Chord Buddy
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nafmeadminMy father (who is not a music teacher) is a big fan of ABC’s ‘Shark Tank.’ On one particular episode, there was a product called ‘Chord Buddy’. Chord Buddy is a plastic add-on to frets with colored buttons that will play the basic 4 chords (G, em, C, D). Think of Chord Buddy as Guitar Hero for the real guitar.
I was was wondering if Chord Buddy would have any application to guitar education in the public schools or in special education?
To clarify, I know how the product works. I just want to know if this product could be used in a classroom setting.
nafmeadminwhy couldn’t you use it? Kids want to know they can actually play something. Full chords tend to take time and this to me seems like a partial chords application. I do partial chords in the first couple of weeks of teaching class guitar. This would also be great for special learners.
nafmeadminI know that as you use Chord Buddy you can take out the pieces that fret the strings.Then you can learn the traditional way to finger those (G, Em, C, D) chords. I have found it to be a great tool with students with special needs. Even if you don’t use the device the book that you get is great.
nafmeadminTravis Perry the Chord Buddy inventor is a super guy. Another product that he’s come out with is a capo with a tuner. Gotta love that! http://chordbuddy.com/accessories/tuners-metronomes/chordbuddy-capo-tuner
nafmeadminI have heard stories about how the Chord Buddy has made it possible for people to enjoy the guitar who (because of disability) would have not been able to. It does seem like it would have application in special education, and perhaps in elementary education. The fact that it is relatively inexpensive and has the feature that you can gradually introduce the fingers give it some potential in the classroom. In a program that is has limited contact time, or with very young students, it could be a fun motivator. There seem to many things about it that could be quite limiting as well.
nafmeadminFYI At this time Chord Buddy is designed for steel string guitars only. I know that a nylon string version is in the works.
Christopher M. Johnson, Professor of Music Education and Music Therapy, is currently the Chair of the Music Education and Music Therapy Department and Director of the Music Research Institute at the University of Kansas. Johnson earned his Ph.D. from the Florida State University.
Since his arrival at The University of Kansas, Johnson has taught courses in Instrumental Conducting, Teaching Instrumental Music, Managing Behaviors in the Music Environment, Psychology and Acoustics of Music, and Research Methods in Music Education and Music Therapy. Johnson served two terms as the editor of the International Journal of Music Education: Research, the research publication of the International Society for Music Education. He is currently serving his second term on the National Association for Music Educations Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. He also served on the editorial board of the Journal of Research in Music Education, and one earlier term as the Chair for the MENC Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. Johnson also served as the Chair for the Research Commission of the International Society for Music Education.
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