lol you're right, soz man
ok you know what a root note is?
i think you do cos you mentioned it...
if u'r root is the 5th fret on a string, then on the same string...
that makes the 6th fret the min2, 7th= maj2
8th=min3, 9th=maj3
10th=perfect 4th, 11th=diminished 5th
12th=perf5th
13th=min6th, 14th=maj6th
15th=min7th, 16th=maj7th
and 17th the octave (the 17th fret is 12 up from the 5th)
(so i'm just going down the table of interval names)
basically it's a map and scales are your coordinates
if i give you coordinates of min3, maj7
then you would go take your root (5th fret)
go to the min3(8th fret)
and then the maj7 (16th fret)
so we now have 3 notes and all the octaves of those 3 notes
when you take a scale you find out what intervals it uses, then look at your map, and find out where those intervals are..
does that make sense?