I have always been a bit scared to do advanced things like this but I picked up my guitar and I am actually getting the hang of it.

“Sometimes limitation is the key to make possibilities” -Tomo That hit me like a truck…. I came for guitar knowledge and got life wisdom, can’t complain about that!

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS TOTURIAL!!!

I love the way you demonstrate the final piece first. Then you break it down, step by step, start slow and gradually build up the speed. I love your expertise and your passion. But most of all I love the way you inspire me. Your comment that limitation is the key to possibilities struck a chord with me. You are a fantastic teacher. Thank you :)KD

Tomo, I just found out that you taught my guitar teacher at Berklee. He told me you were an amazing teacher, and i fully agree. You’re an incredibly skilled teacher and musician.

Any guitarist should immediately recognize this video as slap instructional gold!!!

What a great story about Neon!

I like what you said about the limitations of players and how this can drive creativity to work around them. There have been so many players that tried to play in a certain way/style/technique and by failing to master that approach developed their own style of playing. So rather than to be discouraged one should simply try to find ones own way how to do it and see where this takes one.....great lesson !

I didn't think I'd be successful at this, but I think I'm starting to get it! :) I can guarantee that I didn't wake up today intending to learn the basics of slap guitar, but I'm glad I did. It's fun. I took your direction to hit the edge of the fretboard too literally, and bruised my thumb joint trying to get the thumb slap sound, lol. It's a similar motion as playing a thumb note on a djembe. Hope your daughter is doing well with her guitar practice too.

If it weren't for artists finding creative ways around their limitations, we would never have gotten to experience the singular beauty of a BB King vibrato.

A new Tomo Fujita video is the cleanest, best pleasure.

Tomo is the real deal Guitar Teacher.There are tons of similar lessons on KZfaq, but only the way he teaches makes me really understand and actually do it. A real teacher indeed.

You are very kind to share these techniques with the world,many would keep it secret to impress people. You are a generous person.

This channel should grow as much as it could because of these memes and simple tutorials to improve remarkably.

Finally! I've been waiting for you slap tutorial sensei!

Cant wait to pracitce this and post it. You rock!!!

Thanks again Tomo. Looking forward to this.

This entire video is the proof that he is the best guitar teacher in the world.

Thank you so much for putting this out.. A friend recommand me one of your practice routine videos and i became a fan of yours from there one.. Love all your videos!! Greetings from Germany

Thank so much for sharing this lesson.

Thank you Tomo!

Thank you very much for this lesson, Tomo. My favorite guitar player and the person who inspired me to learn how to play the guitar is Miyavi. His slap technique is crazy and I’ve always wanted to play like him. I’ve played 15 years of guitar and I’m finally getting around to learning this technique!

i’ve recently gotten into slap and this is exactly what i needed! thank you tomo!

One of the best lessons on slap guitar! Thank you so much! Finally managed to sound like that after your video.

Amazing Tomo! A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! Thank you for such a lesson!

Thanks Tomo, this technique definitely needs patience to master and then to enjoy of course!

Finallyyyy!!!Love you Sensei 💕💕💕

Too much fun!! Excellent lesson. Thank you!

YES! I always wondered how to do it, thank you for the lesson

thank you for this video really open new door for my playing

Thanks for the great lesson Tomo!! The John Mayer neon story was really neat! Great advice!

I'm floored by this demo and instruction on slap guitar. Mr. Fujita, you continually step out and surpass the other guitar instructors on KZfaq. Very creative, adventurous, and different from so many other tutorials on YT. Again, thank you for this excellent instruction!

Thank you for these videos. You're an amazing teacher, can't believe you taught me slap in 12 minutes of video. Much love

wow. this challenges me. thx. rhythm is such an important pillar. you prooved it here. thx, i have to rewind :)

Thank you for explaining

Wow superb...thanks

This is why i like to tune in to your channel,It will makes me to not skipping practise my guitar✌️👍

Great lesson! Thanks Tomo.

Tomo, thanks for your direction to this video today, it answered all my questions. Lot's of right hand work which is not coming naturally to me. Woodshed time!

Thanks so much for the amazing lesson.

Kool lesson Mate!

Thanks so much, I can always learn something new with your channel!! :)

Awesome nugget of golden wisdom. Thank you Sensei!!

You are the one of my best teacher forever , Tomosensei 🙏🏻

How do I give this more thumbs up!👍🏻. Good stuff. A highly underrated guitar technique to say the least.

Great video! Thank you so much for all the effort you put on making these videos. As a request I would like to see some more theory lessons applied on guitar just like the two you have already done. Thanks again. Cheers

Thanks for pointing me over to this video Tomo! I still have many, many more of your lessons to visit, that's for sure! I don't think it was your channel that I first saw someone slapping a guitar... though maybe it was. The gentleman was talking about seeing Victor Wooten slapping on a bass and working very hard until they were able to do something similar on the guitar! Absolutely amazing!

Finally!! Thank you Tomo❤️

Yeeees thanks mister tomo ! I love you ! Cheers from France 🇫🇷

Thank you for keeping our requests. Sensei.

this guy is an awesome teacher.. never overcomplicates things verbally and slows it down and explains common mistakes

Sensei fujita might be one of the best guitar players on earth give em his slot in the rock and roll hall of fame! Great video as always!

Wowowowow thank god you uploaded this sensei ❤️❤️✨✨✨

Thank you so much for this tutorial, I wanted to learn bass for a while, but I only have an electric guitar available for now. This video is excellent for what I'm trying to achieve. Thank you and wish you alot of musical inspiration. :)

Wow great lesson Mr. Tomo!!!!

