does that mean we need to memorise every note on every fret on every string of a particular tuning to be able to fully function in improvising?also each scale has a somewhat different/additional set of notes...so do i have to memorise that as well? man its tougher than i thought i thought i had it...but u can use pentatonic at every fret isnt it?what ive gathered so far is that the difference between minor and major pentatonic is that the pattern is inverted with a missing note in the beginning...like

C Pentatonic minor (Fret 8 on 6th string as the root note):
---8---------11---
---8---------11---
---8------10------
---8------10------
---8------10------
---8---------11---

Pentatonic major would then be (Root note still similar):
---5---------8---
---5---------8---
---5------7------
---5------7------
---5------7------
-------------8---

seems this applies to the other scales as well...but what ive always known as the major scale apparently isnt the major scale...as the patern is different....whats with the 32472983729 guitar terms that means the same thing? its confusing sometimes...