Hi Mike. If I understand your question correctly, it's because the 7th fret (E string) is not the root note. The intervals WHWWWHW starts at the root note (A) which is the black dots.

It's as you named it .. minor major 7. It could be written many ways such as minmaj7 mM7 m/M7 etc.

Position will always be determined by the root note of the scale. The scale diagrams on this website show the root notes as a black dot or an 'R'.

It can be quite complicated to grasp with a short answer but I'll give it a go. Starting with the obvious, if we lower a note in pitch then we flatten it, if we raise the pitch then we sharpen the note....

They work pretty much the same. You just need to let your ear guide you. The main difference will be the v-I cadence has a weaker pull back to the root chord therefore you will often find the V7 chord is sometimes...

Thanks Steve. Hope to be adding a lot more to it soon, just finding the time is difficult.

I use various. The earlier ones were hand created in some serif program I think, very slow going. I've used a few different ones but not sure I could remember them all. More recent stuff is done with Guitar...

You can play scales anywhere on the neck at any time. Keeping things close together can make it sound a bit more melodic perhaps but not always. There really are no rules.

Sounds like something someone has made up, either to be different or perhaps attempt to simplify things. My guess would be a full fretboard diagram with all of the "CAGED" notes laid out.

No, not true 🙂 What you can do though is play many thousands of songs in C major, especially if you don't mind playing them in their non-original key. Any song written strictly in a major key can be...