Counting while playing

[randomthought9]

I have a decent sense of rhythm, but I never really counted while I played, and I think I need to start. Whenever there's an empty bar or something, I get lost, so I'm trying to count while I play, but when I do that, I focus on the rhythm and counting too much and screw up the song, and if I focus on the song, I screw up the rhythm. Any tips? I'm thinking just practice to a metronome, but I just was wondering what you guys thought.

[BassMan182]

i'm thinking the same. by playing a metronome, you're training yourself without the struggle of having to actually count, so it will probably work out better anyway.

[ebv-dave]

don't try to count as such, try maybe just tapping your foot to the rhythm, it keeps you in time, then count through empty bars whilst tapping your foot.

[Noyana]

Practice.

I found that when i tried to play piano and sing at the same time, the quality of both would comprimise... but as i worked at it, it got easier.

same thing with counting and playing.

:wave: good luck