MandoChords for your iPhone
iPhone users are accustomed to having a world of information at their fingertips.
Need to find the closest quick-copy center when your out of town on business? No problem. Lost on the highway? Directions are just a click away.
But what if you are in the studio or in a jam, and need to find a voicing for an unfamiliar mandolin chord?
Well, thanks to Charles Dumont, developer of the new iPhone app MandoChords, you can access a mandolin chord speller on your phone. It offers over 1,000 chord diagrams with multiple voicings show across all 12 tones with fingerings. It will even play the chord for you if you aren’t sure about the sound.
MandoChords sells for $1.99 and will work with with iPhone and iPod touch (iPhone 2.1 software). Available in iTunes.
HT: Mandolin Cafe
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