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Bill- (old pal!)–
Your explanation here is quite interesting indeed. Thru our “guitar-travels”- (some together)- I have never seen this. It’s pretty cool! I have memorized the pattern-shapes into my brain– but this is a really easy way to accomplish the same thing, for sure.
In my own brain, I had to put some kind-of “space” after the B starting point.. just to tell my brain that (in your example) the B is the starting point– (not really a “step” in itself).
I’ll keep monkeying with this as far as different root-notes, different starting points within the 5 letters- (starting, say, at the third letter “G” instead of the B), and also going both directions– (working up…. and down….. the fretboard).
Anyway– hope all is well in your world– good to “see” ya!