What is Guitoro?
Guitoro is a free online virtual guitar. You play it with your computer keyboard, with your left hand holding chords on the letter keys and your right hand strumming, or by swiping the strings with your finger on a phone or tablet. Every note is a recording of a real instrument.
You can choose a steel-string acoustic, a classical guitar, an electric guitar or a four-string bass. Each song plays its best-known part close to the original recording, and you can slow it down to 20% to see which strings each strum hits, how the pick moves and where the fingers go. Then it waits for you at every chord change while you play it yourself.
It launched on Hacker News in October 2026 and builds on the idea of the Google guitar doodle, with six real strings, 15 chords in every key and dozens of songs, plus free chord tools and a tuner.
Main Features
- Acoustic, classical, electric and bass guitars recorded from real instruments
- Play with the keyboard, a mouse or a touch screen
- 15 chords in every key and 56 strum and picking patterns
- Play-along songs and classical pieces, slowed down to as little as 20%
- See which strings are hit and how the strumming hand moves
- A Solo mode for melodies, with bends and vibrato
- Chord charts and a tuner for real guitar players
How to Get Started with Guitoro
- Open guitoro.com in your browser.
- Pick an instrument: acoustic, classical, electric or bass.
- Hold a chord key with your left hand and strum with H and J, or tap and swipe on a touch screen.
- Open Songs and choose one to play along with.
- Slow it down until you can follow every chord change.
Guitoro Pricing
Guitoro is free in your browser, with nothing to download and no account to create.
Who Should Use It?
- Beginners learning their first chords and songs
- Guitar players who want to see a strumming pattern slowed down
- Anyone without a guitar who wants to jam
- Teachers showing how a song is played
Guitoro Alternatives
- Instrument PlaygroundGoogle's playable instruments from around the world
- Chrome Music Labsimple music experiments in the browser
- Incrediboxmake music by mixing a beatbox crew
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Guitoro free?
Yes. Guitoro is free in your browser, with no download and no account.
How do you play Guitoro with a keyboard?
Your left hand holds a chord on the letter keys, for example C for a C chord, and your right hand strums with H and J.
Can I use Guitoro to learn songs?
Yes. Each song plays its best-known part, and you can slow it down to 20% and watch which strings are hit before playing it yourself.
Does Guitoro work on phones?
Yes. On a phone or tablet you tap a chord pad and swipe the strings with your finger.