@artax_2 When it comes to actual musical playing as opposed to scale practice, you will very rarely be using the one finger per fret approach. That is a practice restriction that becomes null and void for expressive, creative free play using a scale to play melodies and lead lines … which are most likely on the thinner strings.
You will instead use slides and hand shifts and other techniques to move between frets 2 - 5 (with a pattern 1 G major scale).
I have created a short melodic piece over eight bars to demonstrate this.
The chord progression is
| G | D | C | D |
| G | D | C | G |
Look at the tab and how I have notated finger choices and techniques for moving between frets. The one finger per fret rule is abandoned. The 4th finger isn’t used at all.
Also, remember. This is just the G major scale. The pattern is entirely movable. You will probably find it easier further along the neck. Try placing the root note at fret 8 and play the C major scale - something you have already met as a scale with open strings earlier in the beginner course.
I hope that helps.
