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bar·ré / bäˈrā/ • n. Mus. a method of playing a chord on the guitar or similar instrument with a finger laid across the strings at a particular fret, raising their pitch.

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barre / bär/ • n. a horizontal bar at waist level on which ballet dancers rest a hand for support during exercises.

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barré (Fr.). Barred. Method of playing a chord on the guitar, etc., with one finger laid rigidly (like a bar) across all the str. raising their pitch equally.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE

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