Originally Posted by: iiiiiii-0Hi thank you so much for your reply it's a great series however this aspect is confusing to me. So the lesson series I'm looking at is here:

https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=14044&s_id=453[/quote][p]Okay, thanks for the reference! In that series of lesson, watch the 2nd lesson again. I describe how the major scale is built from a series of intervals (specific distances).

https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=11291&s_id=453

Then I show how that interval formula can be played in many different locations. And another purpose of that specific lesson is to show how you can play repeating octaves of the same shape across the fretboard.

With all that in mind let's consider the image you uploaded. Why are all those dots in those places? Why do they make those shapes instead of other shapes? Why & how do the shapes connect? What happens when I get to the last box?

This is part of the problem with drawing big patterns of lots of dots but not actually explaining anything. It's one thing that I think a lot of guitar sites & instructors do that is unhelpful.

So let's clarify the shapes by editing the image.

This image is from my modes across the fretboard tutorial, because that's really what you are referring to here.

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=370

[quote=iiiiiii-0]I'm looking online at major scale patterns and can't find a pattern which follows pattern 1 in this series. For example the 5 7 9 on the 6th string. I can't find any patterns across the internet that follow this pattern.

That's because some guitar instructors & sites don't teach the patterns in an integrated manner. They just show you a bunch of dots & patterns with no context or explanation.

And as Herman mentions, it's one of the problems with CAGED. For what it's worth, Tom Hess is less sympathetic than I am about this issue. And he explicitly calls it out on this page.

https://tomhess.net/WhyTheCAGEDSystemHurtsYourGuitarPlaying.aspx

But it's not as if either pattern is wrong. They are both ways to make the major scale pattern on the fretboard. Some are more helpful than others in playing certain musical patterns. Some are more helpful than others in understanding the layout of the major scale.

This is why I think it's helpful for students to start at the beginning & really grasp the major scale interval formula before diving into huge patterns with lots of dots & no explanations! Start here:

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=363

Hope that helps!