Hello, I have been playing guitar for about five years. I am self taught. I have recently started trying to apply music theory to my playing and I am having a hard time with it. I understand music theory pretty well and I know how to read music although I am really slow at it. The problem I am having trouble with is getting comfortable with how to play scales and find the notes in a key without having to think about it. I watched one of the videos on music fundamentals that showed me to find a note on a higher string to go back five frets and down the string. This is the kind of stuff I am looking for. That is very helpful. I guess I just want any tips on how to go about practicing this stuff to the point that it is second nature. I tried memorizing all of the notes on the guitar and memorizing scales and I guess it just seems like there should be a better way. Like the scale from c to d is the same but up a whole step. would that apply to all scales? I would appreciate any help. Thanks