You're the best ! Thanks so much ! ☮️

Ho ho I think I've just found the goldmine Thanks Tomo!

I was just trying to learn Neon! Such a cool story

Thank you tomo, ive been wanting to learn slap

Thankyou for this tutorial Legendary sensei!

Amazing!

thank u sensei master teacher tomo👍👍👍

This is so fun. Thank you sensei 🙏

Howsome Tomo. Thank youuu!

Hi tomo thank you so much for this video ajaajaj amazing slap at 11:04 its very funny thank you so much , i´m going to tryl, it i love it

You had me dancing in my chair!

Master Tomo, brings the Funk sauce. Spicy 🌶

Wow ,i like short story neon ,u are so humble tomo ^^

Yes!

thankyou soo much for the lesson sir

Excellent techniques

I had an album in the early 80s I learned a bassline that used this. Was from fusion band Caldera. Nice fills and stuff. Thanks again all the posts, really great man! This was my Bday present. A bass lesson really, I like to look at them too! on acoustic its not really possible, I get most harmonic sound.

I didn't know you made a tutorial until now Very nice!

I believed the naysayers that I couldn't art! Now i draw, write Python computer code and play guitar! Gave up in 1979 after a theft of my guitars, couldn't afford to replace them. Very informative lessons in life through guitar! Believe in yourself! Thank you Tomo for Your valuable time, we will!!!

Nice !!! Happy Mid Autumn Festival

Thank you for the lesson Tomo! Working now on the #tomojustfunkyslapguitarchallenge

Tomo you the best!

Great story!! Thank you, Seems also reminiscent Of RHCP

Great video!!!

your just the best...

Jajajajaja You are justo great Tomo!!!!!!!! Thanks!!!!

Gonna have to come back to this one. I don't know if it's that my pickup is right up against the neck but I couldn't do this without hurting myself lol. Thank you Tomo

Awsome

OK, this is epic!

Never thought the super cool slapping will be this easy. I always thought it is a hard technique and always avoided to learn it. But somehow I just gave it a go today watching this tutorial and wow it just took me 40 minutes to learn it. Arigato Sensei. And also I don't have an electric guitar, I learned it on a Classical Guitar. So classical guitarists don't get offended 😂

Finally 🙌🙌

Hey Tomo, you always accomadate!! You're so clear in your teachings that after watching this I get it, but I don't know how long it'll take to play it? The keys are the hitting the fretboard and the muting , the hitting with the knuckles and the plucking and hammer on. Then it's a matter of practicing! It reminds me of slap/pluck bass guitar like John Entwistle from The Who. In some respects but there are probably better examples in the funk world, I love all GOOD music really! I'm reminded of what the great Duke Ellington said (I'm paraphrasing but something close to this) "There are only 2 kinds of music, good music... and that other stuff." 😂 I love that one and John Raitt , Bonnie Raitts father said the 2 kinds of music were "Zippidy Doo Dah and the Blues" , I love that one too. I guess it's obvious but it's like saying either happy, silly songs or deeper sadder songs. That's how I take it anyway. I love this challenge but I don't know about a week for me. Not to compare but it's not in my comfort zone and I don't feel so bad if John couldn't get it down 😂 it may cause me to derive something else from it! I love how you smile thinking about John saying to your kids who were younger at the time "That's a Tomo song" Of course you should be proud of teaching John and it's so nice to think of this big show and your kids watching it and then after having him acknowledge you... heartwarming story. I really love that you include those kinds of things in the lesson videos. So nice. This is probably going to take time for me, I couldn't play for the last few days and I have to get my finger strength and dexterity back again! I had some minor health stuff that made it impossible to play (my back, I had a surgery and even though it was more than a year ago once in a while it's painful to sit up... doesn't happen often and usually because I did something wrong, but I'm much better today and feeling relieved and happy!!) I'm late commenting too, but I watched everything you put out while I was "laid up" and I'm curious. That guitar with the frets at an angle above the 12th fret that you played...I'm assuming someone thought it would fit the angle of the hand better. Since you weren't playing above 12, I was wondering if you could confirm that that's why, and if it really is a better feel in the hand or does it feel confusing? Probably you get used to it but is it better? Looks like it would give me problems, my fingers know where to go a little bit now right, I think it would confuse them. Maybe even you at first, but I'm pretty sure you could adjust. Either way it looks weird but in a cool way! Glad to be back and all the best to you and your family!! 🎸🎶✌️❤️🙏

Best teacher

I couldn't do it so I wrote Neon lol. Awesome.

Finally, I can try slapping the guitar illegally lol thanks tomo, very nice 👍🏻

slapping my way to subscribe button definitively

Nice

You are a real bad ass 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸👍👍👍👍

Good you didn't have to wait for other tubers to teach it 😀

Challenge accepted 🔥🔥🔥😎

Hello Mr T. Great story, I think it would be great if you would play in your style a version of neon. so cool 😎 appreciate you 👍🏻

Osu sensei Tomo 🙌

Please upload a lesson on Neon... Like '3 levels of JM's Neon'!

One of my favourite guitar slappers is Jag Tanna from I Mother Earth. Check out there tune basketball 🏀 from there album dig. Insanely awesome. Thanks Tomo you rock. 😎✌️🎸🎶🇨🇦

Tomorrow, you're a great passer-on of knowledge