Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard

Posted by talccc 3 hours ago

Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard(guitoro.com)

Guitoro is a free browser guitar using recordings of real instruments. You can strum with your keyboard, mouse, or touchscreen, choose acoustic, classical, electric guitar or bass, and see chord fingering and each stroke. Song practice can be slowed to 20%, and there are free chord tools and tuners. No signup or download.

1 minute video demo: https://youtu.be/DtcluMLdSgs

I would love feedback on how the strumming feels and sounds.

133 points | 43 commentspage 2

Rygian 2 hours ago|

Why does it show a left-handed guitar on Player view, and a right-handed one on Audience view?

talccc 2 hours ago|

Hi Rygian, Good catch.

Player view does show a left handed guitar. Two reasons: 1. matches what a right handed player sees looking down at their own guitar: low E on top, neck on the left. 2. players without guitar, to lined up with the pc keyboard that is on the left.

True Audience view is like you watch right hand guitar player.

djeastm 47 minutes ago|||

That's interesting because I think of Low E on the "top" as meaning close to me, which puts it on the bottom of the screen in this app. That matches what happens when I twist a real guitar face towards me when I've got one strapped. So I just switched it to Tab view and it all felt better.

bibimsz 1 hour ago|||

" matches what a right handed player sees looking down at their own guitar: low E on top, neck on the left"

no, it's wrong

Aboutplants 1 hour ago||

Yeah, and I would rather see the “normal” presentation of chords. At least provide a selector to be able to toggle the view.

rendleflag 1 hour ago||

Okay, it’s not just me. It was breaking my brain trying to understand the chords on the screen vs. when I play.

Aboutplants 35 minutes ago||

As someone learning guitar and looks at a lot of tutorials, 99% of the time it’s presented is the other way around, so the way it’s presented here is rather confusing to me.

jamesdelaneyie 1 hour ago||

Really really enjoyable, but how do I turn on drive for the electric guitar?

talccc 1 hour ago|

Thanks! Click Sound button on the right nd pick one of the electric presets. For more control, open Amp & FX in the same panel and choose Overdrive, Distortion or Fuzz.

LewisOrton 2 hours ago||

Before I knew it, ten minutes had gone! good job

vdev123 1 hour ago||

This is really good.

ZeWaka 1 hour ago||

This is super fun, thanks!

fellowniusmonk 2 hours ago||

This looks very interesting, I may finally learn wonderwall.

talccc 2 hours ago|

Thanks you, Good luck with wonderwall!

mbil 1 hour ago||

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iamben 2 hours ago||

This is absolutely amazing. Well done.

lefstathiou 2 hours ago||

This is excellent. Thank you.

talccc 2 hours ago|

Enjoy (; and tell your friend

gtruong78 2 hours ago|

This is great, great design, great functionality, TY!

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