At the recent 2023 NAMM Show at the Anaheim Convention Center, entepreneur and music educator Mike Grande announced the debut of CardChords, a new learning tool designd to help both guitar teachers and students demonstrate, learn and memorize chords more quickly and easily.
Specifically, CardChords are hybrid guitar chord finger placement flashcards that when applied directly to a guitar fretboard during the learning process are intended to increase the speed in which a new student learns chord finger placement through visual acuity.
They fit snugly between the first three frets of any acoustic or electric guitar. The fret slots and a perforated tab secure the CardChord to the guitar neck to prevent it from shifting, falling off or obstructing the strings while in use. Not only does the student learn finger placement while strumming, the chord notes fully ring out without string buzz or muting to permit hearing the full clarity of each chord. Sets consist of 15 cards representing both open and bar chords.
CardChords were invented and designed by Grande, who has been teaching for nearly 35 years and is the founder of three East Coast music schools, including The Staten Island School of Rock in New York City, (no association with the School of Rock franchise), RockOutLoud.com in Morganville, NJ and The Music Box in Tampa, FL.
The product was developed in response to Grande’s business downturn during the pandemic restrictions as a means of acquiring new students and keep existing students engaged in their lesson programs. CardChords quickly found following through word of mouth among friends and family of Grande’s students, and he began selling them through his schools and online.
Three variations are available:
● The Universal Edition Set that will work on any electric solid body, acoustic or electric/acoustic
guitar. (Note: they’re not compatible with nylon string guitars.)
● The Stratocaster Edition Set that will work on Fender and copy Stratocasters as well as
Ibanez, Guild and Yamaha guitars.
● The Les Paul Edition Set that works with Gibson Les Paul, Epiphone and Gretsch guitars.
Manufactured in the U.S. from 100-percent inert toxin-free and tear and stain-resistant hybrid plasticized
paper card stock, CardChords is packaged in a graphically enhanced “silent salesman” box for purchase. They can also be ordered as customized branded sets by guitar manufacturers, musical instrument and products distributors, and music schools for inclusion in entry-level guitar packages and/or as promotional incentive items, respectively.
Suggested list pricing is $24.97 to $32.77, depending upon model. Go here for more information and contact Grande at [email protected] for dealer pricing and to place orders.
