Counting the beats of a song is the most important lesson you will ever learn in piano lessons.
No matter what instrument you choose to learn to play, you will have to learn to count the beats correctly, and OUT LOUD.

Promise yourself that no matter how silly you might feel or sound, you will always count the beats OUT LOUD whenever you learn a new song.

Even after years of playing the piano, you still have to count the beats
OUT LOUD when you first learn a song.

Raise your right hand and say: