Guitoro

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1. 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.

   Mixed · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

2. I like the strumming part, could you add an option to not auto strum a chord when I do a chord change?

   Mixed · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

3. Really cool app, sounds good, especially when playing back the demo songs.

   Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

4. It's great! As far as I can tell, the toggle for Let ring is not working

   Mixed · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

5. Default view can't play House of the Rising Sun because there's no E.

   Mixed · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

6. This was a ton of fun! I tried it on an iPhone 13. Worked perfectly.

   Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

7. It's incredible. I tried it on PC and got hooked for half an hour.

   Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

8. As a guitar player this actually feels like playing a guitar.

   Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

9. That's one of the best guitar UIs I've seen on a computer.

   Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

10. Very cool, the "arp" function was a little buggy for me

    Mixed · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

11. the best designed guitar app that I've seen in a while

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

12. This is great, great design, great functionality

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

13. the strumming seems a bit off on chord changes

    Mixed · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

14. Looks great, but recordings are choppy for me

    Mixed · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

15. It's really smooth and the sound is perfect!

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

16. Before I knew it, ten minutes had gone!

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

17. Very well done. Looks and sounds great.

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

18. This, I think, is great product design.

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

19. The Tab view reads intuitively now.

    Mixed · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

20. Felt very intuitive, sounded nice.

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

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

    Criticizes · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

22. It was breaking my brain trying to understand the chords on the screen vs. when I play.

    Criticizes · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

23. The chord names not matching the keys on my keyboard are throwing me off a lot

    Criticizes · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

24. Defaulting what is called player view on this page is a very odd choice.

    Criticizes · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

25. now the only songs you can play have G, Em, and Em11.

    Criticizes · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

26. If you want to see the difference between vibe coding and masterful AI-assisted coding, this is it.

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

27. Very well done! When adding a chord on a key, I'm missing a small preview of the chords

    Mixed · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

28. The #1 (Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard) is definitely creative.

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Ask HN: Where has creativity in software gone?”

29. But it is a novelty site that does make sound and show correct chord positions.

    Mixed · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

30. Such an AMAZING idea - as a guitar player I wish I had thought of this.

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

31. a SaaS that I dogfood every day and that I have grown to really like

    Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “Title: Show HN: Gitoro – European Git Hosting, CI/CD and Collaboration Platform”

32. so complete in a way, you open each section and just gets blown away

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

33. anyone who can type on a keyboard knows how to play an instrument

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

34. This is great. It also shows how complex it is to play a guitar.

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

35. nowhere near as fun as being able to play the real thing

    Mixed · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

36. Amazing work! One of those things I wish I’d thought of.

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

37. It works for me, it’s fast, nothing to complain about.

    Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub”

38. This is fantastic, well done and thanks for sharing!

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

39. it shows how easy it is to compose a song though

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”

40. The mobile version completely blew me away.

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard”