Hey, Steve.

Originally Posted by: slabedzI noticed that many of the lessons show 3 note per string scales as the first position for both major and minor scales, but is not reflected like this on the Scale Finder provided. Am I missing something?

It is confusing. :)

On the guitar you can play the exact same note in more than one place. This results in many possible patterns & ways to play any given scale. The Scale Finder is a great tool. But it's just an automated graphic database that shows some of possible ways to play scales. It's just a reference, so it doesn't explain why it shows any given pattern.

I explain those reasons in depth in GF2 starting here:

http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=363

Then, I cover the idea in more depth in these tutorials on major & minor scale fretboard patterns covering the entire fretboard.

http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=453
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=887

Try those & see how it goes. If you have more questions, please ask! Have fun. :)