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I just bought a book called the Guitar Grimoire - The Exercise Book. The patterns printed in this book are different than the ones I have learned. Instead of 5, there are 7, and they all have 3 notes per string. Is it necessary to learn these patterns as well as the ones I already know? Thanks for your help.

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I'm sorry, I don't think I really explained what I meant very well. I do know theory pretty, well, I know that a major scale consists of a pattern of whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole half, and I know it can go down the fretboard, across the whole fretboard, and all that. I was just wondering if the actual pattern is necessary to memorize. Would I be using it in many different situations to grasp the fretboard, or is the same as the patterns I have already memorized? I'm not really talking about the theory behind the pattern, just the pattern fingering/positions. I hope that made it a little clearer. (probably not) xD. Thanks for your help anyway.

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If you understand the theory and know all the names of your fretboard notes you would create your own patterns. Do you know all 12 keys by memory?

I was just wondering if the actual pattern is necessary to memorize. Would I be using it in many different situations to grasp the fretboard, or is the same as the patterns I have already memorized?

If you see them as two seperate patterns then they are different. To me they are all the same. Despite shapes and locations they are the same pitches. I know what notes belong to what scale and I don't have to pratice patterns, I just play the notes from that scale.

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That is what I am working on right now, trying to get all these patterns and {censored} to connect. As of right now, theory and playing guitar are two totally different things that I am learning, and I am trying to relate the two. I get theory, I understand most of the basics and maybe some more, but I can't seem to connect the two, which is probably why my questions seems pretty stupid. My guitar teacher is also having me memorize my patterns by "Pattern 1", "Pattern 2", (and play the arpeggios and chords associated with that pattern) and I don't want to get that mixed up with these new patterns that I have just found.

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the 5 scale patterns generally are based more around chord shapes of the CAGED methodology, whereas the 7 scale patterns are simply based off each note of the scale in 4 fret boxes. if you know the 5, they fit somewhere in those 7 and you should be able to identify them. all you are doing is learning 2 more boxes.

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