize I don’t know.
Thanks for sharing! So awesome! That's so special!
I’m on my second year of musical basic course. I feel like I’ve hit a wall for a long time. And after discovering your channel I’ve come to determine, that im missing the foundation. Triads..
I am deeply thankful, that you’ve made me, and probably countless other guitarists realize, what we need to learn
Cheers from Denmark
Thanks for sharing! I would like to make more beginner / detail guitar lesson here at my channel so more people can enjoy their guitar playing!
I’ve been playing for about 40 years. At times I’ve thought I’m quite advanced but recently I feel a bit rusty, not really pushing myself. I’d say for me a beginner is someone who can play songs using chords but maybe doesn’t have the coordination between left and right hands to play solo tunes and doesn’t know any basic scales. Intermediate has good coordination and can play and know where to play 7th and 9th chords, and can follow a tune either along with a record or jamming with other people. They can play some solos using a range of scales. Advanced players know how, where and why to play and apply a wide range of styles to make original music and develop their own style. Professional players gat paid for what they do, and can be at any level. That’s because of CZcams and other social media. For example, a beginner may be famous and play really badly but their posts are monetised. Or a beginner with a CZcams following shares their learning journey. That’s an extreme example, but it makes a point. We all know that ‘Pro’ means top level. There are so many pro players that we never hear of, but every day keep playing beautiful brilliant music on guitar. I really love your channel and your positive attitude toward guitar and sharing your knowledge. Thank you so much for what you do.
Thanks for sharing. You can learn some techniques. Pro means not all about top levels. "Business" Some players are amazing (as hobby!)
Thank you so much! You're very welcome. New style = Don't want to do anything but guitar... so needed to create good source of income!
I'm still between beginner and intermediate. I'm 67 Years old and haven't touched a guitar for decades and now that I'm retired I thought I would give it another try. I have difficulty forming certain chords and find myself trying to use the "easier style" as my fingers just won't work the way my brain wants them to. I also grapple with theory but I am working at that as well. I find it overwhelming at times and I get frustrated. Anyway, Tomo, I really admire you and your teaching methods and you are an amazing player. I hope to get a little better as I go, before I die! Thank you so much.
Thanks for sharing. Honesty I still feel beginner! This way I don't think anything is easy! Please enjoy your time! Do not rush! Try chromatic scale & R37 Swing for10 minuets everyday! These will help later. Thank you so much!
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i just love tomo's wisdom
Thank you!
I continue to practice on the keyboard and guitar daily (2.5 years on keyboard and 6 weeks on guitar). I practice a new song on each instrument each month. I am self taught. I just don't have enough wisdom, yet, to claim a level (chuckles). Thanks for sharing your wisdom.
Thank you for sharing! Good job! You're very welcome!
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Just amazing I'm playing since one year I'm in transition from beginner to intermediate
Good job!
Thank you so much! That cleared up a lot for me. I am excited to keep progressing, and that gave me an excellent roadmap, which showed me where I am on my journey.
You're very welcome! So happy to hear that!
I care about you and your videos. Thanks Tomo.
I appreciate that!
Thank you for uploading, Tomo-sensei! I got more valuable things from your vid! What a nice time to have a chance to get guitar knowledge via internet from anywhere!
Glad you enjoyed it! So happy to hear that.
My 12yr old daughter knows the name of the notes when it comes to sound. She started to play piano.
Recently, I bought a melodica for my wife and my daughter started playing it. She already playing the melody of the song without musicsheet. Unlike me, double the effort :)
I'm sure it'll be another great video Tomo!
Hope you enjoyed it!
Very inspiring video. Thank you for your time in making learning the guitar fun and offering useful suggestions for advancement.
Glad it was helpful! Thank you so much!
Mr. Fujita, thank you so much! I subscribed your channel and also Guitar wisdom. I’m thankful to find you in youtube, I really want to make a change and grow in my guitar journey.
