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I need a little guidance about learning the minor scales in 7 positions/patterns on a guitar. To begin with, I am reasonably comfortable with the major scales played in all 7 positions/patterns (covering the successive 7 modes?). Now I would like to learn the minor scales.

From the theory standpoint, I am given to understand that the 6th mode (i.e. 6th position of a major scale is the (first?) position of a minor scale? For example, referring to the circle of 5th diagram, I can see the 6th position of C major scale is the beginning of A Minor scale? But what I am struggling to understand is using my major scale pattern knowledge, how to co-relate the 7 positions for a particular minor scale? Am I asking a sensible question here?

Coming back to the C major and A Minor scale example, I know the 7 positions of the C major scale, so using my 7 position scale pattern diagram (which covers most of the guitar neck), I would like to know how the 7 positions can be used for Am scale? Is there a trick here?

The whole thing started off when I was trying to play a song in the key of Cm and was looking for a scale pattern to practice first.

By the way I am new to learning to play music with less than one year experience with guitar. I am guessing the way I have described my question above makes it obvious :-)

EDIT - Thanks Tim and Uncle Bob. I think between your 2 responses I have figured out what I was looking for - correct me if I am wrong please, below is my current understanding:

When taking about G major scale and its enharmonic E minor scale as an example, both contain the same notes (in same order presumably?). As I have stated, I know how to play G major scale in 7 different positions on the fret-board in order (I learnt the scales from this video

Now, coming to the E minor scale, my understanding after reading your answer is that I can use the same 7 G major scale positions to play E minor scale with the only difference being that the start and the end of the E minor scale has to be with the note E in that pattern? And the same goes to other major-minor enc harmonic scales too?

Is my above understanding correct?

I need a little guidance about learning the minor scales in 7 positions/patterns on a guitar. To begin with, I am reasonably comfortable with the major scales played in all 7 positions/patterns (covering the successive 7 modes?). Now I would like to learn the minor scales.

From the theory standpoint, I am given to understand that the 6th mode (i.e. 6th position of a major scale is the (first?) position of a minor scale? For example, referring to the circle of 5th diagram, I can see the 6th position of C major scale is the beginning of A Minor scale? But what I am struggling to understand is using my major scale pattern knowledge, how to co-relate the 7 positions for a particular minor scale? Am I asking a sensible question here?

Coming back to the C major and A Minor scale example, I know the 7 positions of the C major scale, so using my 7 position scale pattern diagram (which covers most of the guitar neck), I would like to know how the 7 positions can be used for Am scale? Is there a trick here?

The whole thing started off when I was trying to play a song in the key of Cm and was looking for a scale pattern to practice first.

By the way I am new to learning to play music with less than one year experience with guitar. I am guessing the way I have described my question above makes it obvious :-)

EDIT - Thanks Tim and Uncle Bob. I think between your 2 responses I have figured out what I was looking for - correct me if I am wrong please, below is my current understanding:

When taking about G major scale and its enharmonic E minor scale as an example, both contain the same notes (in same order presumably?). As I have stated, I know how to play G major scale in 7 different positions on the fret-board in order (I learnt the scales from this video

Now, coming to the E minor scale, my understanding after reading your answer is that I can use the same 7 G major scale positions to play E minor scale with the only difference being that the start and the end of the E minor scale has to be with the note E in that pattern? And the same goes to other major-minor enharmonic scales too?

Is my above understanding correct?

I need a little guidance about learning the minor scales in 7 positions/patterns on a guitar. To begin with, I am reasonably comfortable with the major scales played in all 7 positions/patterns (covering the successive 7 modes?). Now I would like to learn the minor scales.

From the theory standpoint, I am given to understand that the 6th mode (i.e. 6th position of a major scale is the (first?) position of a minor scale? For example, referring to the circle of 5th diagram, I can see the 6th position of C major scale is the beginning of A Minor scale? But what I am struggling to understand is using my major scale pattern knowledge, how to co-relate the 7 positions for a particular minor scale? Am I asking a sensible question here?

Coming back to the C major and A Minor scale example, I know the 7 positions of the C major scale, so using my 7 position scale pattern diagram (which covers most of the guitar neck), I would like to know how the 7 positions can be used for Am scale? Is there a trick here?

The whole thing started off when I was trying to play a song in the key of Cm and was looking for a scale pattern to practice first.

By the way I am new to learning to play music with less than one year experience with guitar. I am guessing the way I have described my question above makes it obvious :-)

EDIT - Thanks Tim and Uncle Bob. I think between your 2 responses I have figured out what I was looking for - correct me if I am wrong please, below is my current understanding:

When taking about G major scale and its enharmonic E minor scale as an example, both contain the same notes (in same order presumably?). As I have stated, I know how to play G major scale in 7 different positions on the fret-board in order (I learnt the scales from this video

Now, coming to the E minor scale, my understanding after reading your answer is that I can use the same 7 G major scale positions to play E minor scale with the only difference being that the start and the end of the E minor scale has to be with the note E? And the same goes to other major-minor encharmonic scales too?

