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Interestingly, I feel like I can "feel" small numbers (up to 4 or 5) easier than than thinking about them as objects in a language.

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082349872349872|1 year ago

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 . . .

  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|1 year 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.)

youoy|1 year ago

It's a well known phenomenon! I will drop this link here in case you are not familiar with it:

https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-a-big-difference-in-how-...