Thanks for your inspiration. 😊
You're very welcome! Thank you so much! So happy to hear that!
ear training is what I still need help on. I’ve been playing for fifty years (garage band) and if I want to play a Christmas song I still have to look at the music. I suck but I love playing. I love your channel
Yes! Glad you understand it. Use your ears to figure out music. Fun!
Thanks for always being positive support for the community and sharing your knowledge
You're very welcome! Thank you!
Excellent lesson!!!!!
Thank you so much!
Level 2 - always learning!!! 👏👏👏
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Appreciate your insights and encouragement Tomo. You are a true teacher.
My pleasure! Thank you so much!
Great lesson! Thanks, Tomo.
Glad you liked it! You're very welcome! Thank you!
Tomo, I am a beginner thanks for the great show today! I get some laughs too! Love you man, keep up the great content. I am trying to learn as I started late and my brain is not so elastic..! You make this so fun. I learn so much from each of your episodes. Thank you
Thank you for sharing! So happy to hear that! Thank you so much!
Your disciplined practice and play inspire me every week!
Great! Thanks so much! Guitar playing can give you patience, discipline and passion!
Mr. Fujita, for me you make guitar even more enjoyable with your insightful and fun videos! Thank you for what you do!
Glad to hear that! You're welcome!
Love this. This is helpful to remember to look at your skills and figure out where your weaknesses are. For me, I play mostly in the intermediate level but can have some advanced skills and some open spots that are beginner weaknesses. I understand a lot of theory but I’m not always able to use it on the fly while playing. You inspire me to look to fill in those openings in my skill sets, the “low hanging fruit”. Stuff that is fundamental . Thanks
Thank you for sharing! You're welcome!
Since I was primary schoo about 13 years old i always practice and play guitar always in dark room like no light at all, it just comfort to me haha , till now 19 years old, any classical techniques my teacher taught.
I have to say im still around between beginer and intermediate , I still lack of foundation and just playing fingering technique i learned, now i found you Mr.Tomo! Hope i keep learning from you.
Thanks for sharing. Thank you so much!
Amazing video, you have really transformed my musical journey!
Thank you so much!
Thanks so much MR Fujuta!
You are very welcome!
Thanks Tomo, appreciate your efforts. I would say I’m intermediate, but recently arrived there, so lots still to learn
You're welcome! Thanks for sharing. Good job!
Tomo, thank you for this and all of your videos. I stumbled across your channel about a month ago and, like your friend in Italy, I like to listen to your videos while doing other things. However, I can't clean my house and listen because it only takes a few minutes and I HAVE to pick up my guitar to play Haha! I first watched a few of your theory videos, especially on triads, and this really helped me. I like that you advise against learning from tabulature because learning the theory makes one think about, say, where's the 6th or minor 3rd or dominant 7th in a chord. Regarding this video, I find that I'm advanced in the blues and can certainly play Twinkle Twinkle "Hendrix style," but my jazz and jazz blues playing is maybe intermediate. I love to learn and will probably join your Guitar Wisdom to continue my musical journey. Thank you so much for your videos. Your love and passion for music and teaching is infectious!
You're very! Thank you so much! So happy to hear that!
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Compare is such a competitive word ... in nature number one rule is cooperation not competitive, omnipotent, ambitious & overbearing treatment of self or others ...
Fear cannot burn, bite or stick a claw in you when self aware becomes your natural center ...
Sharing kindness becomes a waterfall as more people learn kindness and share ... so yes start with yourself and let it flow ...
Playing music brings joy to listener and player ... what a great connection ! Thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing! You're welcome!
When i was a beginner 20yrs ago I would learn thru transcribing tunes. I would try to learn advanced songs I really had no buisness playing. It helped me get comfortable playing different techniques... but eventually it became obvous I would need to learn the thoery & fundamentals to level up. I wanted to undrstand from the ground up. So I wish I had gotten into theory much earlier than I did, would have accelerated my ablilty to improve.
