STANDARD TUNING TO FOURTH TUNING
- RAISE THE PITCH OF STRINGS 1 & 2 A HALF-STEP.
- NOW, PLAY AND OPEN E MAJOR CHORD, E MINOR AND E7–DON’T PLAY (MUTE) ANY STRING THAT DOESN’T FIT THE CHORD.
- MOVE TO AN A MAJOR CHORD BY JUST MOVING THE E PATTERNS ONE STRING UP AND TO THE D MAJOR CHORD BY THE SAME WAY. NOW CHORD PATTERNS MOVE BOTH HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY.
- THIS WORKS WITH SCALES ALSO.
ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND THIS, YOU ALSO UNDERSTAND THE QUARTAL BOARD (QB) KEYPAD LAYOUT.