Welcome! This site offers 1200 rhythm etudes. As a a novice bassist, I use such rhythmic exercises to develop inventive response to rhythms. Needless to say, it's not just for bassists or drummers. I heard some positive response from guitar players but - as I strongly believe - any musician worth his salt should gain reasonable confidence and technique in playing rhythm patterns.

Besides listening you can also use such rhythm patterns to improve your sight-reading proficiency which is important for any practising musician.

16/16 meter is commonly used in progressive music, no matter fusion or metal. Metres like 12/16 or 28/16 are less common but you can try them anyway - just for practise's sake.

Every excercise can be listened to as a MIDI file. All tempos vary between 90 and 125 bpm. The main pattern is given by a bass drum. Hi-hat plays straight fourth notes. Hand clap denotes the first beat of each bar. MIDI-files of that kind are usable as a alternative to metronome when playing arpeggios, scales, improvised riffs and random melodies. Get concentrated on the rhythm pattern you're hearing and play anything you like. Keep on practising until you become a rhythmic robot!