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In music
Music

Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
, counting is repeatedly adding one (counting
Counting

Counting is the mathematics action of repeatedly adding one, usually to find out how many objects there are or to set aside a desired number of objects , or for well-ordered objects, to find the ordinal number of a particular object, or to find the object with a particular ordinal number....
), or multiples
Multiple (mathematics)

In mathematics, a multiple of an integer is the Multiplication of that integer with another integer. In other words, for integer , is a multiple of iff for some integer ....
 of some other number
Number

A number is a mathematical object used in counting and measurement. A notational symbol which represents a number is called a Numeral system, but in common usage the word number is used for both the abstract object and the symbol, as well as for the numeral for the number....
, so as to assist with the performance
Performance

A performance, in performing arts, generally comprises an event in which one group of people behave in a particular way for another group of people ....
 or audition
Hearing (sense)

Hearing is one of the traditional five senses. It is the ability to perceive sound by detecting vibrations via an organ such as the ear. The inability to hear is called deafness....
 of music. Counting is most commonly used with rhythm
Rhythm

Rhythm is the variation of the length and accentuation of a series of sounds or other events....
 and form and often involves subdivision.

The method involving numbers may termed count chant, "to identity it as a unique instructional process."

Triple meter, such as 3/4, is often counted 1 2 3, while compound meter, such as 6/8, is often counted in two and subdivided 1 & a 2 & a.






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In music
Music

Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
, counting is repeatedly adding one (counting
Counting

Counting is the mathematics action of repeatedly adding one, usually to find out how many objects there are or to set aside a desired number of objects , or for well-ordered objects, to find the ordinal number of a particular object, or to find the object with a particular ordinal number....
), or multiples
Multiple (mathematics)

In mathematics, a multiple of an integer is the Multiplication of that integer with another integer. In other words, for integer , is a multiple of iff for some integer ....
 of some other number
Number

A number is a mathematical object used in counting and measurement. A notational symbol which represents a number is called a Numeral system, but in common usage the word number is used for both the abstract object and the symbol, as well as for the numeral for the number....
, so as to assist with the performance
Performance

A performance, in performing arts, generally comprises an event in which one group of people behave in a particular way for another group of people ....
 or audition
Hearing (sense)

Hearing is one of the traditional five senses. It is the ability to perceive sound by detecting vibrations via an organ such as the ear. The inability to hear is called deafness....
 of music. Counting is most commonly used with rhythm
Rhythm

Rhythm is the variation of the length and accentuation of a series of sounds or other events....
 and form and often involves subdivision.

The method involving numbers may termed count chant, "to identity it as a unique instructional process."

Triple meter, such as 3/4, is often counted 1 2 3, while compound meter, such as 6/8, is often counted in two and subdivided 1 & a 2 & a. For each subdivision employed a new syllable is used. For example, sixteenth notes in 4/4 are counted 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a, using numbers for the quarter note, "&" for the eight note, and "e" and "a" for the sixteenth note level.

Rather than numbers, nonsense syllables or a random word may be assigned to a rhythm such that a triplet
Tuplet

In music a tuplet is any consecutive group of notes with an individual note value more or less than half as long as the next larger note value. This is usually indicated with a horizontal bracket with a number over a tuplet indicating how many notes of the same altered value are to be performed....
 subdivision is often counted "trip-le-it". The Kodály Method
Kodály Method

The Kod?ly Method, which is also referred to in practice as the Kod?ly Concept, is an approach to music education which was developed in Hungary during the mid-twentieth century....
 uses "Ta" for quarter note
Quarter note

A quarter note or crotchet is a note played for one quarter of the duration of a whole note . Quarter notes are notated with a filled-in oval note head and a straight, flagless stem ....
s and "Ti-Ti" for eighth note
Eighth note

An eighth note or a quaver is a Music note played for one eighth the duration of a whole note, hence the name.Eighth notes are notated with an oval, filled-in note head and a straight note stem with one flag ....
s. In some approaches, "rote-before-note", the fractional definitions of notes are not taught to children until after they are able to perform syllable or phrase based versions of these rhythms.

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