After a morning of giving piano lessons, I find myself counting rhythms out loud in my head for the rest of the day (1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and). Learning to play the correct rhythm is critical to being able to play the piano well. And thinking the rhythm in your head just doesn't cut it--especially for beginning pianists.
Even experienced pianists resort to counting the rhythm out loud for a tricky section of music.
Counting the rhythm out loud is also important when sight reading or when playing a piece for the first time. By doing so, the pianist can come much closer to what the piece was intended to sound like! He or she will avoid being tripped up by a complicated, or even a simple, rhythm just by counting out loud.
Before playing any piece of music, the wise pianist will always check the key signature (how many flats and sharps?) and the time signature.
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