The Guitarist's Home Base

With both the lowest and highest strings tuned to E, this note frames your entire view of the fretboard. If you can find E, you can find anything relative to it. It is the ultimate anchor.

The Octave Trick

Since the 1st and 6th strings are both E, any pattern you learn on the bottom string applies identically to the top string. This essentially gives you two strings for the price of one!