This lesson will teach you how it is possible to combine a melody line with a bass line and fingerpicking pattern. This technique mostly involves the playing of a melody line of the treble strings. the first example is the popular song When the Saints Go Marching In. First practice the melody to this song which is played solely on the first and second strings.
Now practice bass line that corresponds with the chord progression.
Now try combining the melody and bass line together which requires pinching the melody and bass notes together.
Now try the melody to another traditional song, Sloop John B.
The following arrangement contains the pinching of bass and melody notes on some beats, as well as the individual picking of notes on other beats.