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Posted by talccc 4 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.

180 points | 64 commentspage 4
lefstathiou 3 hours ago|
This is excellent. Thank you.
talccc 3 hours ago|
Enjoy (; and tell your friend
gtruong78 3 hours ago||
This is great, great design, great functionality, TY!
paaloeye 3 hours ago||
That's awesome!
talccc 3 hours ago|
Thanks!
jrflo 3 hours ago||
Holy shit, this is incredible. As a guitar player this actually feels like playing a guitar. So cool.

Only suggestion I would have would be to make all 6 strings strummable independently in the chord instead of just the 4, so you can do finger picking on it.

talccc 3 hours ago|
Good idea. I've added it to the list of upcoming improvements. Thanks!
tamilini92 2 hours ago||
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flowinfo 3 hours ago||
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worldsavior 3 hours ago||
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SamInTheShell 2 hours ago|
This is kinda cool, but it's nowhere near as fun as being able to play the real thing. Sounds better IRL.

It is nice that it shows the chords.

Sherveen 2 hours ago|
What an insightful contribution.
SamInTheShell 2 hours ago|||
I said it's kinda cool. Like what more do you want? I could point out how useless it is in general, I can't say it would make a good learning tool, because it doesn't. But it is a novelty site that does make sound and show correct chord positions. Can you use it to compose something? Sure but the sound cutoff between chords and the need to pick a chord that strums down first before you can strum up means you'll always produce a sound you don't want and you can't even replicate picking.

It's not a tool, it's a toy man. Chill out.

shermantanktop 1 hour ago|||
I think you underestimate how creative people can be.

As a guitar substitute, sure, it's an approximation that can't possibly measure up. But as a modernized version of an autoharp, this could be a legit musical instrument.

The fact that it presents itself as a virtual guitar makes it accessible. You see it as a limitation. But limitations are actually great for creativity.

Blackthorn 2 hours ago||||
> I could

You did, not could. All those things that you said you could do? You literally did them.

SamInTheShell 1 hour ago|||
You are failing to answer the question. What's your point? I pose a question, I present what can be said, which sure I did say it in that comment to point at the extremes, but the question remains unanswered. What do you want of me? and now we have what's your point?
Blackthorn 1 hour ago||
My point is hiding behind passive language like that is cowardly. You actively chose to do literally all of those things. It's not that you "could" do them, you did do them. Own up to it.
SamInTheShell 1 hour ago||
Get over yourself.
taybin 2 hours ago|||
Naw man, I'm taking this to my next gig!

You are right, but it is fun.

SamInTheShell 1 hour ago||
If you make this work in a gig (could imagine using it as a DJ), you should post it.
utopcell 1 hour ago|||
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