Hi! This site offers 1200 rhythm etudes. Being a beginning bass player, I use such rhythmic exercises to develop inventive response to rhythms. As the matter of fact, it's not just for bassists or drummers. I heard some good feedback from guitar players but - in my view - every improviser worth his salt should gain some confidence and technique in inventing and responding to rhythmics.

Besides listening you can also use such patterns to improve your sight-reading skill which is important for every practising improviser.

16/16 meter is commonly used in contemporary music, no matter funk or metal. Metres kinda 12/16 or 28/16 are less common but just give them a try - just because it makes good practise!

Each excercise can be downloaded as a MIDI file. All tempos vary between 90 and 125 BPM. The main pattern is played by a bass drum. Hi-hat plays straight fourths. The clap stresses the first beat of each bar. MIDI-files of that kind are usable as a substitute to metronome when practising scales, arpeggios, random riffs and improvised meldies. Concentrate your ears on the rhythm pattern you're hearing and play anything you want. Practise until you become a rhythm machine!