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Major and minor scales question(s)

BluesForDan

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At work, every monday, I have to watch a printer during the weekly checkrun. It takes a little more than an hour. Boring as sh*t, so i started taking a pad of paper with me, and writing out scales in the circle of fifths. I've gotten from C to G to D to A to B, and then I get stuck. After B, I start to run into scale degrees that get a sharp and become a new degree altogether ie B#= C and E#= F

for instance, the major scale ( whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, whole step, half step)
C D E F G A B C
G A B C D E F# G
D E F# G A B C# D
A B C# D E F# G# A
E F# G# A B C# D# E
B C# D# E F# G# A# B
here's where i begin to get fuzzy
F# G# A# B C# D# E#=(F) F#
then this
C# D# E#=(F) F# G# A# B#=(C) C#

It would seem to me that the last 3 are probably not used that much, as there is probably a flatted key which has the same scale degrees and is easier to write without all the sharps.

Theory gurus, please allow me to avail upon your knowledge
Am I on the right track?

Holy shit, I just realized something. Looking at this post, I just realized if you start with C at the 3 fret 5th string, the cycle of fifths goes up one string to the 3rd fret 6th string, then down two frets to 5th fret 5th string, up to 5 fret 6th string, down two frets to 7th fret 5th string, up to 7th fret 6th string, all the way until it repeats at 15th fret 5th string.
 
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