In music, counting is very important. Counting reflects your performance as a musician. In a quartet, orchestra, band, jazz solo or chamber music group counting music is very important. In music, musicians always count the downbeat ( 1-e-and-a-2-e etc.). Time signatures like 3/4 are usually counted as 1,2,3 (repeat). For compound meter signatures like 6/8 are counted as “1 and a 2 and a”. The counting style depends purely on the time signature.
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