Decoder: Teacher's Dozen

I needed a compact and light music stand as I am currently travelling to rehearsals by motorbike. Used this stand for the first time this morning, and it worked out ok. But it’s not perfect, and for the build / materials the price point needs to drop significantly imo. The positives are:
- Very clever design.
- Incredibly lightweight.
- Very compact WHEN CLOSED.
- It was adequate support for a double (fold out) A4 music arrangement.
Not so good imo:
- My fusion gig bag that I use to transport a sax to rehearsal, is too heavy (without the sax in) to be used for the ‘extra stabilisation by hanging a rucksack’ feature. Caused the legs to just splay out.
- Because there is no metal in the construction, my magnetic pencil holder had nowhere to attach to (we all use one of those in rehearsal, right?).
- I am 5’ 8””; seated required five of the six segments to be tensionsed. Pull out the remaining section and I have to angle the music support upwards for it to be usable at standing height
- the footprint when in use is large. Practically, to have the music at a readable distance, you do not sit astride the front leg. In a busy / small rehearsal space the two rear legs would probably be underneath another player’s chair.

I have been meaning to switch over to an iPad for all of my music, and when I do this stand will come into its own. At the moment, it is useful as I say for specific reasons when travelling light, it’s not really designed for every day. It’s over priced at the moment for the materials; perhaps less money could have been spent on the funky noisy clan stickers (which probably impact the environmental credentials of this product, the glue on the stickers is an almost instant bond, be warned). Agree with the comment about fingers. Supervise children, as if you don’t close it in a logical sequence fingers can get caught when pushing the legs back into the storage position.

I love love this stand. Super light but solid. Also Noisy Clan customer service was top notch. I had a minor issue with my original stand but they sorted me out a replacement really fast.

Cheat sheets are the clearest I have seen both graphically and the logic of the layout. Best in the business.

Well produced in laminated card. Also love their Guitar Circle of Fifths Plastic Wheel

I recently bought the circle of fifths chord wheel from the same company and wish I had bought the bundle including this product. Great addition to the circle of fifths chord wheel. Eagerly awaiting new products. Very happy.

I like that these are coated so they will last longer. This is a great group of people and put a lot of thought into their products.

These are like little reminder and nice placards to have around to help when learning guitar chord or developing songs. These along with the Decoder are great to help visual and reference. Work smarter not harder.

Brilliant and simple bit of kit to carry in your guitar case. Helped me out plenty of times.

Very good and concise. You can focus on one area and move on and keep it at the fore of your mind. Not artificially bulked up.

Flash cards are scientifically proven to help you learn. This is a awesome tool for learning music.
This is all basic stuff BUT most of us are trying to learn songs and forget to learn music theory because it's confusing.

What a great company and products! I recently purchased another of their items on Amazon, the Pro Plastic Circle of Fifths Melody Tool for Musicians. I was so impressed with that product that I then purchased this product, the Guitar Chord Chart Cheat Sheets. They have made some complex musical topics (keys, scales, chords, triplets) much easier to understand for guitar players. I have been playing for decades and I learned things immediately with each of these inexpensive tools. I had a question about their documentation and then emailed me within an hour (I wish all Amazon vendors were that responsive). I highly recommend this company and their products.

Along with same brands decoder wheel.. I am very happy with the system.

Love the charts

Both the Beginner Guitarist book and the Noisy Clan Sheets were delivered promptly by Amazoh

Great reference tool with super fast delivery. Noisy Clan is a fantastic company and I am looking forward to their upcoming products.