I recently have just started learning music theroy and found a site which actually works. I had been searching for one that had all of it planned out for free that I could understand, and I finally found one, and everything has been going smooth.
Anyways, once I finished the Circle Of Fifths article, right at the very end there is this comment made:
A good way to practice modulation, utilizing the "circle", is to pick a position on the guitar neck and "run the scales" through the circle. Without moving up or down the fingerboard more than one fret, you should be able to pick out each successive sharp or flat key and play that Major scale.
If you are soloing over a chord progression that suddenly shifts to a new key, the ability to quickly change to the appropriate scale is a must. You won't always have the luxury of shifting your hand position in order to change to a new scale.
I get what he is saying here, but when it says "run the scales" through the circle, I am lost. Im sure somebody knows what he means by this and for some reason I can't figure out a single bit of what he means. If someone could explain for me it would be very very appreciated. Thank you.
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