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You are welcome @Kitman . I never could remember the patterns, nothing to anchor them in my memory. But the math, for me, was easy.
You only have to remember 2 things that are tied to everything in music theory.
1) The octave is 12 frets.
2) The distance between the strings is 5 frets.
The 1st thing is pretty easy and something you can use all the time. The 2nd thing has 1 exception, going to the 2nd is 4 frets. Starting from 6, the distance is 5, 5, 5, 4, 5. I remember patterns and numbers pretty easily, so for me, that’s like a “key”.
Now, let’s tie it in even easier. You must know how to tune your strings in “relative tuning”? You fret the 6 string on the 5th fret and strike the 6 and 5 string, right? And you go down the pairs like that. But the exception is you fret the 3rd string on the 4th fret to strike the 3 and 2 strings. Those are your distances.
Going up to the A string is the same as going up 5 frets on the 6 string. Going up to the B string is the same as going up 4 frets on the 3 string.
I hope this helps. If you see this, you will realize that’s it super simple and will open up the fretboard. At least, it did for me.
MG 😀