Barre Chord or Bar Chord
by Jay SkylerA Barre Chord or Bar Chord refers to a chord where the index finger holds down 5 or 6 strings at once to sound a moveable(i.e. one with no open strings in it) chord typically with a 5th or 6th string root. This is the correct method for playing movable chords on a Nylon String Classical guitar.
On electrics and steel string acoustics, they are a really bad idea as they require breaking your wrist at a 90 degree angle. Whine all you like, that's why they hurt. Use the thumb to fret the 6t string and/or leave off the note on the high E string to avoid breaking the wrist. Refer to any of the moveable chord diagrams on this site. Unless you play in a Ramones cover band these forms will sound better.
Partial Barres, also called double or triple stops, are fine any type of guitar.
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