another thing is to play a pattern in asmany different places as you can find on your fretboard, so say for instance a pattern starts on the "A"note on the low"e" string, play it here, then again, at the 17th fret of the lowE,and on the7thfret of the d,and starting on an open A,and then the2nd fretof the G string, and so on...this will familiarise you with the waythe notes are arranged on a fretboard