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=== So We're Memorizing Shapes? ===
Yes, but you always have to remember the shapes are a means to an ends. To play actual melodies, we may jump around inside any particular pattern. Also, there is no guarantee a song will stay 100% inside a particular key. It may borrow notes outside the scale, altering how we play in the pattern. I prefer to look of these patterns as a "filter". We are simply blocking out the notes that are "outside" of the major or minor key we're playing in.