Thanks for sharing. Foundation will help many things all the way!
Wow enlightening
Thank you!
Your joy of music is infectious!
Thanks so much!
Thanks Tomo. Interesting subject. There’s so much to learn and music is often frustrating. But fun too!
Be kind to yourself ✌️
You're welcome! Yes! Don't expect too fast! Be kind to yourself!
Never thought of levels in guitar playing. After 50yrs, I'm still learning sensei. Everytime I turn around there's something new to learn. Here in HI, we must know almost all styles if one wants to work @ a resort.
Guitar playing can improve forever! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Mr. Tomo. I enjoy the way you explain music and learning. You help create a stress free understanding and how to not prioritize speed and fancy embellishments over proper techniques.
I have been playing for nearly three years and find myself craving the ability now to play more clean. I can play along with a lot of songs and improvise leads with a moderate amount of ability, but not always without muting notes. It's because I didn't spend enough time going slow and focusing on techniques . I may play two hours a day but I've now started focusing on exercises for the first 30 minutes or so and reward that by playing songs I enjoy.
Thank you for your time and sharing your knowledge.
You're very welcome! No need to have any stress! Other way around! Guitar learning makes you be patient & be happy! Slow is good! Good job! Please enjoy more!
Tomo you are super advanced 😊 at 5th level. Me after years of playing level 2 😊 cannot play without looking at the neck and would need a tab to attempt playing at level 3 but happy to know what I have to improve and keep on rocking
Thank you! I never think about myself as advanced player! This was I always focus on my foundation first. You can do it. Try not look at the fretboard.
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First I would like to thank you for sharing your videos. They not only inspire me and motivate me to learn, but also to understand. It’s a big step for me as I picked up guitar way back in the ’60s with no books or music teachers. I hit a plateau when I finished high school, quit playing as life got in the way. Now I am struggling to pick up where I left off. I’m happy to start over from the beginning and your method of building a foundation is at a pace I can follow. I’m starting to believe I can do it. All I can say is thank you so much.
You're very welcome! Foundation are generally a little dry. You can pick up important things right now and you can keep going! Guitar is so good! Thank you!
This is very helpful for me. I’ve been practicing for a couple of years, but I’m still a beginner. I don’t pressure myself, tho. I’m older. So, I practice as much as my fingers & body will let me. Hah! 😁 I just want to play a few classic rock songs well & be able to do blues solos. Once I do that, I plan to focus more into theory. Thank you for this enlightening information.❤️😊
Glad it was helpful! So happy to hear that! Thank you so much!
Thank you sensei, every time after watching your video ,I need to grab my guitar and start practicing immediately , with joy 🌹
So happy to hear that. Thank you!
why is Tomo a teacher - cause you inspire Tomo. always inspiring me. havent held a guitar in months :( but im going back.
So happy to hear that. You are inspiring me now! Great way! Great!
despite the noise of social media - Tomo is your guiding light - the sensible one! Sensei
Thanks so much!
Miles away from my guitars but I can still learn fundamental concepts and more, thanks Tomo.
You're welcome! Please enjoy!
The Ninja of Music right here guys ! Wow so much learning and retained it too.Amazing.
Im still in the sand box after 57 years Im finding out.Thank God Music is fun at every stage of growth.
Thank you for doing these.I am amazed.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much!
Advanced has many more levels than the other categories. As we know it's a lifetime endeavor. I've been playing professionally for over 50 years and I know hundreds of songs in many styles so I'm advanced...but so is John Mcglaughlin for example. 😆
Thanks for sharing! Guitar is so amazing! We can learn more and more!
Thank you Tomo, still watching, still listening, still learning. I have been influenced by you to concentrate on the voice of the instrument and amplifier.Yes clean. I very much admire your crisp articulation.
I do love to create a dirty, stinking noise but also something more pretty. Hot sauce.
It's a gradual process but I like to pick up the guitar everyday and see what happens.
I like to watch your videos also to see what happens.
