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i m p i m p 4th Pos. 5th Pos. or the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd strings:  E----------------3- B-------3--5--6----We G-4--5------------- B C D E F G m r i r p i 3rd Pos. In the first two cases, we play a h-w pattern on both strings in both cases, but when going from the 2nd to 3rd string, we shift one fret upwards. '''My advice is to do a positional shift.','' rather than using the middle, ring, and stretched pinky, which can be awkward and difficult. The 3rd example avoids an awkward fingering or positional shift, using strictly third position. This only uses 2 notes on the G string, making the pattern less symmetric in terms of fingering and uses 3 strings instead of 2. It can easily become confusing. Let's take a look at this in a larger context:

Both examples play the exact same notes, except the 2nd one shifts uses a shift from open to first position between the 3rd and 2nd strings. '''Notice how when performing the shift, we get 3 notes per string.''' This is a concept we will revisit later, but many speed players prefer this because it creates more balance when moving up or down the scale through the 2nd and 3rd strings. It is also easier to derive scales this way - each string will be either a w-w, w-h, or h-w pattern of 3 notes. Without the shift, we get only 2 notes on either the 2nd or 3rd string, and 3 notes on the other. This disrupts the order of the patterns across strings. In the 2nd example, we see w-h, w-h, w-w, w-w, and w-w patterns for each string. In the first tab we have w-h, w-h, w, h-w, and h-w patterns, then a final stretch/shift to the high A. An advanced player knows how to play scales in fixed position as well as shifting as ascending or descending the scale. And againMost instructors or books confine the beginner player to fixed position; however, we may have 2 notes on I don't want you to feel locked down. I want you to understand the patterns the G string in this caseinstruments make, but in other cases it would have 3 notes and which requires looking at the B string has 2fretboard from different perspectives from fixed positions.

''Note: the figures above play an A minor Minor scale. Notice that it's the same notes as C Major. We'll look more into this later on.''