Hi John,

thanks for your great reply. Oh, you hadn't really done the exercise for me. Before I saw your reply I had done it by hand and came up with the prescribed 15 majors :) Thank you for sharing your learning strategy though, that's really helpful (I've printed it and put it in my folder).

The closest thing I have to a computer game/console in my house is an intransigent remote control that insists on selecting the wrong radio station :) No guitar hero for me :)

Many thanks and Kind Regards.

Hello Pebber,

many thanks for your reply. I can easily do what you asked from memory as I watched your music theory video 3 times to be sure I understood how to correctly derive scales. I'm referring to the video in which you explained to some students by re-writing the circle of fifths as a matrix and applying the major scale formula.

A reason for asking the question was as follows; I know that the instrument is highly pattern oriented when it comes to scales so suspected that there was an immediate method to move your scale patterns into any key - I don't like guessing (it's the engineer in me), so I thought I should just ask. There is plenty for me to do before I try to move your patterns around as my technique is very poor.

I dislike hesitating when I'm mid-flow on something. When the time comes for me to move out of G Major I now KNOW two ways to do it - one of which is a surefire method for me to cross-check what I do :) Thank you.

Another reason relates to the position two variant you describe. I haven't seen that pattern in other books - that's not to say it's not described in other books, just not the books I've seen thus far. I'm somewhat curious about this.

Oh dear, I mis-read part of your text - I'm not sure I can write out 15 major scales. 12 I can see immediately, but not 15. What am I missing please ?

Sidenote for anyone who hasn't viewed the music theory videos. I refer to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK-jr2AkMQ4 For me it was a goldmine - one of the best learning/teaching experiences I've ever had - and I'm old enough to have had a few :)