Partimento-ish TWO

the more keys change, the more shapes stay the same...

..... well, sort of. The 'Major' shapes will mostly stay the same in 'Major' keys, as will 'Minor' shapes in 'Minor' keys.

Some other stuff will change as we make improvisation or modulation choices.... so, it's mostly true.

Also, what Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr said translates closer to, "the more things change, the more they stay the same."

The use of the baseball term here doesn't make any sense, but I don't care -- I'm keepin' it
After each 'Major' key, I decided to go through the relative 'Minor' key (instead of the parallel minor; bass motion is more important than borrowed chords at this point)
In music theory textbooks, you are going to find different names for different minor scales -- depending on the how they go up and/or down. Let's skip all that nonsense (just kidding) -- and combine them into one functional version of a minor scale:
1. - On the way up: raise the 6th & 7th scales degrees by a half step (F♮ becomes F♯, G♮ becomes G♯); the 3rd scale degree is already lowered for you
  - On the way down: Lower the 7th & 6th back to their original pitches (F♮ and G♮)
Roots (A) are in GREEN
Below are the 'A Minor' versions of the previous 'C Major' scale degrees from ONE:

'A Minor' scale degrees on the 6th String:

'A Minor' scale degrees on the 5th String:

'A Major' scale degrees on the 4th String:

'A Minor' scale degrees on the 3rd String:

'A Minor' scale degrees on the 2nd String:

'A Minor' scale degrees on the 1st String:

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