Originally Posted by: ChristopherSchlegel
If you count 3 scale degrees up from C you will get E if you use the major scale formula of 2 whole steps from root to major 3rd.

If you count 3 scale degrees up from C you will get E-flat (same things as D#) if you use the minor scale formula of 1 and a half steps from root to minor 3rd.

So it sounds like you just counted a minor 3rd instead of a major 3rd.

When I look at a picture of the fretboard for example http://www.guitar-instruction-video.com/fretbo3.jpg
I see the position of the C on the open A to the position of the E on the open D
is different than the C to E relationship on open G to Open B. I was expecting the shape of the C scale to be the same?