Counting salsa: the 1, On1 and On2

1.Counting salsa in 8

Salsa dancers count the music in groups of 8 beats: 1, 2, 3, (4), 5, 6, 7, (8). The basic step has six steps in those 8 beats, with a pause on two of them.

Your weight changes on every step. Three steps, a pause, three steps, a pause.