St. James Infirmary - Fingerstyle/Chord Melody (Patreon)

A classic tune with mysterious origins and a beautiful melody. Sad, emotional, dark, generated from modal harmony and some very timely halfsteps. Another cool thing about this song is that it is only 8 measures long, meaning that you will be able to pick it up fairly quickly. Once you do start to experiment with the arrangement, mix up the C minor shape, and harmony in places where there is only melody, mix up the strum over parts that don't have melody.  If that feels a little advanced give our chord melody challenge a go to help develop your skill set. 

Will improve

• Fingerstyle in G minor
• Moving the G minor and E minor shape down the fretboard
• Thumb strum
• Root note harmony 
• 8th notes

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• Chord Melody Challenge 
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