First off, welcome, you are in the right place.
Secondly, it's not dumb to ask those questions, it would be dumb to not ask
[size=4]Don't try to run mate. What you are doing is good, nail those root notes, they are much more important than fills and flash runs. [/size]
[size=4]Once you have nailed the groove you can worry about those fills etc.[/size]