Is my above understanding correct?

I need a little guidance about learning the minor scales in 7 positions/patterns on a guitar. To begin with, I am reasonably comfortable with the major scales played in all 7 positions/patterns (covering the successive 7 modes?). Now I would like to learn the minor scales.

From the theory standpoint, I am given to understand that the 6th mode (i.e. 6th position of a major scale is the (first?) position of a minor scale? For example, referring to the circle of 5th diagram, I can see the 6th position of C major scale is the beginning of A Minor scale? But what I am struggling to understand is using my major scale pattern knowledge, how to co-relate the 7 positions for a particular minor scale? Am I asking a sensible question here?

Coming back to the C major and A Minor scale example, I know the 7 positions of the C major scale, so using my 7 position scale pattern diagram (which covers most of the guitar neck), I would like to know how the 7 positions can be used for Am scale? Is there a trick here?

The whole thing started off when I was trying to play a song in the key of Cm and was looking for a scale pattern to practice first.

By the way I am new to learning to play music with less than one year experience with guitar. I am guessing the way I have described my question above makes it obvious :-)

EDIT - Thanks Tim and Uncle Bob. I think between your 2 responses I have figured out what I was looking for - correct me if I am wrong please, below is my current understanding:

When taking about G major scale and its enharmonic E minor scale as an example, both contain the same notes (in same order presumably?). As I have stated, I know how to play G major scale in 7 different positions on the fret-board in order (I learnt the scales from this video

Now, coming to the E minor scale, my understanding after reading your answer is that I can use the same 7 G major scale positions to play E minor scale with the only difference being that the start and the end of the E minor scale has to be with the note E in that pattern? And the same goes to other major-minor enc harmonic scales too?

Is my above understanding correct?

I need a little guidance about learning the minor scales in 7 positions/patterns on a guitar. To begin with, I am reasonably comfortable with the major scales played in all 7 positions/patterns (covering the successive 7 modes?). Now I would like to learn the minor scales.

From the theory standpoint, I am given to understand that the 6th mode (i.e. 6th position of a major scale is the (first?) position of a minor scale? For example, referring to the circle of 5th diagram, I can see the 6th position of C major scale is the beginning of A Minor scale? But what I am struggling to understand is using my major scale pattern knowledge, how to co-relate the 7 positions for a particular minor scale? Am I asking a sensible question here?

Coming back to the C major and A Minor scale example, I know the 7 positions of the C major scale, so using my 7 position scale pattern diagram (which covers most of the guitar neck), I would like to know how the 7 positions can be used for Am scale? Is there a trick here?

The whole thing started off when I was trying to play a song in the key of Cm and was looking for a scale pattern to practice first.

By the way I am new to learning to play music with less than one year experience with guitar. I am guessing the way I have described my question above makes it obvious :-)

Thanks.

Steve

I need a little guidance about learning the minor scales in 7 positions/patterns on a guitar. To begin with, I am reasonably comfortable with the major scales played in all 7 positions/patterns (covering the successive 7 modes?). Now I would like to learn the minor scales.

From the theory standpoint, I am given to understand that the 6th mode (i.e. 6th position of a major scale is the (first?) position of a minor scale? For example, referring to the circle of 5th diagram, I can see the 6th position of C major scale is the beginning of A Minor scale? But what I am struggling to understand is using my major scale pattern knowledge, how to co-relate the 7 positions for a particular minor scale? Am I asking a sensible question here?

Coming back to the C major and A Minor scale example, I know the 7 positions of the C major scale, so using my 7 position scale pattern diagram (which covers most of the guitar neck), I would like to know how the 7 positions can be used for Am scale? Is there a trick here?

The whole thing started off when I was trying to play a song in the key of Cm and was looking for a scale pattern to practice first.

By the way I am new to learning to play music with less than one year experience with guitar. I am guessing the way I have described my question above makes it obvious :-)

EDIT - Thanks Tim and Uncle Bob. I think between your 2 responses I have figured out what I was looking for - correct me if I am wrong please, below is my current understanding:

When taking about G major scale and its enharmonic E minor scale as an example, both contain the same notes (in same order presumably?). As I have stated, I know how to play G major scale in 7 different positions on the fret-board in order (I learnt the scales from this video

Now, coming to the E minor scale, my understanding after reading your answer is that I can use the same 7 G major scale positions to play E minor scale with the only difference being that the start and the end of the E minor scale has to be with the note E? And the same goes to other major-minor encharmonic scales too?

Is my above understanding correct?