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=== In Plain English ===
So that's a lot of information. Let's break it down. There are 7 notes in the common major/minor scales. Any one of those notes can be the lowest note available for whatever position you are playing in - that gives us 7 different patterns of notes if we restrict ourselves to a 5-fret "box". In any of these 7 patterns, the tonic note will occur in 1 of 7 places:
# 4th string, 1st note
For the major scale, these correspond to the patterns listed above. For the minor scale, their patterns are identical to their relative major - there are a number of quick ways to determine this, as seen below. Notice we are basically attempting to use 3 notes per string on each string; however, the M3 tuning between 2nd and 3rd strings complicates that a bit, causing us to experience a doubled note. Thus, the 2nd or 3rd string will only have 2 notes in each pattern. Whether the 2 note string is the 2nd or 3rd string depends on the pattern and preferred fingering of the player. The *'s above are the doubled notes that I prefer to leave out.
== Tonic Note Shapes ==