My Way Guitars - Demo Pictures

Demonstration Photos of Instruments with Labels Attached on the Fretboards in Keyboard Style Patterns

The instruments illustrated below have their stings tuned to either all G, E, C, F or B notes, but any of the 12 whole or half notes A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, or G# may be used. For these examples the keyboard pattern may start with an optional white stripe at the headstock base, referred to as fret 0, just before the nut at the far end of the fretboard, to indicate the notes of the open strings. The closer the frets are to the headstock the lower pitch will be when pressing on that fret and strumming the strings, and the closer the frets are to the instrument body the higher the pitch will be.

From the player's perspective, looking down at the fretboard on the neck of the instrument in front of him, the order of the notes perfectly corresponds to the perspective one has when looking down at a piano keyboard, with the lower notes to the left and the higher notes to the right. Pressing down or sliding a finger on the frets while strumming is then essentially the same as playing a tune on a keyboard, and whatever one can tap out or play one finger at a time on a keyboard is easily replicated on the guitar. There is no need to learn complex fingering patterns, although advanced players will certainly be able to use their skills for improved performances.
It doesn't matter what specific instrument it may be, a regular 6 string acoustic or electric guitar, a 4 string bass guitar, a 4 string ukulele, an 8 string mandolin, or whatever, there is no need to learn any of the normally different fingering patterns, since all such instruments may be played immediately and easily with this very same intuitive keyboard style method.

Each instrument below is shown first from a Front/Audience view and then from a Top/Player's view:

Guitars tuned to Note G

Guitar tuned to Note E

Guitar tuned to Note C

Bass Guitar tuned to Note C

Ukulele tuned to Note F

Mandolin tuned to Note B

Schematic Instrument tuned to Note B

Guitars tuned to Note G

Example 1. Electric Guitar with all open strings tuned to Note G
The open strings are tuned to G, so the headstock has an optional white stripe at fret 0, fret 1 is black for G#, fret 2 is white for A, fret 3 is black for A#, fret 4 is white for B, fret 5 is white for C, and so on in a keyboard pattern for the whole fretboard.

The same guitar from the payer's perspective showing the top of the neck with optional note identification labels for the frets starting with fret 0 at Note G
From the player's perspective the fretboard pattern transforms the guitar into a keyboard style instrument. Beginners may prefer to have optional labels on the top of the neck identifying the frets in order to facilitate learning. Such optional labels may be as in this case letters A-G and mark only the whole notes, or labels for the sharps and flats could be added if desired, or numbers or the corresponding musical notation could be used🎵🎶.

Example 2. Acoustic Guitar with all open strings tuned to Note G
The open strings are tuned to G, so the headstock has an optional white stripe at fret 0, fret 1 is black for G#, fret 2 is white for A, fret 3 is black for A#, fret 4 is white for B, fret 5 is white for C, and so on in a keyboard pattern for the whole fretboard.

The same guitar from the payer's perspective showing the top of the neck with optional note identification labels for the frets starting with fret 0 at Note G
From the player's perspective the fretboard pattern transforms the guitar into a keyboard style instrument. Beginners may prefer to have optional labels on the top of the neck identifying the frets in order to facilitate learning. Such optional labels may be as in this case letters A-G and mark only the whole notes, or labels for the sharps and flats could be added if desired, or numbers or the corresponding musical notation could be used🎵🎶.

Example 3. Electric Guitar with all open strings tuned to Note G
The open strings are tuned to G, so the headstock has an optional white stripe at fret 0, fret 1 is black for G#, fret 2 is white for A, fret 3 is black for A#, fret 4 is white for B, fret 5 is white for C, and so on in a keyboard pattern for the whole fretboard.

The same guitar from the payer's perspective showing the top of the neck with optional note identification labels for the frets starting with fret 0 at Note G
From the player's perspective the fretboard pattern transforms the guitar into a keyboard style instrument. Beginners may prefer to have optional labels on the top of the neck identifying the frets in order to facilitate learning. Such optional labels may be as in this case letters A-G and mark only the whole notes, or labels for the sharps and flats could be added if desired, or numbers or the corresponding musical notation could be used🎵🎶.

Example 4. Acoustic Guitar with all open strings tuned to Note G
The open strings are tuned to G, so the headstock has an optional white stripe at fret 0, fret 1 is black for G#, fret 2 is white for A, fret 3 is black for A#, fret 4 is white for B, fret 5 is white for C, and so on in a keyboard pattern for the whole fretboard.

(Top view of this guitar from the player's perspective not yet included.)

Guitar tuned to Note E

Example 5. Acoustic Guitar with all open strings tuned to Note E
The open strings are tuned to E, so the headstock has an optional white stripe at fret 0, fret 1 is white for F, fret 2 is black for F#, fret 3 is white for G, fret 4 is black for G#, fret 5 is white for A, and so on in a keyboard pattern for the whole fretboard.

