About things I don't understand. For example on page seven, it has the "fret numbers" written at the upper right hand side of the neckboard.......it is generally one number, always next to the first fret, and it can't find out what it means......to me it's just an arbitrary number.

Also what do the different patterns mean? There are like seven differerent "patterns" for the C major scale, and only one of them sound like a C major , the rest are just random notes. I'm very confused, if anyone can help me.......

The fret number is the fret you start on. Rather than draw the entire fretboard out, they draw out a few frets and add a number to tell you what the first drawn fret is. So if you have a diagram with a 7 as the fret number, it starts on the 7th fret.

The answer to the fret number question should explain your second question.

awesome thanks i'm not that bright -_-

Always confused the hell out of me as well, thats why i stopped using it.Its just a stupidly designed book, for all that the idea is a reasonably good one.