Now that you have thoroughly explored the notes in the first and second positions, it is time to move to the important and frequently used fifth position (indicated as V). The notes on the fifth fret have been used in the second position by the fourth finger, but by shifting to the fifth position it is now possible to play as far as the eighth fret as seen below.
Examples, scales and pieces commonly used in the fifth position, i.e. using first unison notes, will be demonstrated.
The following two octave C major scale uses the two new notes on the first string; B (7th fret) and C (8th fret) by means of a shift to the fifth position (i.e. first finger to fifth fret #). This is therefore a shift to the first unison C, the fifth position also providing first unison notes D (on #) and E, F and G (on @). The shift from open B @ to fifth position C # (first unison ) is a common and convenient way to move up and down the fingerboard and will often be used for the duration of this method.