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43.6Do not count 1 through 9 forever
Your progression should be:
Stage 1: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.
Stage 2: 2+2+2+3.
Stage 3: short-short-short-long.
Stage 4: hear the whole bar as one gesture.
As with 5/4, counting is scaffolding.