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Re:Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your ke... by talccc on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @04:20PM (#50078084)
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.

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Re:Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your ke... by djeastm on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @05:37PM (#50079192)
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.
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Re:Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your ke... by bibimsz on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @05:06PM (#50078761)
" 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

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Re:Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your ke... by Aboutplants on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @05:08PM (#50078796)
Yeah, and I would rather see the “normal” presentation of chords. At least provide a selector to be able to toggle the view.
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Re:Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your ke... by rendleflag on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @05:13PM (#50078855)
Okay, it’s not just me. It was breaking my brain trying to understand the chords on the screen vs. when I play.
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Re:Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your ke... by Aboutplants on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @05:49PM (#50079360)
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.
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Re:Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your ke... by Svennor on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @06:53PM (#50080085)
Mee too :)
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Re:Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your ke... by Svennor on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @06:53PM (#50080081)
Same!
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Re:Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your ke... by rrr_oh_man on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @07:02PM (#50080177)
Yeah, Tab + Player is the right one.
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Re:Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your ke... by dalmo3 on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @11:25PM (#50082014)
Thanks for adding Tab view. Much more intuitive.
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