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There is a mistake above that I wanted to correct:
I wrote: “otherwise the pattern would shift on the B string since it’s tuned to a 4th instead of a fifth.”
In standard (EADGBE) tuning each string is tuned to the fourth above the previous string, with the exception of the B string that is only the 3rd (G-A-B) above the G. The high E is the fourth (B-C-D-E) again.
I used the wrong interval and also the wrong article. I said “a” fourth which could be interpreted as 1/4th. It isn’t that, it’s not a fraction but indicates order as notes come after each other in a specific order: A is the fourth note after E.
On the guitar each string is 1/2 of an octave higher than the previous string.