This is an eighth note. It gets half a count. There are eight eighth notes in one bar of * time.
When eighth notes are joined together, their tails are replaced by one beam.
This is a whole note cake. How many quarter note pieces fit in a whole note cake?
This is the same whole note cake. How many eighth notes fit in one piece of quarter notes?
Put your own right hand fingerings and counts above and under this piece before you play it. Also clap and count through the whole piece before playing.