On all fourth tuning system, you don’t need to remember 5 positions as in standard tuning system. Instead, you will just need to remember these 2 simple shapes
By connect these 2 shapes in different ways, we’ll have different options to travel through the pentatonic scale.
So it is basically how you want to move from 1 shape to another. For example, here’s how you would move through the pentatonic scale horizontally
Now, here’s the root for minor pentatonic
Here’s the root for major pentatonic
In conclusion, based on only 2 simple shapes, you can easily map out the whole pentatonic scale on the fretboard. There’s no need to remember the 5 positions as in the standard tuning system. It saves you a lot of time.
