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I think there are several general approaches to this. First, practice the hands separately until they are almost automatic and when they are put them together all at once, without thinking of how the 4s and 5s line up. Second, break each beat up into 20ths - figure out exactly where each note in either hand falls. Write it out. Practice beating that pattern with your two hands very slowly. Work it up to speed. Once it's comfortable, start trying to feel the 4s and 5s in the two hands separately while you are beating both together. Then do the same thing with the notes. Third, sort of a compromise. Just figure the order in which the notes in the two hands fall - L/R,L,R,L,R,L,R,L;L/R,L,R,L,R,L,R,L. Practice playing it that way, without worrying about being mathematically precise, and then gradually try to feel the 4s and 5s and clean it up that way. The first approach never works for me, but many people find it works for them.