The author accepts that many concepts have been greatly simplified in the interest of clarity. For more detail, please consult resources listed elsewhere in this site. That is a matter of opinion, musicologists included. Some would argue that you would be dancing salsa, others would not. W hat is regarded as salsa music would seem to satisfy loosely , a number of criteria.
Salsa is played in common time, that is four beats in every bar.
The music is played in two bar phrases , thereby forming an eight-count . The chachach rhythm is quite common, but is by no means the only one . The double tap is part of the signature rhythm of the chachach that lends the rhythm its name. A nother give-away is the speed at which the music is played. That s like asking how long a piece of string is.