Barre chord

Barré (also: barrée, barre from French: "disabled" ) or T-handle is a technique on the guitar neck and other sounds, in which several or all of the strings are pressed with a finger.

Molding

In general, the index finger of the left hand is used as Barréfinger. It engages all or some strings:

• Whole, complete or full barre: All strings of the instrument are gripped by Barréfinger,
• Half barre: Only some strings (usually on the Diskantsaite of the instrument) are gripped by Barréfinger ( sometimes referred to as a small barre )
• Kippbarré: Only a few strings of the instrument are gripped by Barréfinger, but not the highest Diskantsaite ( sometimes also referred to as a small barre )
• Diagonal barre: The Barréfinger takes several strings diagonally across more than a covenant.

Kippbarré and diagonal barre are significantly less compared to the other two forms.

The names listed are not fixed and are sometimes used also differ. So Emilio Pujol used in his influential textbook Escuela razonada the terms " Ceja " (French: " Barre " ) when five or six strings are gripped with all three phalanges of the index finger in the T-handle, " Medio - Ceja " (French: " demi -barre ", ie dt: half- Barré ) when three or four strings are gripped with only two phalanges and" Cejilla " (French: " petit -barre ", ie dt: small Barré ) when only the first phalanx on two or three sides is fitted.

Notation

Common practice in the modern Western musical notation is the specification of a C (for Italian: capotasto = Main covenant or equivalent in Spanish: ceja ) or B ( barre for French) and the Federal gripped in Roman numerals. Especially in the Spanish music notation and Arabic numerals, sometimes with an attached a (eg " C2a " for ceja secunda or simply " 2a " for secunda ) was used.

The figure are often preceded by a full barre, the letter C or B. For half Barrégriffe the C with a vertical line or the C or B, preceded by ½ or preceded by m ( for Spanish medio: "half" ) are used. Specifying superscripts indicating the number of strings is to cross, especially in the English speaking widespread ( eg V4). Also possible is a vertical line along the barre as to be gripped notes.

The duration of the Barre appears regularly by a solid or dotted line with a short conclusion hooks.

Deviations from these notations, especially in older issues, often to be found. Notation systems such as tablature or handle pictures to make the cross strings and fingerings immediately apparent and therefore do not need separate symbols for the T-Handle.

Use

Barrégriffe are used today mainly on the guitar, but also on all other necked lutes such as the banjo or mandolin and many others. The use of the Barre on the lute is occupied since the sixteenth century, as in the lute book of Vincenzo Capirola (Venice, 1520).

Barrégriffe find their use in almost all musical styles and genres. They are often based on chord grips that follow the E major, E minor, A major or A minor grip scheme. However, are also used Barrégriffe in C major scheme and in numerous variations, to achieve other Tonstimmungen. With an open atmosphere can the open chord move only with the index finger in pitch. In particular, in the literature for concert guitar barre is also used regardless of chord diagrams.

In particular, full Barrégriffe are difficult to learn for beginners usually because a uniform pressure on all the notes are played is required.