From the French term barré. The technique of placing the left hand index finger over two to six strings in the fingering of a chord. The great advantage of using barre chords is that they are &#34 [..]

A chord which uses the index finger to bar across several strings to act as the nut. Familiar shapes are fingered to the treble side of it. More here.

A barre chord takes its name from the role of the 1st finger of your left hand. This finger acts as a "bar" across the fingerboard, depressing all six strings and replacing the nut (the ivor [..]

Barre chords are best known from the function of the 1st finger of the “fret” hand (the 1st finger works as a “bar” across the fret board, pressing down on all six strings at once).  The action of the [..]