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By feel, I can without language or counting, play mostly X . . X . . X . . . X . X . . . and every so often switch out for variations, eg: X . . X . . X

By feel, I can without language or counting, play mostly X . . X . . X . . . X . X . . . and every so often switch out for variations, eg: X . . X . . X . X . . . X . . . or X . . . X . . . . . X . X . . . but I'm no good for playing polyrhythms, which many other people can do, and I believe they must also do so more by feel than by counting.

wizzwizz4 2y ago
Practice a few polyrhythms, get used to things like: X . X X X . X . X X X . A . . A . . A . . A . . B . B . B . B . B . B . and: X . . X . X X X . X X . X . X X . . X . X X . . X X . X X . X . . X . X X . . X X . X . . X . . X X X X . . X X X X . . X . . X . X X . . X X . X . . X . X X . X X . . X X . X . . X X . X . X X . X X X . X . . A . . . . A . . . . A . . . . A . . . . A . . . . A . . . . A . . . . A . . . . A . . . . A . . . . A . . . . A . . . . A . . . . A . . . . A . . . . A . . . . A . . . . A . . . . A . . . . A . . . . A . . . . B . . . . . . B . . . . . . B . . . . . . B . . . . . . B . . . . . . B . . . . . . B . . . . . . B . . . . . . B . . . . . . B . . . . . . B . . . . . . B . . . . . . B . . . . . . B . . . . . . B . . . . . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . C . . Learn to do them with one limb (or finger) per line, and also with all the lines on the same limb (or finger). And then suddenly, they'll start to feel intuitive, and you'll be able to do them by feel. (It's a bit like scales.)