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== Patterns ==
=== 3 Note Finger Patterns ===
You'll notice you only encountered 3 patterns for each group of 3 notes:
* <tt>|x|-|x|-|x|</tt>, or ''whole, whole''. I sometimes call this one ''stretch'', because it requires you to stretch a bit.
* <tt>|x|x|-|x|-|</tt>, or ''half, whole''. I sometimes call this one ''middle'', because it uses the middle finger
=== Breakdown on E String ===
In the major scale, these are the only patterns you'll encounter. There are 2 middle, 2 ring, and 3 stretch patterns.
whole/whole2 1-----3-----5
=== Breakdown in Major Scale ===
The 4-note whole/whole/half tetrachord is present twice in the major scale (C D E F, G A B C). This combines a whole/whole pattern ((C D E) and (G A B)) and a whole/half ((D E F) and (A B C)). The first tetrachord is connected to the second with a whole tone (F G). This gives us a half/whole pattern (E F G). If we reverse the order of tetrachords (G A B C, C D E F), they share the tonic note as an ending/starting point (C C). Since the tonic note to the 2nd note in the scale is also a whole tone, this gives us the same pattern of half/whole (B C D).