Originally Posted by: ChristopherSchlegel

Originally Posted by: rabinekroiSo is it something I need to memorize ?[/quote]

At the beginner stage a student is just starting to learn:

1. The physical motions required to play single string melodies.

2. The sound & intervals of the scales as the building blocks of music; essentially aural or ear training.

So just start with one pattern in the easiest possible pattern & practice it. Keep playing it until you have it memorized. The purpose of this is to achieve the 2 steps above:

1. Build physical skill.

2. Apply those scale patterns to music & understand how scales are used to play melodies & connect chords.

For example, Lisa shows a bunch of open scale patterns in GF 2. If you are able to do those, then you are doing fine to practice them, keep progressing in a course & start learning songs.

Don't worry about learning all the patterns right now. Just stick with the course. I wanted to give you an answer to your question. It wasn't my intention to overwhelm you! :)

[quote=rabinekroi]Like how can someone remember all the ways to do that

The same way anyone learns to do any complex task: dedicated, repetitious practice.

Hope that helps!

thanks for your answers!