Originally Posted by: maggiorWhat helped me with this was putting down my guitar and applying the formula "wwhwwwh" on paper, from any note figuring out the other notes in the scale, and drawing the patterns out for the fretboard. Essentially, you can derive the 5 scale patterns for yourself. This way they mean something to you and aren't just a magic pattern.

I didn't think about that. I have a bunch of blank sheet music and tab pages. Take practice in writing them down in Tab form and also in music note form.