Playing Major Scales All Over The Fretboard

Lets start with the 3rd string. Here's what the pattern looks like:
[The first column from the left represents the 3rd string]

1 1 1
_ 2 _
3 _ 3
_ 4 4

1,2,3,4 represents index, middle, ring, little fingers resp.

Travel up and down the fret board and play starting from any fret. You would be playing a Major Scale.

Next the 4th string. Here's what the pattern looks like:
[The first column from the left represents the 4th string]

_ 1
2 2 1
_ _ _
4 4 3
_ _ 4

1,2,34 represents index, middle, ring, little fingers resp.

Travel up and down the fret board and play starting from any fret. You would be playing a Major Scale.

Next the 5th, 6th strings. Here's what the pattern looks like:
[The first column from the left represents the 5th/6th string]

_ 1 1
2 2 _
_ _ 3
4 4 4

1,2,34 represents index, middle, ring, little fingers resp.

Travel up and down the fret board and play starting from any fret. You would be playing a Major Scale.

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Major and Minor Scales

Right, so you're very happy now that you know the C-Major? How about getting a little ahead and finding say the F-Minor? A-Major? E-Minor? Not too tough, given that there's a small little Rule that governs the formation of the scale. And guess what, its an EASY rule.

ALL Major scales follow this rule:

Whole Whole Half Whole Whole Whole Half

What is Whole and what is Half you ask? Simple. Go back to the Chromatic Scale. It looks like this right?

C C# D D# | E F F# G | G# A A# B |

That's 12 notes. I've seperated them out so you can read them easily. Each note is said to be seperated from the next one by a Half-Step. So, C and C# are seperated by a half-step. And so it goes...

A Whole Step = 2 Half Steps. How hard was that?

Now that you know all the jargon, use the Major Scale Rule and form whatever scale you want. For e.g. A-Major is

A -Whole Step - B - Whole Step - C# - Half Step - D - Whole Step - E - Whole Step - F# - Whole Step - G# - Half Step - A

OR: A-B-C#-D-E-F#-G#-A

Look here for the Rule to create Minor Scales!

http://cnx.org/content/m10856/latest/