Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

So in the videos B6 and B7 Mr. Fujita talks about strumming in 16th notes. I don't understand how I can strum like how he does without counting 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a very fast and he doesn't even mention counting the strums. How can I "feel" the right timing and strums? Another thing I didn't understand was when he was drumming with his knees.

I'm sure others will have advice. :)

I learned 16th note rhythms by slowing way down. Absurdly slow. Slower than the metronome can even go, and saying "1 e & a 2 e & a...etc" out loud while doing muted strumming. Then after some weeks, I added a metronome at 30 bpm with 16th note clicks, and incrementally increased the speed.

Now that the basics of the motions are in my body, I have free mental space to listen for the beat and feel the music.

I once had a teacher that had me play 16th notes in the patter on saying "good and plenty good and plenty" or to mix up the emphasis use other words like "bubble gum bubble gum" and "gobstopper, gobstopper" the good and plenty is giving equal strokes like the 1e&a emphasizing the 1 or the "good" with a stronger downbeat while the "and plenty" or the e&a is a little softer. the bubble gum is like 1e& resting on the a, and gobstopper is playing 1_&a resting on the e. I hope that makes sense. But i found saying these phrases or words helped me to get different rhythms right

Here is Tomo's comment:

"Thanks so much for subscribing to my Guitar Wisdom. I recommend that you go to 8th notes tapping examples in the lessons, and listen for the accents. When you understand these examples, the 16th notes will be much less difficult."

Hi Friends, Strumming pattern:
1 2&3 4&5 6&&7

Thank you Stanislav K for sharing!