Fingerstyle melodies are awesome. I love the fact that we can combine chords and melody with just one guitar without the need for another guitar or a backing track.

In this lesson, I am going to show you how to play a beautiful fingerstyle melody in A minor. This melody is perfect if you want to improve your fingerpicking technique while learning an awesome melody.

I wrote this melody for two reasons. First thing, I was writing a melody for one of my songs. I love the fact that I can combine the A minor scale with the top E string open to create a constant E pedal tone.

The second reason is clearly for an educational purpose. I like that I can create a fingerstyle exercise out of a song I am writing. It allows me to combine songwriting with technical exercises. In this example, I am combining a simple melody on one string with a fingerstyle exercise that focuses on the fingerpicking pattern middle-index.

By practicing this fingerstyle melody, you will be able to improve your fingerstyle technique while learning a beautiful melody.

As always, take it, step-by-step guys. Some of these positions can be stretchy on the left-hand. You have been warned.

Enjoy this lesson.