How would I number the the top line, since the first measure is basically 1/2 of a measure, would I still put 1? The measure or 2 after the 2-4 are half measure, but two half measure make one so would I just put 5 for both combined or 5 and 6. I'm very confused here, I'd appreciate if anyone had an answer for this.
As you note, the first “measure” isn’t a whole measure — this is called an anacrusis or a pickup, and it doesn’t count as the first measure. If you have to give it a number it will be 0.
The next thing is that multi-measure rest, this counts as the first three measures 1, 2, and 3.
The fourth measure starts with a minim/half rests. But, the repeat sign doesn’t coincide with where a bar line would normally occur, so the first two notes of the solo are also in measure 4.
A similar thing happens an the end of the first repeated section. The repeated sections ends with the first half of measure 12, and the second half comes afterwards.
Rehearsal mark A is at the start of measure 13.
NB: The piece runs off the side of the image, so I had to guess about how many measures are off-screen.