Excellent stuff.
So happy to hear that. Thank you so much! I practice with my amp all the times! No reverb!
That guitar DOES sound beautiful! I try to follow what you say about Don't Worry, Compare, Expect too Fast, Be Kind to Self, so I have been refusing to consider if I'm beginner, intermediate, or advanced. But after this video, I think I am advanced some areas, intermediate others. Your Guitar Wisdom courses help so much! Playing guitar brings sanity to my crazy world. Thank you!
Thanks for sharing. That's good take! You cannot judge yourself or anyone so lightly! To me each person is so special something! So happy to hear that your are enjoying my Guitar Wisdom. Yes! Good job!
I started playing in 1984, but only seriously started theory a year ago. I played in a band for 15 years.
Now It's about filling in the holes in my knowledge. Arthritis has started, so I do alot of chord/ arpeggio stuff and writing during practice instead. I jam weekly with people so hopefully i'm improving !
Love the videos Tomo.
Thanks for sharing. You can fill more things! Please enjoy more!
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Tomo thanks for the great video =), I played for a couple years in my 20's and now back playing less than a year. I"m a beginner and loving it. I am 55 now.
You're welcome! Thanks for sharing! Please enjoy more!
I am an intermediate, but I suffer from trying to learn to many styles like you said. This video was very helpful to understand where I’m at in my playing and what I need to work on, which is mainly theory. Thanks so much for the great videos and beautiful playing!
Thanks for sharing. You need more solid foundation which makes easier to learn songs. You can add theory & Ear Training with foundation. You're welcome!
A great video. It makes you think! I’ve been playing guitar for 60 years. According to some of your blues examples I’m advanced….but I still think of myself as a beginner as I learn something new every day. Also I enjoy so many different styles of playing….rock,blues, Celtic,classical, and now especially jazz ….and now I only play finger style having discarded the plectrum years ago. So nobody can be advanced in all styles. It doesn’t matter. I haven’t got the natural talents of Joe Pass, Tommy Emmanuel, or Segovia etc. but that doesn’t matter. It’s the journey and the enjoyment that counts. 👍🍷
Thanks so much! Great point! We all good at one side & one side is a little weak. We are humans! But if you like, you can push there side so you can do more fun! In order to be able to play many styles. Then foundation! Chromatic scale (certain ways), R37 Swing groove (many song styles) , Triads (many ways!) These three areas are so important for me! I don't have any natural talent. I made all up! I love Joe Pass, I have a huge respect how to keep up great techniques on Tommy Emmanuel! Hard work!
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Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it
Tommo , you open my eyes every time I Liston to u . I can see that I am a beginner even though I played for so long , on and off ( due to not having the understanding you need with foundation! So back to the drawing board . lol and again thank you . D
So happy to hear that! Thank you so much! You're very welcome!
C E G on 123 set stings. X X X 5 5 3 = X X X R M3 5 ... learn them slowly without memorizing! That's root position. Then E G C on 123 set strings X X X 9 8 8 = X X X M3 5 R .. That's 1st inversion!
G C E on 123 set strings X X X 12 13 12 That's 2nd inversion. That's all you need to know first! Take your time!
Excellent video.
Thank you very much!
*I've playing for 10 years now with months without touching my guitar, I can't thing of months that I've been practicing straight, religiously and I know little about musical theory, I'm too lazy to learn it but it's highly necesary, it's what I lack of but in exchange of all I have a great musical sense, rhythm and creativity, I got to known the guitar at some extent throughout these years: many chords and scales so I can jam, I can improvise and even compose my own songs cause I'm also good at writting lyrics and combine them with the chords and the notes. I hope someday I'm able to find the maturity and the temperance to start learning more theory, as tedious as it is.*
Thanks for sharing. Good job! Please enjoy!
Man i just discovered you and i keep kicking on your videos , and i think its just your vibe. Thanks for the video dig your vibe man!
