Number of notes per string, stepwise scales vs position scales

[christianm77]

oh... please hold me tight to stay away from making this a huge off-top)))

But it wouldn't make me any less objectively correct either way, needless to say ;-)

[dasein]

Here's one more way to think about it:

Take a scale, and distribute the notes evenly (or nearly evenly) between two strings.

For a pentatonic scale, it'd be either 3 notes + 2 notes, or 2 notes + 3 notes per string.

For a whole tone scale (or any other six note scale), it'd be 3 notes per string.

For any seven note scale (major, melodic minor, harmonic minor, harmonic major, or any of their respective modes) it'd be 3 notes + 4 notes, or 4 notes + 3 notes per string.

For a diminished scale (or any other 8 note scale), it'd be 4 notes per string.

The advantage of arranging them this way is that all these two string scale patterns end up repeating up an octave. It's a pretty easy way to play diagonally while learning a minimum of shapes.

Caveat emptor: I am not offering this as the solution, only as another avenue to explore and as a way to break out of certain familiar patterns.