An arrangement can be enhanced by applying many of the techniques outlined in earlier lessons. One way of making an arrangement sound more interesting is too incorporate a basic picking pattern into the bars where only a bass line is played .This technique is applied in the second arrangement of Sloop John B. To further enhance this arrangement, the picking o three or four notes together and hammer-ons are also applied.
Down in the Valley is a simple song in ^ time.
A standard ^ bass line can now be combined with the melody to Down in the Valley.
The following arrangement of Amazing Grace combines the melody with the arpeggio style. To Combine a melody with an arpeggio pattern can prove to be a little difficult at first. It is necessary to avoid using the arpeggio pattern on a string that contains the melody note therefore there will be no set pattern to the right hand.