Easy Guitar Melodies
How to Create Beautiful Melodies on One String
Usually, when we talk about improvisation, songwriting, and composing, beginners will slowly step outside of the room, thinking it’s way too advanced for them to write or improvise easy guitar melodies.
I have to agree that creating your own music can be a quite tough process that requires a lot of skills and musical knowledge and technique, and musicality.
It is also true that we can simplify such a process and make it beginner-friendly if we know where to start.
So how do we write beautiful easy guitar melodies on guitar?
We will start with one string, then add another one when you feel ready.
The awesome thing about writing melodies on one string is that we can narrow it down to seven frets only to feel overwhelmed. Also, we will improvise the melody over two chords only.
This is a fingerstyle guitar lesson for beginners who want to improvise simple guitar melodies on guitar with a simple system that works, and it’s fun and creative.
Obviously, there will be few struggles along the way, but challenges are good and make us better so, embrace the challenges and don’t stop until you are happy with your melodies.
Grab your guitar, and let’s get started.
The Video
How Does it Work?
It all starts with a Chord Progression
First of all, you will have to identify one or two chords that are simple to play. For this exercise, we will play an A minor chord followed by a G major chord.
Both chords will then be played as bass note only.
Check the TAB below.
Learn the A minor Scale on One String
Once you identify the chords, you can then learn the relative scale on one string only.
We start with one string only because we want to limit the range of notes we are going to use to create our guitar melodies. If we would start the exercise on two or three strings, you will have too many possibilities, making the exercise really difficult for beginners.
Here’s the A minor scale on one string.
Combine Chords and Scale
The E string’s A minor scale will give you eight notes that you can use to create simple guitar melodies.
Before we get started with some ideas, play the scale combined with the two chords, A minor and G major.
Create your Own Melodies
It is time to create your own melodies.
I am going to show you different examples so that you can get inspired. Remember to experiment with this system and come up with your own melodies.
In this guitar lesson, I will show you the A minor scale on the B string and how to combine both strings. This is when you can really create beautiful sounding melodies.
Check this example below.
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