Yay me!

Yay me, because I just finished learning my first barre chord song, Back Home Again, which includes F#m and B, and a quick chord change between them in the bridge.

Sharing to offer encouragement -- it is possible to get this. For me, it required some breaking of rules (putting my barre finger down last was key) and then practicing with a song with barre chords in it that I love and ached to be able to play, and then playing along with one of John Denver's live album versions to learn it -- so that, yes, full confession -- I could pretend I was on stage backing him up, just for some extra spice.

Good motivation. Maybe someday I'll be good enough to play the guitar licks on Rocky Mountain High...

But for now, yay me and yay all of us for being on this crazy path.

Way to go Faith. Perseverance wins again. Congrats. [br][br]

Moe

Nice Faith!!! Congrats on the progress. And thanks for sharing that progress to encourage the rest of us.

Sounds like all that piano work gave you the necessary dexterity after all. Congradulations.

Originally Posted by: FieryGuitarist123

Hi Faith!

Congratulations on finishing your first Barre Chord song! By the way, can you please send the link of the Barre Chord song Back Home Again so I can also learn it?

Thanks.

Here's the link: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/john-denver/back-home-again-chords-1042970

It's a combination of open and barre chords (though of course you could play all the chords as barres if you chose to), but the F#m and B7 (played as a B barre chord for now) are well placed in terms of practice in reaching for 5th and 6th string major/minor barre chords. As such, it's a good "barre chord practice" song, not too hard and not too easy and hitting all the basics. (And a classic and amazing song as a bonus)

Bass note strum pattern works great for this song -- and it gives you an extra beat to find the barre chord...

There's a great live version on Live in London (avail on Spotify) to practice along with.