If you’ve learned all the notes to “Can’t Stop” but it still doesn’t groove, the missing piece isn’t your fretting hand—it’s your internal clock. In this video I break down what a lot of tutorials skip: actually training the groove behind John Frusciante’s feel. The big idea is constant 16th-note motion in the right hand. I’m not thinking “1 e and uh” while I play, but I am aware that the accents in the riff live on specific subdivisions—and my hand is still moving through all of them. I also talk about how I tend to pick all the strings for that real rhythmic attack, and then control what rings by lifting fingers to mute. From there we train time the way the band does it—because on the record you can hear Flea and Chad locking into the same pattern. I show how to practice with a metronome: start with quarter notes, then just the bass notes, then move the click to the backbeat (2 and 4), and finally do the “ultimate test” by keeping only beat 1 so you’re forced to rely on your internal timing. That’s how you stop rushing/dragging and start making the click disappear.