The same guitar from the payer's perspective showing the top of the neck with optional note identification labels for the frets starting with fret 0 at Note E
From the player's perspective the fretboard pattern transforms the guitar into a keyboard style instrument. Beginners may prefer to have optional labels on the top of the neck identifying the frets in order to facilitate learning. Such optional labels may be as in this case letters A-G and mark only the whole notes, or labels for the sharps and flats could be added if desired, or numbers or the corresponding musical notation could be used🎵🎶.

Guitar tuned to Note C

Example 6. Acoustic Guitar with all open strings tuned to Note C
The open strings are tuned to C, so the headstock has an optional white stripe at fret 0, fret 1 is black for C#, fret 2 is white for D, fret 3 is black for D#, fret 4 is white for E, fret 5 is white for F, and so on in a keyboard pattern for the whole fretboard.

The same guitar from the payer's perspective showing the top of the neck with optional note identification labels for the frets starting with fret 0 at Note C
From the player's perspective the fretboard pattern transforms the guitar into a keyboard style instrument. Beginners may prefer to have optional labels on the top of the neck identifying the frets in order to facilitate learning. Such optional labels may be as in this case letters A-G and mark only the whole notes, or labels for the sharps and flats could be added if desired, or numbers or the corresponding musical notation could be used🎵🎶.

Bass Guitar tuned to Note C

Example 7. Bass Guitar with all open strings tuned to Note C
The open strings are tuned to C, so the headstock has an optional white stripe at fret 0, fret 1 is black for C#, fret 2 is white for D, fret 3 is black for D#, fret 4 is white for E, fret 5 is white for F, and so on in a keyboard pattern for the whole fretboard.

The same guitar from the payer's perspective showing the top of the neck with optional note identification labels for the frets starting with fret 0 at Note C
From the player's perspective the fretboard pattern transforms the guitar into a keyboard style instrument. Beginners may prefer to have optional labels on the top of the neck identifying the frets in order to facilitate learning. Such optional labels may be as in this case letters A-G and mark only the whole notes, or labels for the sharps and flats could be added if desired, or numbers or the corresponding musical notation could be used🎵🎶.

Ukulele tuned to Note F

Example 8. Ukulele with all open strings tuned to Note F
The open strings are tuned to F, so the headstock has an optional white stripe at fret 0, fret 1 is black for F#, fret 2 is white for G, fret 3 is black for G#, fret 4 is white for A, fret 5 is white for B, and so on in a keyboard pattern for the whole fretboard.

The same ukulele from the payer's perspective showing the top of the neck with optional note identification labels for the frets starting with fret 0 at Note F
From the player's perspective the fretboard pattern transforms the guitar into a keyboard style instrument. Beginners may prefer to have optional labels on the top of the neck identifying the frets in order to facilitate learning. Such optional labels may be as in this case letters A-G and mark only the whole notes, or labels for the sharps and flats could be added if desired, or numbers or the corresponding musical notation could be used🎵🎶.

Mandolin tuned to Note B

Example 9. Mandolin with all open strings tuned to Note B
The open strings are tuned to B, so the headstock has an optional white stripe at fret 0, fret 1 is white for C, fret 2 is black for C#, fret 3 is white for D, fret 4 is black for D#, fret 5 is white for E, and so on in a keyboard pattern for the whole fretboard.

The same Mandolin from the payer's perspective showing the top of the neck with optional note identification labels for the frets starting with fret 0 at Note B
From the player's perspective the fretboard pattern transforms the guitar into a keyboard style instrument. Beginners may prefer to have optional labels on the top of the neck identifying the frets in order to facilitate learning. Such optional labels may be as in this case letters A-G and mark only the whole notes, or labels for the sharps and flats could be added if desired, or numbers or the corresponding musical notation could be used🎵🎶.

Schematic Instrument tuned to Note B

Example 10. Illustration of instrument neck when tuned to Note B

FIG. 59 shows a side view of a portion of a neck (headstock left, body right) with labels indicating the notes for when open strings are tuned to B at fret 0 (not shown). The names of the notes on the side of the fretboard, C on fret 1, C# on fret 2, D on fret 3, etc., are shown in one orientation but may be aligned in any direction for best viewing by the player or the audience.

FIG. 60 shows a front view of a portion of the neck (headstock left, body right) with labels indicating the notes for when open strings are tuned to B at fret 0 (not shown). The names of the notes on the fretboard, C on fret 1, C# on fret 2, D on fret 3, etc., are shown in one orientation but may be aligned in any direction for best viewing by the player or the audience.