[miniupuchaty]

I was playing guitar for many years, and was always learning each scale separately. Let's say I knew A minor, F major, D pentatonic. It was taking a lot of time to learn and my playing was quite limited.

Then I've learned about all fourths guitar tuning.

The standard guitar tuning has two highest strings tuned half step down. Which is nice for some things. Makes it easy to play some open chord shapes. But completely breaks the pattern!

After the switch it was easy to see that major scale and all it's modes(Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian...) and all the keys where the same shape moving around.

With that I learned all the modes and keys of the major scale in a few days. When I start playing I just check where in the pattern I am and everything becomes clear.

[khqc]

Were you able to transfer some of what you learned back to standard tuning or did you never go back?

[miniupuchaty]

I never went back. But it still helped me for the standard tuning(mostly for playing other people songs).

When playing in standard tuning I see 6 string guitar as two parts a 4 lower string and 2 higher string that are offset half tone.

So I usually end-up with less movement in the standard tuning as I usually just stay on either those 4 lower or 2 higher strings depending on which note I've started.

Jumping between those two sections is not that much of a problem but I have to do it consciously.

But it still a lot better then just learning each scale and key separately! I just see no need for standard tuning in my playing and probably could get better at this "section jump" if I had used it more.