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In my mind's eye... I am a total Wizard.......But in the real world.... I am forever a Student.....and love the forever gift it gives me....😎 All said and done...my mind's eye.... limits me,,,, and I know this.....But it so rewards my Soul... thanks for All your gift you share.... I never try to copy I always play fresh and a new....My own feeling's....Good .bad.or ugly..but so rewarding.... I know my place in the scheme of things...😎,,,,, I love this emoji....It represents my emotional level
... rambling on.... Again Thanks Scotty in Alabama...At one point it's all just a beginner or beginning...If we are learning something new....So I am forever a beginner....😎
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No shapes. Music, understand with the theory. Theory itself nothing. Just information that anyone can get it. But how to understand that concept deeply with music. That's why you need triads & ear training without any PDFs or any diagrams. You can use numbers like this.
5 7 7 6 5 5 (654321 strings ... fret numbers)
R 5 R M3 5 R (Intervals = Theory = Ear Training)
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That large jazz guitar is quite beautiful sounding and the playing around 27 minutes in was quite nice!
Thank you so much!
Love you channel, and already learned so much from you. I’ve played guitar for 30 years, and have struggled with the question: what level am I? I think it’s because guitar players (or any instrumentalist) can be multiple levels at once. In some skills I’m advanced, but in others I’m just beginning-I’ve found that’s a helpful way to think of it. I’m all of the levels.
So happy to hear that. Yes totally! I don't fully advanced yet I am not beginner all the way. I have a few mixes myself. I am still learning.
Its even more precious that you happily and kindly share and sacrafice your time for us. You are one of the rare people that makes us feel better about ourselves. And build up our confidence.
Thank You.
Thanks so much! I am always looking forward to make these talk videos on my Thursday afternoon. Funny part is I really don't decide until Thursday noon! Then I just make something up! I love to hear read everyone's reaction! So much fun for me. You're so special! Don't you know that?
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I first got my guitar (tanara strat) in ‘87. Only now have I started to learn after watching you and many others on CZcams and am starting to understand how to really play music. I’d say I’m still a beginner.
Thank you for teaching to the masses via CZcams and instagram. Your videos have helped me grow my love and appreciation for the guitar and music in general.
Thanks for sharing. You're very welcome! This is my true passion! So happy to hear that.
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Thank you for the great video. I am just getting started on learning more things about guitar (because I only do strumming before) and I came across your video. I learned a lot of things and hopefully I can apply that consistent 10-15 minutes a day while learning from your channel.
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I am 74 been playing approximately a little over a year I play daily because I have the time . I think I'm between late beginner and intermediate I can play songs with chords trying to learn finger picking .I know I'm old but I love my daily practice time.never played any musical instruments.it has opened up a new world for me I saw you on stewmac.i love learning thanks
Thanks for sharing. Please practice fingering exercise 10 minutes a day! Thanks so much for watching StewMac video!
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After listening to you I’m a beginner although I’ve played many years with cowboy chords n self taught but miss lots of foundation. 🎸
Don't worry! You can learn more! Please learn triads & intervals.
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Interesting approach to this age-old question! The different ways to demonstrate 3 distinct levels helps a lot!
How in the world did you comment 1 minute after he releases a 32 minute video and already know what it is about? You watched 32 minutes of content in 1 minute?? 😯 damn!
I'm guessing you've been watching Tomo for a good while to know about his concepts that well! As many videos as he has made he always manages to give us more and more to digest. Truly one of the best!!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you! Hard to describe those!
I think he clicked those!
00:00 Introduction
01:40 3 LEVELS: Beginner / Intermediate / Advance
05:10 Techniques : Fingering / Picking / Chromatic / Muting
06:24 Theory : Triads / Arpeggios
07:45 Ear Training : Perfect Pitch vs Relative Perfect Pitch
10:08 Foundation : can help performance skills included Fretboard Harmony
12:40 Gazzi Amp / Incredible replica of Steel String Singer (Dumble amp)
14:45 3 Levels on I IV V Blues
18:22 3 Levels on Twinkle Twinkle
20:35 3 Levels on Jazz Blues
22:57 3 Levels on Happy Chords
27:55 Just Funky
28:31 Big Band Feel
30:20 Conclusion / Bottomline : Don't decide too fast! Learn & review more foundation (No matter what level you are) Please share your thoughts. Thank you so much for watching!
