How do I correct count?

[user99]

Hello,

If I have 4/4 bars like this. How do I correct count?

I use my foot to beat the quarter on 1, 2, 3, 4

Do you count this:



1-2, 3, +, 4   /   1, e, +a, 3, 4
or
1+2+, 3, +, 4+   / 1, e, +a, 3+, 4+

to explain what I want to ask is: Do you count the quater notes 1+, 2+, 3+, 4+ or simply 1, 2, 3, 4 if the bars are combinated with quarters, half notes, 8th notes, and so on.

Thanks for your help.

[dima_76557]

Here is an online resource where you can enter the note values, see how the counting is done and hear the results: https://www.philtulga.com/counter.html
Just scroll down the page and you will see the player.

[timothy42b]

It would depend on if I were playing or teaching.  Playing I might not count something this straightforward, but with one of my groups I would subdivide it:

1-ee-and-uh-2-ee-and-uh 3 and 4
1-ee-AND, 2 3, 4. 

Subdivision is the key to precision, and doing it in the first measure helps you start the second measure fast enough.

Also, when I count out loud for students I usually clap along.