I recently started taking lessons and my teacher wants me to count beats rather than just feel the beat.

At first I didn't mind this, as the exercises we were working on were pretty simple. But as the lessons get more complex, I find that counting is neutral at best and distracting at worst. I don't feel like counting is helping me keep time, but I'm spending a lot of mental energy and focus doing it, and sometimes it's getting in the way of actually playing melodies.

My teacher has said...

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