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Rhythm Lab

Beta

Practice grooves

Settings

Rows

Chords & slashes (lead sheet) String markers (bass string + string group) My count system Tab (Guitar Pro files) Traditional notation

Traditional sits

Slashes

Chords as

Key

Look

Strum marks

Counted, not played

Ink

Counting font

Helvetica Neue Condensed only shows on a Mac. Barlow Condensed is the free web stand-in.

Bars per line

Size Playhead line

Counting

System

Beat number on the first syllable

# stands for the beat number. % stands for the eighth-note number in 6/8, 9/8 and 12/8 (1 2 3 4 5 6). Edit any row to make your own set.

Grouping (cross-rhythm)

Groups

Syllables (one group per | ) Pattern restarts Show beat numbers

The counting words run in groups across the beats (e.g. ta ki gi na ton over 16ths) and restart on each group, with an accent on every group start. Mix sizes for Karnatic phrases, e.g. 7 3 7.

Voice · instructor

Only you see this. Students get Voice on/off, Voice counts and the three faders in the mixer.

Take bank

Humanize 40

Timing feel

Phrase breathing

Take bank, humanize, feel and breathing apply to every student, here and in Fretboard Lab Exercises.

Voice starts off for this rhythm Count for this rhythm Rest-bar flip Voice counts

Count, Rest-bar flip and Voice counts are this rhythm’s defaults for students (Save the rhythm to keep them). Voice counts Auto = the student’s own choice, or Played only when drums play under the rhythm. Students can change all three for themselves in Sound & mix.

What the Lab is choosing

Press Play.

White = Accent take, blue = Soft. Name: kit · source · syllable · take BPM · voice · variation, then the humanize nudge.

Voice kit

Kit Sprite Map

From scripts/build-voice-kit.py: voice-<kit>-v1.mp3 and .json. Drums: drums-v<n>.mp3 and .json from scripts/build-drum-kit.py. Replacing a kit bumps its version.

Make your own

New rhythm

Meter Counting in Bars

Change any beat's division and the counting words afterwards (Edit and Counting).

Edit

Edit mode

Click a note to add or remove it. Click a beat's beam to select the beat.

Division

Apply to

Chord here Bass string String group

Bass string and string group show under the chord (e.g. ⑥ + ②③④) and are set with Set.

Bar time

Pick a tool next to Play. ± Notes adds or removes notes. Accent cycles a note: accent → soft → normal. Strum cycles down, up, hidden, auto. Beat selects a beat for the settings below.

Save rhythm

Name Folder

Level

Saves the rhythm with its counting set, in this browser only (under your own folders in the Library).

Import Guitar Pro

Drop a .gp file here or choose one
Rhythm and chord names are read from the first track Track

Rhythm Lab

Tempo 120

Groove Click Accent Normal Soft Subdivision Count Rest bars 1 2 3 e & a Guitar Add audio track Track Beat 1 at s

Rhythmic Foundations

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