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  vunderba
  Nice job! The stock arp patterns are a nice touch. I’m surprised no one in here mentioned the original Smart Guitar instrument in GarageBand on the iPad [1]. It actually works in a very similar way, and feels very satisfying to use.It basically gives you the chords for a given key signature aligned verticall, and then you can use your finger to pick or strum - it even lets you do string bends.Question: OOC, where did you source the string sample recordings from?[1] - https://imgur.com/a/6jQiUJp
• talccc
  Thanks for all the amazing feedback, everyone. I really appreciate it, and I'm writing all your notes down.It would really help if you mention whether you tested it on mobile or desktop.
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  slinkydink
  I've been playing for years, and so happy to see an app so intuitive. The only thing is that I use several non standard tunings none of them are found in the drop down..... I was so looking to put my own custom tunings into this app, since its the best designed guitar app that I've seen in a while. I would love to use this over OOlimo (which allows your own tunings) I'll have to wait and see if this is actually a feature you would consider here. Thanks for sharing, it's great!
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  Svennor
  Sounds great! As a guitar player: I would expect the fretboard to be mirrored horizontally, so that the low strings are at the bottom, like it is the case in regular tablature. Messes with my brain that way :)
• pseudosavant
  Very well done. Looks and sounds great.A couple of UX thoughts I had while using it:1. Since the chords are all within a specific key, have you considered using the numbers 1 through 7 to play the respective chords? That way playing a 1-4-5 or a 2-5-1 would be very intuitive?2. Have you considered using modifier keys (shift, ctrl, alt) to control whether a chord is strummed down versus up (e.g. pressing A would be down, but Shift+A would be up) or major/minor (A would be major, Alt+A would be minor)? I guess Ctrl could be a 7th chord modifier too.Just some thoughts. Great tool!
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  smnplk
  Looks great, but recordings are choppy for me, i dont know what is wrong. I am using Brave browser.
• orliesaurus
  I just spent 30 minutes playing with this. It's incredible, well done to the author!
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  _spduchamp
  This looks great!I noticed that the strumming seems a bit off on chord changes. A good default is to let strings that don't change on chord change to continue to ring through. Just think about the strings as actual strings and the kinds of things that happen to them when you play.Also, different songs will have different techniques like bar chords that may have less brightness, palm muting etc.I'm working on a physical guitar digital luthier kit right now as part of a project at Toronto Metropolitan University working with disabled musicians. Our aim is to release it so anyone can build one.Here is our documentation of examining an existing assistive guitar built a few years ago in the UK. https://www.designingsoundfutures.org/kellycaster-mark-1/Now we're taking lessons learned from that and working on robust versions for touring musicians, and variations to adapt to different assistive and artistic needs.Great to see others doing nifty work with this guitar based music stuff.
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  waerhert
  Very well done! When adding a chord on a key, I'm missing a small preview of the chords as they appear in the autocomplete list, or would be nice to be able to assemble a chord on a fretboard view. What made you start work on this app? And what is the logic behind how the chords are laid out on the keyboard?
• dengsauve
  10/10 immediately played Hotel California chords. Felt very intuitive, sounded nice. Great fun!
• manlymuppet
  I love that this is a learning tool too.
• MartijnBraam
  The chord names not matching the keys on my keyboard are throwing me off a lot on this, but that's difficult to get anything other than major chords. Maybe it would be playable by using modifiers to shift to minor and 7th etc.Another idea I had was being able to bend by holding two keys like monophonic synths.
• altern8
  This is incredibly satisfying. Nice work!
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  spapas82
  This is very interesting however i don't know guitar. Can somebody give me a couple of tips on which keys to press so I could play well known song? For example Angie by the rolling stones?
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  Rygian
  Why does it show a left-handed guitar on Player view, and a right-handed one on Audience view?
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  hannofcart
  This is very nice. One suggestion based on a guitar related hobby webapp I built myself: fretboard renders in potrait probably makes for nicer ux.My tool does not focus on strumming at all as this one does though.Nice work. Am having fun with it.
• krat0sprakhar
  Such an AMAZING idea - as a guitar player I wish I had thought of this. Kudos to the creator...Very well done :)
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  mbo
  In solo mode, there should be a horizontally flipped version, such that such that the 0 key plays open E on the 1st string, and the 9 plays F on the 1st string, etc. That would allow me to hold my wireless keyboard backwards, facing the screen, rely on the muscle memory of my hands.
• TomGarden
  Had fun with this on my phone! Any chance of calculating velocity based on speed of pick movement? I'm sure some super basic ASDR and maybe a low-oass would get you to a very satisfying place
• onlyrealcuzzo
  Been working on something similar (a DAW, to learn more about music) - and just wanted to say that your guitar voice is quite good! Bravo
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  ssteeper
  It's great! As far as I can tell, the toggle for Let ring is not working: when i disable it, notes still ring out after letting go of the key (in solo mode on electric guitar currently)
• jtumbot
  Very nicely done, at first I thought it was gimmicky but it's actually playable
• paaloeye
  Next steps: add Guitar Hero controller or/and Rock Band interface support
• LewisOrton
  Before I knew it, ten minutes had gone! good job
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  jamesdelaneyie
  Really really enjoyable, but how do I turn on drive for the electric guitar?
• taybin
  This was much better than I expected. Nice job.
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  fellowniusmonk
  This looks very interesting, I may finally learn wonderwall.
• pageandrew
  This is so cool.
• utopcell
  Nicely done!
• iamben
  This is absolutely amazing. Well done.
• ZeWaka
  This is super fun, thanks!
• mbil
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• vegnus
  Sick, love it
• vdev123
  This is really good.
• notjes
  fantastic!
• teiferer
  Would be lovely to have a faq section about who you are and how you built it (how long did it take you, which tools did you use, how much back and forth did you need to do with the ai agent, what is your background in terms of programming, web, design and music, etc.)
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  lefstathiou
  This is excellent. Thank you.
• miguelacevedo
  love it!
• gtruong78
  This is great, great design, great functionality, TY!
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  paaloeye
  That's awesome!
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  jrflo
  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.
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  SamInTheShell
  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.