I started playing guitar at 10yrs of age. I will forever be a ‘beginner’ because there is just too much cool stuff out there left to learn. Working on a ‘Gentle Giant’ tune with one of the writers rn. Tomo, your the best!😉
Thanks for sharing. Awesome! Thank you so much!
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Had no idea Gentle Giant were modern, their track Playing The Game is in my playlist, randomly discovered it one day, it's SO Zappa and RTF that I assumed it was authentically from the 70s. Just googled and yeah, 2014 wow. Or was that just a remaster...? I just saw they did have releases throughout the 70s so idk, I'm done researching though hahahaha.
@@KiraPlaysGuitar, It’s from their 74’ album “The Power and the Glory”. I think your 2014 date is from a Blu-ray release. If so that’s when it was remastered for both stereo and 5.1 surround sound. Also, Frank Zappa opened for them several times with others like Yes, Black Sabbath, Frampton, Weather Report, to name a few. In my opinion, they one of the most underrated bands of the 70s.
Excellent lesson happy Christmas 🌲🌲⛄ and New year
Thanks so much! Merry Christmas!
I would say that I'm an intermediate but I'm continuing to learn. Working on understanding the triads all over the neck and how they provide the maj 7, flat 7, 6 from the root position. Thsi will be a video I watch over and over because I want to learn the walking bass with the chords. But I also understand that theory opens up the fretboard and make one more of a musician. Thanks for teaching me to become more of a musician. Because I can apply these concepts with my mandolin and banjo too. Thank you Tomo.
Can you sight read? Do you have good repertoire? Are you familiar with western harmony; how chords are made by stacking thirds? Can you sight sing?
Thanks for sharing! I love reading everyone's posts! So great to read! Good job! You're very welcome! So happy to hear that.
This was an excellent guitar lesson.
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for your clarification of levels. My takeaway is not only the songs you play, but the way too play. I’m looking forward to raising my skill heading into year 3.
You're very welcome! So happy to hear that. Each lesson videos, I think about what people can takeaway from each videos. Thank you!
DM sent. Thank you and happy holidays.
Hello, Thank You for the video!!
Your videos are making learning theory understandable. Pages and pages of "stuff" that just frustrated me and made me scratch my head, is beginning to make sense. Definitely a beginner and as far as preferred playing style.......I don't have one. I think I mostly just want to be able to understand a piece of music well enough, that I can transpose it into any key (if there are lyrics). Also, and this may be "pie in the sky" thinking. But I would like to be able to look at any music and figure out how to adapt it to guitar. If it is a complicated piece, then to understand the music well enough to pull out the bits that can be played on guitar and know how to fill the gaps.....like I said. Probably too much for me. But right now, that's all I can think to say about style, which isn't saying anything about style at all, LOL. Aside from proficiency that comes from practice and knowing my fretboard. I don't know what more to say......
Except, I think I would love fingerpicking.
Cheers, have a great day!! Thanks again for the hard work of making and sharing these videos. I know you are a busy person and I appreciate you taking the time to read this comment.
So happy to hear that! I love teaching simple theory that works. Better not read about theory! Listen about theory and music together. Thank you for sharing! Best way is to join my Guitar Wisdom. Learn basic theory, triads and fretboard. Thank you so much!
Well I'd have to say I'm an intermediate although I've been learning for 4 decades. Right now I'm learning a few things I can't believe I hadn't learned in 2/3s of my life such as circle of fifths and chord scale relationships just in the past 3 months. All because I decided to make a guitar from a kit and looking at guitar making videos guitar playing instruction popped up. Rick Beato and Guthrie Trapp to name a couple. I actually saw Tomo Fujita on a Dan Erlrwine repair video. I think I'm hooked I'll let you know how I fare in a couple of months.
