My bad.. It's a 'double negative'. Thanks for clarifying.Seems you may be misquoting mashwack. Rather than "not feeling the main pulse" (not feeling the main pulse), mashwack wrote, "can't NOT feel where the main pulse is". Which I take to mean the pulse is so thoroughly in you due to your practicing that it is automatic, you always feel the main pulse.
Yes, that's been my goal - feeling the durarion of different types of notes appropriately, as i often struggle with syncopated stuff. Got it. Thanks.Count the beat right after the hits-- 1e& 2, 1 a2. It feels wrong because those are long notes, but you won't be losing track of the beat. Do that for awhile, then you can drop counting the 2.