Thank you one and all for your detailed clarifications. The effort you all went to is greatly appreciated.

As a band leader, I feel it is vital to indicate to the other musicians that the music is to be performed in some type of group(s) of 3 x eighth notes. In my view, a 4/4 count-in for a 6/8 song just doesn't sit right, especially when this could be improved significantly.

I prefer the suggestion by several members to count it such as 1,2 123,123,123,...

Thanks again to everyone for your input.

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