I wish you knew THIS Shuffle Blues Bassline For Super Clean Technique that taught John Mayer

At first I thought this lesson was too easy for me but I let it play out. As it played I realized this is an important lesson for me despite many years of me playing blues. Great lesson, thank you Tomo.

This is EXACTLY the kind of practice exercise I need — matching beat (with the metronome), improvisation (improvised lead and/or improvised variations of the shuffle), etc. I’m also using it for some pick practice by using varying picking patterns — all down picks, alternate picking, and varying picking patterns. It’s a nice little exercise, Thank You!

The power in these simple lessons is incredible. I use these lessons everywhere

This bassline was in one of your other videos that I started watching 2-3 years ago. This led me to doing pentatonic scale patterns until I was blue in the face. This really was the piece I needed to unlock my blues playing, and really LEARN the guitar. Your courses are great, and your advice: "Dont worry, don't compare, don't expect too fast"..... I've adopted that whole mantra to anything I do. Thank you for teaching and for sharing your wisdom, Tomo!

You're awesome! I enjoy watching these videos when I have time. When I first started playing a long time ago, I used the whistling technique. Even today. If I'm listening to another artist and I like the song, I'll whistle to it, but with my own unique phrases or lines to it over the melody and beat. No rules. Part of the whistling is part of my voice. So if there is certain phrases or habits that I do without much thought and whistle to, the song conforms to my style and to what I like. I'm concerned about preserving my voice and own identity when it comes to playing any instrument. It's a fingerprint to my work. Some people speak with a foreign accent, others have a southern accent and others have a northern accent. We all are communicating with our voice, but with some slight variation to deliver the message. Whistling over music with not much thought, will let your internal voice shine from within. Another tip is to record your whistles over melodies, then you can go back to them and retrieve what your inner voice was saying and transfer them over to the guitar.

Tomo you are a big part of me breaking down my nearly 30 years of self taught bad habits and aimless direction. Never too late tho, I really appreciate these videos just talking about concepts of fundamentals. So easy to stray from them through the years. I'd love to one day be able to be a real student of yours!

There's a gold mine of blues phrases here. Awesome Tomo!

It's good to tear it back down to the skeletal frame and reignite inspiration. Go ahead and do that boring stuff - do the work. I especially appreciate the metronome 2 4 after the solid internal bass line is wood burned back into your soul. That's when the just-you solo creativity can start to flow again. When we are uninspired and stale, this is a great video to jump forward by cocking the spring backwards. Thank you, Tomo!

What a great lesson, I have always been in favor of playing the Guitar as cleanly as possible, without effects or distortions and then adding little by little what you want, but without forgetting tonal purity. Thank you Mr. Tomo Fujita for sharing your extensive knowledge of Guitar, Music and Life. I use backing tracks from YouTube because I am a Street Musician, but it is true, the dynamics are not the same as when playing music with real people.

Thank you for sharing!! ❤️

Everything is important. I keep practicing every day. I have fun and I keep learning from it. Thank you!

I always discover keeping slow tempi accurately is one of the hardest things. As always a challenging lesson. :whistle-red-blow:

ブルースのフレーズをクリーンに弾くというのは新鮮でした。私は今まで弦に対してピックをやや斜めにアタックして、わざと汚い音を出すことを良しとしていたからです。クリーントーンでごまかしが効かないので正確さも身につくと思いました。ありがとうございます。

Thankyou Tomo! Really enjoyed this technique.

Thank for this. I am getting much more by studying with you than any other methods. Foundation.

Master Tomo , I hope you’re doing well and want you to know that I really appreciate your contribution to this community. You ROCK !!!!!💯💪

i luv stevie so much ! ,thank god for having me know him so quickly from i began learning guitar, glad to see contents refer to him. thank you mr.tomo.

This is such a great lesson. I heard you teach this idea before but something toward the end really hit home. Thank you. Excited to get after this.

Томо, как здорово, что Вы преподаёте чистый звук!!! Многие преподаватели наоборот предлагают играть "грязно", якобы для того, чтобы "наполнить пространство". Мне очень нравятся Ваши занятия, спасибо Вам большое! С уважением, Фёдор Беляев

Very helpful lesson. Thank you kindly.