I understand - I was really trying to make the point that there might be alternative ways to approach the guitar other than patterns. Nothing wrong with patterns, by the way - just that, if you start with them, then it's sometimes difficult to progress to fitting in a melody. :-)

I've dealt with both sides of that coin with separate instructional videos on fitting chords to melodies and learning basic patterns!

One thing I soon found out when teaching is that, as far as learning/teaching is concerned, one size doesn't fit all - people can learn in very different ways, and it's up to the teacher to find the right way. That's why I always preferred 1-2-1 teaching, rather than group teaching.