One of the things I will forever take away from my guitar mentor is that if you are tapping your feet to count, you are doing it wrong. "Counting" is simply a

One of the things I will forever take away from my guitar mentor is that if you are tapping your feet to count, you are doing it wrong. "Counting" is simply a symptom of incorrect focus. What part of you is doing the counting, while the other part is playing? I am not a super powerful polyrhythmic-capable person or anything, but I do appreciate in my playing how there is a really distinct difference between the counting I do in everyday life to the the particular consciousness I have of my position in a measure.. Its hard explain, and I don't doubt there are many musicians way more talented than me that truly "count" each measure. But either way, I can definitely understand how both of these things can be true.