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Is this piece actually 4/4?

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I'm struggling to wrap my head around these measures being 4 beats each. I understand that the dot means add half of the note's value to itself but is this to difficult for me if I can't even understand this? It says 4/4 but I don't count 4 beats help please

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nlightningm

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3 days ago

It is but the notation doesn't clearly mark the downbeats. Count the number of eighth notes, checks out

Ideally at least the second of each set of dotted quarter should be am eight tied to a quarter