Ok, most shredders use the classical approach to how they finger scales. I think it's alot more comfortable and helps tremendously with dexterity. The idea is when you have a scale pattern that is clearly boxed in, you assign each finger to each fret. Index to the lowest. So if the pattern was 1, 3, 4. Index on 1, ring on 3, and pinky on 4. If it was 1, 2, 4. Index on 1, middle on 2, and pinky on 4. Hopefully that makes sense, I'll try a diagram in case it didn't.


|---|---|---|---|---|-----|
|-*-|---|---|---|---|-----|
|---|---|-*-|---|-*-|-----|
|---|---|-*-|---|-*-|-----|
|-*-|---|---|---|---|-----|
|---|-i-|-m-|-r-|-p-|-(p)-|


If you didn't notice that is a diagram of the fret-board, and how you would assign each finger to each fret. (p) is still the pinky, so generally when a note is extended outside the box, you can either slide your pinky up and stretch to reach that fret. An example pattern is 5, 7, 9. On 9 you would use your pinky. If you have to, because it not hard to just move it down a string so it's the 4th fret (5th on B). Then resume that pattern from there. Any questions?

[Edited by noticingthemistake on 01-10-2004 at 10:36 AM]