Ninth Position Scales
E Major Scale
Using first position and ninth position (IX) shift to F# using 3 on #（second unison)
E Major Scale
Using primarily IV with shift to IX
E Melodic Minor Scale
IX shift to F# using 3 on # (second unison)
Extended A Major Scale
IX shift to F# using 3 on #
The following pieces, Lesson in A, Duet in A and Fugue (duet) demonstrate the ninth position.
Lesson in A uses the open E ! to move between IX and II as has been demonstrated in previous scale passages. Duet in A is more static and only leaves IX briefly in the second section. The Fugue, by nature of its single note structure, could be fingered in the lower positions but by way of demonstrating IX it has been fingered accordingly.
primarily in ninth position
Fugue (a latin word 'fuga' = flight) meaning that the voices or parts flee from one another.
Note: Introduction to + time, where there are twelve eighth notes per bar.
Spanish Ballad, perhaps the most popular piece played on the classical guitar, is here presented in full. It is essentially an arpeggio piece with the melodic line as the top note of each group and as such the upper note (played by a) can be practiced as both a free and rest stroke. The E major section (key change to four sharps) has some difficult left hand stretches which must be practiced separately and includes a double sharp(!), see page 146.
