Rhythm patterns are rhythmic phrases or figures performing various guitar techniques and methods, such as strumming, muting, picking, arpeggio, bass and chord, sliding, tremolo...

Style is a set of rhythm patterns typical for guitar accompaniment style of a certain type of music, such as Basic techniques, Rock Blues, Country Fast, Jazz Waltz, Pop Ballad...

Volume is a set of Styles gathered by common musical categories, such as Oldies, Jazz, Rock 8-beat, Pop Slow, World, etc.

The examples for creation of our Guitar Rhythm Pattern Library were thousands audio recordings of live performance of world's renowned guitar players, being thoroughly selected and analyzed by MusicLab's professional guitarists.

The following list shows audio materials heard:

Guitarists

Classical - Tarrega, Aguado, Carcassi, Mertz.
Banjo - Mark Barnett, Carl Jackson.
Slide & Bottleneck Guitar - John Fahey, Leo Kottke.
Bluegrass, Country - Tommy Flint, Tim McGraw.
Pedal Steel Guitar - DeWitt Scott, Buddy Emmons, Jerry Byrd, Paul Franklin.
Jazz - Joe Diorio, Johnny Smith, Joe Pass, Bucky Pizzarelly, Charlie Byrd, George Benson, Wes Mongomery, Barney Kessel.
Rock'n'Roll - Bill Haley, Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, Bo Diddley.
Blues - B.B. King, J.J. Cale, Rick Derringer, Rory Gallagher, Roy Buchanan, John Lee Hooker, Glenn Hughes, S.R. Vaughan.
Flamenco - Juan Serrano, Paco De Lucia.
Latin - Antonio Carlos Jobim, Al Di Meola, Carlos Santana.
Rock - Duane Allman, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore, Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Peter Framton, Steve Howe, Alvin Lee.
Rock/Jazz/Fusion - Steve Katz, Terry Kath, John McLaughlin.
Funk - Larry Carlton, Robbin Ford, Lee Ritenour.

Bands

Comets, Little Richard, Animals, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Cream, Creedence, Eagles, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Blood Sweat and Tears, Chicago, James Brown, Bob Marley, Gipsy Kings, Earth Wind & Fire, Yellow Jackets...