barre chord

English

A barre chord ("E major shape")

A barre chord on guitar tablature

Etymology

Borrowed from French barre.

Noun

barre chord (plural barre chords)

(music) A guitar chord played by pressing down multiple strings on the fretboard.

Synonyms

(a guitar chord): bar chord, barr chord (rare)

Translations

a guitar chord

Bulgarian: баре (bare)
Czech: barré (cs)
Danish: barregreb
Dutch: barré-akkoord
Esperanto: baro
Finnish: barré-sointu (fi)
German: Barrégriff, Barreegriff, Quergriff

Japanese: バレーコード
Latvian: barē akords
Russian: баррэ́ (ru) (barrɛ́)
Serbo-Croatian: barre akord
Swedish: barréackord
Vietnamese: ba rê, ba-rê

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