Practicing rhythm / groove / counting

[Gio]

If you search for “counting” in the forum you’ll find a good batch of threads.
I like this one where I chimed in pretty much the same thing I’d say here.

I like the singing/get-it-in-your-body approach.

Counting while playing?

It is hard to exactly grasp what you are particularly challenged by (and, by the way, it is hard for most of us, but gets better with practice (as so many things)), but I still would think that using a metronome and tapping your foot along the metronome and then clapping (no instrument yet) various rhythms or rhythmical figures along to your steady tapping is the way forward. However, you probably need to start slow and easy to get your body into it (and your mind to start doing mentally what y…