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Comment by shimsham | Hacker News Reader

Who is your audience? It's not that clear from my first visits.

Right, good question. We're focused on beginners, especially people who have never touched a guitar. The goal is to get them playing recognizable songs within the first few minutes. To that end, we want the experience to be as friendly and patient as possible.

ok. that wasn't obvious from my initial sign-up and look around, from my mobile. I'm a big fan of cartoon-style graphics but not at the expense of clarity and focus. I'm not really your target audience; I play piano, however my brother and father are definitely in your group. so, I could really use more information to help me decide if this could be for me. what do I need? why the wide-open space, sky and clouds? is my choice of avatar important? wasn't avatar an expensive movie? is this free? (hope this isn't too negative but I presume u would prefer constructive comments rather than 'awesome graphics' statements. we know they're awesome but that don't get u signups converting to payments.)

Yeah I'm with you. We've had trouble conveying the experience in words. Once people try it, they get it, and that suggests that we need to reduce the friction in trying it.

Some answers to your specific questions - Yes it's free, and all you need is a guitar (any acoustic or electric is fine) and a computer that has a microphone built in. There's no special cables or microphone required.

Thanks for the replies, I'll give it a roll and let u know how it goes.

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