What are the minor and major arcs in the Circle method (Hardy & Littlewood)?

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I was wondering if somebody would be so kind as to graphically show what are the minor and major arcs in the Circle method?

In this example, extract below, I've attempted a simple diagram to show what is going on but it is clearly incomplete (I've now edited it to reflect comments).

Extract problem: given $k \in \mathbb{N}$, determine the number of possible representations of n $\in$ N as a sum of exactly $k$ natural numbers. enter image description here Please correct the diagram below and show the major and minor arcs. circle