A Barre Chord (bɛ́ri kɔ́rd) is a type of chord that requires a guitar player to use one finger to press more than one string down at a time. These types of chords are extremely versatile, by sliding up and down the neck of the guitar while keeping one of a few barre chord hand shapes, they can be used to form different chords easily.

Though not complex in theory, barre chords are tough for beginners because they require maintaining constant pressure over the multiple strings at once. As the strings digging into the untrained unhardened finger can be uncomfortable, some players use  metallic finger sleeves for people initially learning barre chords.