barre chord


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barre chord

also bar chord
n.
A chord fingered on a fretted stringed instrument using a barre.
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Ethan: Actually, when you're doing barre chords and just running your hand up and down it's just one chord; you're just making it move.
Included in this highly portable instruction manual are easy-to-red chord grids, readily perceived color photo illustrations, basic chord theory, basic fingering principles, open chords and barre chords, partial chords and broken-set forms.