Guitoro is a browser-based virtual guitar that you play with a computer keyboard, touch screen or mouse, with no download or account required. It offers four sampled instruments (steel-string acoustic, classical nylon, electric and four-string bass) and maps realistic chord shapes and single notes to keys or on-screen pads. Songs (51 built in) and user-pasted ChordPro text play back stroke-for-stroke with a backing band, adjustable tempo from 20% to full speed, and a follow-along mode that waits for you to press each chord. Visual cues include strings lighting when struck, a swinging pick showing down/up strokes, and fretboard finger numbers, barres and muted strings to copy onto a real guitar.
The app emphasizes realism and learning: every note is a recorded sample, strums respond to swipe direction and speed, and 56 strum/picking patterns plus 15 drum styles and 25 bass lines create full arrangements. Features include 15 chords available in every key (editable), solo mode that maps rows to strings and columns to frets with bends/vibrato, 10 tunings and capo up to fret 10, amp/FX, a 10-minute recorder with WAV export, an online tuner, and presets for electric tones. Use cases include practicing without an instrument, learning exact song parts, teaching, songwriting and checking chord charts before playing on a real guitar.
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