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New comment by automaciej in "Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard"

automaciej — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:53:20 +0000

Yes! The Tab view reads intuitively now.

The previous view would still be valid view for left handed guitars. The 10% or so of left handed population would appreciate it, just don’t make it the default and clearly label as a left handed, or a mirror reflection. And the “player view” for left handed should have the headstock pointing to the right.

New comment by automaciej in "Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard"

automaciej — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:14:23 +0000

This would make sense if you're going with keywords, like "downward". But this logic only holds in language. If you compare it with human experience, then it no longer holds.

For example, did you notice that if you look at your own body, your legs are pointing "up"?

New comment by automaciej in "Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard"

automaciej — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:57:08 +0000

Did you use a mirror? Or is this for left handed guitars? It's because a guitar never looks like that, not a regular right-handed guitar. When you play a guitar, you see the side of the neck, so you need to lean out a bit to see it. Or rotate the guitar so that you can see the fretboard. In this position the headstok is pointing to the left and the thickest strings are on the bottom, closer to you. For the thickest string to be on the top, you'd have to flip the guitar over like a left-handed person would do. But then the headstock would point to the right, and you're in the left-handed position with a right-handed guitar.