Eli5 – Why does music come in bars of four instead of 5/10?

Question

Recently I’ve been attending a lot of gym classes and the counts are always 4, 8, 16 etc. It made me wonder why music is set out this way and not in 5’s and 10’s like I would expect. Or am I missing something obvious?

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Answer 1

Its also a big thing especially in english cultures. As English is often spoken in roughly 4:4. Weird to think about but typically true.