guitar scales minor

[brotimS]

if this is the c major  scale  C,Dminor,Eminor,F,G,Aminor,Bdiminished,C

What is the Cminor scale.

[funkStrat_97]

That would be the relative minor to Eb major:

C - minor (Aeolian)
D - diminished (Locrian)
Eb - major (Ionian)
F - minor (Dorian)
G - minor (Phrygian)
Ab - major (Lydian)
Bb - major (MIxolydian)

[gtrdave]

It's good to learn the interval pattern of the major and minor scales as the pattern is what remains consistent from scale to scale. Meaning, the C major scale and D major scale and Ab major scale and so on all have the same interval pattern.
btw: interval is the distance between any two notes.
For a diatonic major scale the pattern is, from root to octave:
whole step - whole step - half step - whole step - whole step - whole step - half step

For C major scale it would be:
C w D w E h F w G w A w B h C

For D major it would be:
D w E w F# h G w A w B w C# h D

For Ab major scale it would be:
Ab w Bb w C h Db w Eb w F w G h Ab

You see how the pattern stays the same from scale to scale?

The same thing applies to the diatonic minor scale It's interval pattern is, from root to octave:
whole step - half step - whole step - whole step - half step - whole step - whole step

For C minor scale it would be:
C w D h Eb w F w G h Ab w Db w C

For A minor scale it would be:
A w B h C w D w E h F w G w A

If you familiarize yourself with the sound of the scales according to their patterns, it might make it easier to be able to play them anywhere on the fretboard starting from any note.