Thanks, Richie.
I wasn’t thinking of your materials when I asked this question, but it’s something I’ve read often in other literature.
Expanding on my question, the thing to do then is to say “practice this in different patterns”. For instance, if I am playing a phrase in E major using pattern 1, then practice the same phrase using other patterns, wherever they happen to fall on in the guitar for E major.
To change the key for the phrase, you only need to move the pattern up or down the fretboard to the new key.
Is this right?
Regards