[quote name='Sarah5string' post='700562' date='Jan 4 2010, 03:45 PM']The easiest was to learn I found was to play stuff I already knew, but transposing some of the notes onto the B instead of the E for example. Drop D you wouldn't need to retune for so if you start playing drop D songs just using the bottom strings instead of downtuning.[/quote]
+1
Thats basically what i did. You'll find some dropped-D songs are easier on 5, but some like Velvet Revolvers ''Slither'' can be quite a work out . It all helps with your fretboard work.
And with standard songs i started playing on the 5th fret of the B, just to test my brain.