As I've gotten older I've come to terms with the reality that just like Armin and Dani Rabin point out, that music schools seem to teach and expect you to write and read before you can even speak. So the best way for us to learn should be by first learning phrases, sounds and expressions that catches our ears and then we analyze were it works and how it sounds with different harmony. Easier said than done but here is where Minor Conversion shines. we can map the fretboard with Armin's formations and the 3NPS & CAGED systems, and visualize those phrases within the Formations. and the formations aren't intended to be Run as a whole all the time, Armin teaches us to break them into little sections and phrases and to also connect one zone with the other. This really makes practicing more fun and musical than just learning modes up & down sequentially. Wishing you great success and enjoyment.