Originally Posted by Zack

For example, a common rhythmic cycle, or compas in Flamenco, is arranged as follows:
(Underlined are the accented beats. Underlined Bold is a very accented beat.)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

But it's confusingly counted like this(For valid reasons, pertaining to other song forms' rhythms.)

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 1 2