You normally count in dotted quarter notes, which would be two beats per bar.
So counting in eighth notes (up to 6), you would count a beat on the 1 and the 4.
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Some one please answer it! Those two numbers are the "time signature." The top number indicates how many beats are in a measure, and the bottom number indicates what note equals one beat. For example, in 3/4 time there are three beats per measure and a quarter note equals one beat. In 6/8 time, there are six beats per measure and an eighth note is one beat.
Most of the time it has four, but technically the whole note is as long as the entire (whole) measure. Since 4/4 is the most common time signature the whole note usually equals 4 beats but in say, 6/4, the whole note equals 6 beats.
It depends what the time signature is; if the time signature is 4/4 then a note worth half a beat would be an eighth-note. If the time signature is in say 6/8, then half a beat would be a sixteenth-note. Usually music is in quarter beats, so most probably an eighth-note for you.
The beat of music is the pulse of it; it is the rhythm to which you tap your foot or clap your hands. All music has a meter--it can be in two, four, eight, three, six, or even one. This meter creates the beat of a piece.
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