I used to play rhythm guitar doing old time fiddle tunes with a fiddler and a claw-hammer banjo player.I have always tried to play rock steady rhythm guitar to provide he beat for a tune.My foot tapping, however is anything but rock steady.It just sorta goes along to its own tempo.

I would often find the fiddler looking at my foot and starting to lose the tempo. I would have to remind him to not follow my foot, just listen to the music.

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