Why do musicians often count to four before starting to play? What’s significant about the number four?

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Why do musicians often count to four before starting to play? What’s significant about the number four?

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In simple terms. – A lot of Western music is in 4/4 time signature. The count to 4 is there so everyone knows that when you get back to the ‘1’ is when you all need to start playing.