Rock#
16 grooves. Pick one with groove: rock (or another name below) in the song or a section.
| Groove | Amp | Swing | Bass | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
rock |
high 🎧 | 0 | eighths | eighth-note power chords with palm mute, distorted amp, double-tracked guitars |
rock/strum |
crunch 🎧 | 0 | eighths | open chords D . D U . U D U, crunch, double-tracked guitars |
rock/drive |
crunch 🎧 | 0 | eighths | eighth-note downstrokes, full chords (punk/drive) |
rock/ballad |
clean | 0 | slow | long chords and light strums, half-time drums |
rock/halftime |
high 🎧 | 0 | slow | heavy half-time, long power chords and snare on 3 |
rock/gallop |
high 🎧 | 0 | eighths | gallop (eighth + two sixteenths) in palm mute, classic heavy metal style |
rock/pop |
crunch 🎧 | 0 | eighths | sixteenth-note strums D D DU DU, light crunch |
rock/shuffle |
crunch 🎧 | 1 | walk | distorted boogie shuffle in palm mute (ZZ Top / Status Quo style) |
rock/punk |
high 🎧 | 0 | eighths | eighth-note all-downstroke power chords, offbeat drums at full speed |
rock/diddley |
twang 🔁 | 0 | dotted | 3-2 clave on the toms and chords on the clave |
rock/glam |
crunch 🎧 | 0 | quarters | quarter-note power chords and heavy kick/toms ('70s) |
rock/chug |
high 🎧 | 0 | eighths | sixteenth-note palm-muted chug, accent on one (hard rock / metal) |
rock/arena |
crunch 🎧 | 0 | dotted | open 3-3-2 chords left ringing, ride and big kick |
rock/grunge |
high 🎧 | 0 | eighths | syncopated power chords, dirty open hi-hat |
rock/surf |
twang 🔁 | 0 | eighths | sixteenth-note tremolo picking on the root, ride and toms (Misirlou style) |
rock/southern |
crunch 🎧 | 0.35 | rootfifth | open chords D . D U D U D u with a touch of swing |