MusicLab MIDI Pattern Library
ML MIDI Pattern Library is a unique collection of 1250 guitar accompaniment rhythm patterns classified by various musical categories, such as meter, music style, guitar technique, rhythmic feel, tempo range, recorded with special note map for use only with RealGuitar.
The examples for creation of our MIDI 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.
ML Pattern Library is a set of Category folders and Style subfolders containing sets of rhythm patterns typical for guitar accompaniment style of a certain type of music, such as Funk, Rock, Country, Jazz Waltz, Pop Ballad...
Each Style subfolder includes 5-20 rhythm patterns (Standard MIDI files). Rhythm patterns are 1-8 measure rhythmic phrases presenting various guitar techniques, such as strumming, picking, bass and chord.
The name of a Category folder and Style folder contains musical information allowing to easily select the appropriate rhythm pattern for your song:
- Category folder name: type of music
- Style folder name: meter_style name_guitar technique_rhythm feel (duration)_tempo range (bpm)
- Pattern name: guitar technique+pattern number_style name
For instance:
Category folder name - Basic Strum:
- includes a number of universal guitar strumming Styles
Style name - 4'4_Basic_S_8th_90-250:
- includes strumming (_S_) rhythm patterns recorded in 4'4 meter (_4/4_), with 8th duration rhythm feel (_8th_), usable within the 90-250 bpm tempo range (_90-250)
Pattern name - S01_Basic_4'4:
- strumming (S) pattern, number 01, Basic_4'4 Style
ML MIDI Pattern Library Contents
Basic Bass&Chord
3'4_Basic_BsChrd_4th_80-250
3'4_Basic_BsChrd_8T_70-180
4'4_Basic_BsChrd_4th_80-250
4'4_Basic_BsChrd_8T_60-170
4'4_Basic_BsChrd_8th_100-200
4'4_Basic_BsChrd_16th_60-110
Basic Picking
3'4_Basic_Pick_8T_80-180
3'4_Basic_Pick_8th_90-250
3'4_Basic_Pick_16T_50-95
3'4_Basic_Pick_16th_60-140
4'4_Basic_Pick_8T_80-180
4'4_Basic_Pick_8th_90-250
4'4_Basic_Pick_16T_50-90
4'4_Basic_Pick_16th_60-140
Basic Strumming
3'4_Basic_Strum_8T_70-180
3'4_Basic_Strum_8th_90-250
3'4_Basic_Strum_16T_50-110
3'4_Basic_Strum_16th_60-140
4'4_Basic_Strum_4th_90-250
4'4_Basic_Strum_8T_70-180
4'4_Basic_Strum_8th_90-250
4'4_Basic_Strum_16T_50-110
4'4_Basic_Strum_16th_60-120
Blues Medium
BluesRock1_Strum_16th_100-135
BluesRock2_Strum_16th_100-135
BluesShuffle_Strum_8T_130-160
TripletGroove_Strum_8T_160-210
Blues Slow
3'4_Gospel_Strum_8T_80-130
6'4_Blues_8T_90-130
6'8_BritBlues_8th_80-150
Blues16-beat_Strum_16th_70-115
Endings
Endings_4th
Endings_8T
Endings_8th
Endings_16th
Funk
Funk1_Strum_16th_90-120
Funk2_Strum_16th_90-120
Funk3_Strum_16th_90-120
Jazz
Blues_8-beat_Strum_16th_110-160
JazzRock_Strum_16T_80-120
JazzWaltz_Strum_8T_160-200
Latin
3'4_Latin_Strum_16th_100-125
Cha-Cha_Strum_8th_100-140
Cha-Cha_Strum_16th_90-120
Samba_Pick_16th_90-130
Samba_Strum_16th_90-130
Latin Pop
FlamencoPop1_Strum_16th_90-130
FlamencoPop_Strum_8th_180-240
LatinRock1_Strum_16th_80-150
LatinRock_Strum_8th_100-180
Oldies
Charleston_Strum_8T_150-240
DixieBanjo1_Strum_8T_150-240
DixieBanjo_Pick_8T_150-240
DixieGuitar_Strum_8T_150-240
Pop Slow
NewAge_Strum_16th_60-100
PopBallad_BsChrd_8th_80-120
PopBallad_BsChrd_16th_60-100
PopBallad_Strum_16th_60-100
PopSong_Strum_8th_90-140
Romance_Pick_8th_80-130
Romance_Strum_8th_80-130
ShuffleBallad_Pick_8T_60-120
ShuffleBallad_Strum_8T_60-120
Raggae
Reggae1_Pick_16th_75-95
Reggae1_Strum_16th_75-95
Reggae2_Strum_8T_100-150
Reggae3_Strum_16T_70-100
Rhythm&Blues
R&B1_Strum_16th_120-160
R&B2_Strum_16th_100-130
R&B3_Strum_8th_100-140
R&B3_Strum_16th_100-140
Rock 8-beat
BritRock_Pick_8th_110-140
CountryRock1_Strum_8th_120-170
CountryRock2_Strum_8th_120-170
LightRock_Strum_8th_110-150
SurfRock_BsChrd_8th_110-160
Rock 16-beat
FunkyFingers_Pick_16th_100-130
MutedFiffs_Strum_16th_80-130
PowerStrums_Strum_16th_100-140
RockFunk_Strum_16th_110-125
Rock Slow
California_Pick_16th_70-90
SoftBallad_Strum_16th_80-100
Rock'n'Roll
Rock&Roll 1_Strum_16th_110-160
Rock&Roll 2_Strum_8th_150-190
Rockabilly_Pick_8T_120-180
Rockabilly_Strum_8T_120-180
World
3'4_Flamenco_Pick_16T_60-90
4'4_Flamenco_Pick_16T_60-90
4'4_Flamenco_Strum_16T_60-90
CountryFast_Strum_8th_160-300
FolkPop_BsChrd_16th_80-130
FolkPop_Pick_16th_80-130
FolkPop_Strum_16th_80-130