Thanks for sharing. Please learn more triads! Rick & Guthrie are good friend of mine. So many great players, wonderful people! I am so thankful surround by these people! I love StewMac & Dan!!
I'm intermediate. Thanks for the lesson.
Thanks for sharing! You're very welcome!
I'm intermediate in some aspects and beginner in others. I'm doing ear training now to get that to intermediate level (I'm only practicing the intervals of the major scale so far and I'm also practicing chords progressions with the I, IV, V and VI chords) and in the next months I will try to practice blues in order to become a better blues player too.
Thank you so much for sharing! Good job!
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Domo arigato gozaimashita, sensei. I am very grateful for you taking your time to share your expertise with us. Funny sidenote; me teaching karate-do often has me telling students to not compare themselves to others, to not worry about anything beyond sincerely trying their best and enjoying the process, not expecting fast results and being nice to themselves so as to not get too frustrated. With your permission I will print out your four short advices to hang in my dojo? :)
Thank you for sharing! Beautiful! Yes totally! You can credit my name one the bottom and you can get my Wisdom T-shirt from here....
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You're welcome!
This video is very helpful. I believe i fit the intermediate with room to grow to advanced. The foundation in intermediate theory, circle of 5ths, key signatures, some triad understanding,Major, minor, pentatonic understanding, some modal scales. Can hold the blues back line and jump a solo. It is all starting to sound the same and needs attention to improve to more chromatic chord melody.
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for sharing! Good job!
i just picked up my guitar yesterday after more than 3 weeks when I watched one of your reels yesterday. i really love all this information I'm getting from your channel and it makes me want to keep going. definitely gonna try practicing everyday even if it's for a little time ! thank you so much :)
Thanks for sharing. So happy to hear that, I make a lot of videos! I have 2300 videos on my cell phone and much more on my HD. Practice something simple everyday! You're welcome!
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@@TomoFujitaMusic thank you so much for your help ! I will try my best to practice everyday and once I am confident enough I hope I can share my playing with you ! :) this really means a lot for me
My takeaway is that we may be advanced in some styles and a beginner or intermediate in others. Personally, I find this a satisfying way of thinking about my progress as it both validates the choices I've made with my study/practice time and challenges me to think about re-designing my practice time to re-focus on some ideas that may not have been interesting to me at a younger age, but are increasingly relevant to me as I listen to music in new ways.
For context, I've been working at this instrument for 35 years and started with piano in the Suzuki method before arriving at the guitar.
Thanks for sharing. So happy to hear that. Exactly! You don't want to put only one label on yourself! Its all about foundation!
Thank you Mr.Fujita(Tomo san).
❇︎I try to achieve level 2 to (3 ?)in my life time.(slowly)
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Yes! Definitely!
Love your videos and teaching style!
My level is all weird. I have a degree in Jazz Performance … on Saxophone. So my ears and raw musical understanding is in the Advanced range. But I’ve only been playing guitar for a year (Using the Berklee book! Love that there’s not a tab in sight!). It’s so strange to be able to sight sing the music, but struggle to actually play half notes and quarter notes. Guitar is nothing like winds! 😂
So happy to hear that.Thanks for sharing. Most people are other way around. Technically advanced & musically ..... No need tabs! Ear Training & basic theory which is super simple! Guitar is very special instrumental that you can play casually so fast & its so difficult to master!
I dropped the trumpet when i was 15 and never looked back,, but I was a beginner trumpet player
So awesome! I've been playing for 1 and a half years now and i really respect your teaching. I've learnt triads and pentatonic scale, minor/mayor scale, and I think i can feel the blues too. My next goal is to get into jazz but really get the foundation well and learn it! Thank you Tomo
Great to hear that! Good job! Learn triads, R37 Swing groove!
