barre chord

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barre chord

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Borrowed from French barre.

noun barre chords

A guitar chord played by pressing down multiple strings on the fretboard with the same finger.
Similar: bar chord, barr chord

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noun a guitar chord

日本語	バレーコード
Português	pestana
Deutsch	Barrégriff, Barreegriff, Quergriff, Brückengriff
Русский	баррэ́ barrɛ́
Tiếng Việt	ba rê, ba-rê

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@misc{barre_chord_2026,
  title = {barre chord},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/barre%20chord},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}