Measure number 8 is similar; your picking hand continues alternating direction and acts as a conductor to help you with the timing and continuity of the piece. So when you play this measure, the up strokes are silent.

You were introduced to the key of G Major in an earlier lesson, so let's revisit the key and play through its functional tones. The key signature is showing an F Sharp, so the leading tone will be the note F Sharp Fourth Fret on string number 4. We'll start on the tonic note, G Open and proceed upward by step to the dominant tone, D Third Fret. Then we'll descend by step, back through the tonic and down to the subdominant tone, C Third Fret. And we'll finish by returning by step to the tonic note, G Open. Play each of the notes twice and sing the pitch letter names.

On string number 1, place the fingertip of your fourth finger directly over the twelfth fret, so that your finger isn't just behind the fret as you would normally play, but actually over the fretwire. Now instead of pressing the string down as you would normally, just allow your fingertip to rest on the string, dampening the string over the fretwire. It requires only a light touch. With your finger still dampening over the fretwire, pick the string, and just after you strike, pull your finger straight up and away from the string, allowing the harmonic to ring on its own.

This wonderful melody by Johann Sebastian Bach is part of a larger choral work. The key signature is showing one sharp, and the piece begins and ends on the note G. The last two measures of the music arpeggiate a G Major Chord. All of these occurrences are signs that the music is written in the key of G Major.