Introduction to Position IX

Rondo on p. 252 has one brief passage in Position X which is really part of five-fret scale form from Position IX.   To understnd, first learn new notes at fret XII which are accessed by your 4th finger.  Like the V and X fret notes, these are all natural (and all are an octave higher than open strings).

The diagram to the right shows all the natural notes in Position IX.  All five major scale forms in standard guitar keys (C, G, D, A, E major) are available  in this position   A free .48-page .pdf supplement that includes prep—scales, triads, and scale challenges—plus 14 inventions and audio is available at the Book III Online Media.