Playing tips

[Bar 9-16] A new melody is introduced at bar 9 which should be brought out with the use of rest strokes on the top line, and softer in the accompaniment using free stroke, wherever possible. Again, make sure all notes are given their full rhythmic values – and not chopped off - so a full bass support is given to a fluent melodic line. Take care for the tricky position shift in bar 11 beat 2 (from position 10 to a 3rd-fret barre). From bar 15 beat 1 to bar 16 beat 3, the second Ab finger of the fretting hand can stay in place on the note second string, 9th fret, acting as a common tone anchor for the changing chords around it.