Sometimes the pattern you hear in a song is not in any book. The builder lets you draw it yourself. Pick a time signature (4/4, 3/4, 2/4, 6/8 or 12/8), a grid of eighth notes, sixteenths or triplets, and one or two bars, then paint the slots with a brush: strum, accent, chuck, palm mute, short (choked) strum, bass note, second bass note, flip direction, or rest.
Strums automatically point the way a strumming hand moves: down on the beat and on the “and”, up in between. That keeps your pattern playable, just as a teacher would write it. Flip a stroke if you really want to go against the motion, for example for the all-downstroke chug of punk.
Press play to hear it strummed with real chords on your chosen guitar sound, with the arrows lighting up and the strumming hand moving in time. Slow it down, add swing, choose any chord progression, and turn the click and count-in on or off.
Your pattern lives in the page’s link, so sharing the link shares the pattern exactly. You can also name it, save it as a preset, or export it as audio, a MIDI file, an image to post or a printable sheet with the count and arrows. Start from any of the 160 library patterns, or tap Surprise me for a fresh idea.