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I work from home so I listen to your longer videos while I work. I've saved some of your videos because I use them in some of my practice sessions. You give me guidance on what I should work on. Which is really helpful as a self taught student.
Thanks so much for sharing! Happy to hear that you listen my talk! Good job!
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Thank you so much for making this video, Mr. Fujita.
12 years I've been playing guitar and I'm a self-taught and really slow at learning. Sometimes I feel insecure with other fellow musicians that really understand more about theory and they play really fast while I'm more into slow and feel. Since I found your videos like this, now I really know where to improve myself and keep humble and patience. I always consider myself as a beginner. I pray your health and happiness as always, Mr. Fujita.
You're very welcome! Thanks for sharing. You can catch up theory knowledges & techniques any time. But you can buy them as flowers. All seeds! You need to take care of them everyday! That's foundation. I teach foundation and I don't have to teach songs that much. They will get it!
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all i know is i have more to learn and every time i learn something new it shows me i have more to learn , there is all ways something new and exciting around the corner .
Thanks for sharing! I feel exactly same way! More and more! More fun!
I was listening when walking around in Omiya, Saitama today. When you mentioned Steak, I’m walking by a steak restaurant.
I ended up having steak for my lunch lol.
Sorry for off-topics comment.
Awesome! I love good steak! Now you remind me shopping!
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I’ve been playing for a long time. Since I was a little kid. I’ll get onstage and jam with almost anybody.
I am a beginner. Okay maybe intermediate. I have so much to learn, and the possibilities really excite me.
Thank you Mr. Tomo.
Your methods of explanation and example really speak to me and I gain so much: I can see more clearly where I need to go in my path.
Thanks, man.
Thanks for sharing. Guitar is so amazing! So much possibilities. So happy to hear that. Thank you so much!
@@TomoFujitaMusic Great lesson professor! Please keep them coming!
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Tomo, if you don't mind me asking - how long do you spend on teaching at school vs. making online lessons? I respect that you put out well made videos despite also working as a Prof.
For Berklee, this semester I teach 15 hours a week, Tuesday & Wednesday.
For Guitar Wisdom, I spend a lot of hours to prepare then we make videos on Sunday (Only Sunday so quiet around!) Then between I practice my guitar! I practice two things everyday even a few minutes to 15 minutes. I don't practice forever! Always I know when to stop!
this video is helping me realice where my foundation needs practice I had gone to guitar classes and i have never considered the ear training now i learn by my self and have a new target thanks to you (my ear training )
So happy to hear that. Hope more people notice importance of foundation. Thank you so much!
@@TomoFujitaMusic how is the best way to practice ear training as I've been looking and they recommend interval identifications is there a place to di it? Thank you for reading the comment, Tomo. From Spain
@@gaabrii3l585 Singing Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do ...super slowly. Then try Do Re Do Mi Do Fa Do So Do La Do Ti...
many more! Interval recognition exercises. You're welcome! I should add more Ear Training lesson videos on my Guitar Wisdom site.
@@TomoFujitaMusic thanks for the advice and the exercises I will be doing the exercise and the tests
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You're very welcome! Thank you!
you have an accurate depicti0on of how each level sounds plying chords and rythym, but how do they sound WHEN playing lead?? can you show us that? Great video!
So happy to hear that. Okay. Let me try that part.
I've been playing for at least 30 years and according to your examples I have some ability in all three levels, but I seem to spend most of my time in level 2. I still feel like a beginner at times, especially if I'm in a music store trying out a guitar. I would say I'm still intermediate. Thank you for your videos.
Thanks for sharing. You can always fill & review on foundation which will make you better player! At music store, play SONG in tempo... anything... play music with chords, tempo, song form in your mind! Don't play licks or riffs without rhythm!
Can you sight read? Do you have good repertoire? Are you familiar with western harmony; how chords are made by stacking thirds? Can you sight sing?
you're awesome!
Thank you!