How to Count Cha Cha Correctly?

[@120dovydas]

Just wanted to tell you that you are doing an amazing work dude. You are stellar! I love everything from the clarity of your explanations to your voice tone. Amazed.

[@ballroomwithalexey3951]

Thank you man, I appreciate it 😊✌🏻

[@joyceteo2662]

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[@makihanamura8475]

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[@이미선-v6q]

Rumba rhythm, cha cha rrhythm Ouick quick slow, slow slow quick guick You always make me up graded for dance. Thank you very much! Have a nice day!

[@ballroomwithalexey3951]

Thank you 😊 ✌🏻

[@hannahfraine3601]

How he explains and teaches it, is really easy to follow and to understand! Please follow him, if you want to learn to ballroom dancing. Really good quality and super easy to follow along!

[@ballroomwithalexey3951]

Thank you Hannah!!! Apparently it 🙏🏻😊

[@charlessmith263]

I love cha-cha. Danced a lot of cha-cha in American and International Styles. In International style, I keenly know that the strong beat is on the "2" thanks to the strong Cuban element, probably due to the mambo clave. The basic International cha-cha timing is usually "2 3 4 and 1, 2 3 4 and 1". Basic syncopated timing would be "2 and 3, 4 and 1, 2 and 3, 4 and 1" Now in dancesport and open-level cha-cha, you have to deal with a rhythmic enhancement in cha-cha known as "guapacha timing". For instance.... "(hold 2)" and 3 4 and 1 2 3 4 and 1 (hold 2) and 3 4 and 1" Such moves like the ronde chasse and hip-twist chasse can have such guapacha movements. The mantra for guapacha rhythm is you hold the first part of beat 2 but you move on the second part of the beat 2. Simply, it is "hold 2 and then move." Finally there is the extended syncopated rhythm that can throw off cha-cha dancers, known as "2 and 3 and 4 and 1, 2 and 3 and 4 and 1" - and you probably know one cha-cha advanced move that does have it is in the Syncopated Cuban Breaks. The mantra here is there is no "and" after the 1 in the Syncopated Cuban Breaks - to make things easy.

[@getdavemoore]

What a great video! I'm learning cha cha, the beat is a mystery, here's a guy getting straight to the point and explaining it well. Cheers to you!

[@wabanangkuczek5591]

Loved it!! Thank you, Alexey!

[@ballroomwithalexey3951]

So glad!

[@ajhill5181]

🤯 Absolutely love your content! So many little things that you make so beautifully clear. Mind blown. Thank you! 😊

[@gigistybr5886]

great clarification! Thank you for this theory lesson!

[@dss.dancesportstudio]

awesome that you breaking info to such a details

[@alexispurisima5515]

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[@ballroomwithalexey3951]

Yes Alexis! 😊✌🏻

[@deecole4585]

I have had people walk off the floor if did not start the Cha cha at the right time. Technically are you to start the dance on 2? That is what some dancers are saying. Above you started on the 123.. As a social dancer I just wait for that 123 in the music and add the syncopation. At 81 I am learning how to play the drums so your clarification really helped me. Thanks for clearing up the reading of notes for me.

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[@divinityharrison1054]

Thank you very much for that

[@hannahfraine3601]

Love it! Is so very helpful!! ❤

[@ballroomwithalexey3951]

I am glad it is helpful to you. 😊✌🏻I know it can be a little confusing with counts.

[@hannahfraine3601]

@@ballroomwithalexey3951 How long have you been dancing? You're amazing at it!! Thank you for doing this!

[@lindamccray9739]

As always, super helpful Alexey!! Musicality is one of my biggest challenges!!

[@ballroomwithalexey3951]

Awesome, glad to know that it was helpful for you Linda!😊✌🏻

[@hiennguyendieu2014]

Thank you so much.

[@iLetStudio]

In music world we call it "Subdivision of time Signature"

[@MyChannel-uh4nf]

This video is so helpful! Thanks so much. It is always a very big pleasure to watch your channel on KZbin or on Facebook. Also could you please make a video of "How to Count Rumba Correctly?" Thanks again.

[@ballroomwithalexey3951]

Awesome, very glad to hear that it is helpful. I will make the one on rumba in future. 👍🏻😊

[@sunstrikedancesportjymcole]

Nice job!

[@ballroomwithalexey3951]

Thanks!

[@SuccessforLifester]

Last week i attended a senior dance class and he was still using 1 2 cha cha cha 5 6 cha cha cha

[@johninvirginia7779]

"La Engañadora" by Enrique Jorrín was the first ChaChaCha

[@ballroomwithalexey3951]

Yes exactly!!!👍🏻😊

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[@ballroomwithalexey3951]

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[@jennychantratita471]

Hi Alexey! That was a great and informative video. When dancing the Cha Cha, the one and three beats are emphasised, right? I know that this means that we have to hold the beat/elongate on the one and the three. I understand this in principle and can do this without music. However, when trying to hold the one and three when dancing to Cha Cha music, I always go off time. Do you have any tips that can help? :) Looking forward to seeing more videos!

[@ballroomwithalexey3951]

Hi Jenny, you absolutely right! Counts 1 and 3 are stronger counts. So when you dance you need to accent or highlight them, make them more powerful, but not really hold them.

[@jennychantratita471]

@@ballroomwithalexey3951 Thank you so much! This makes sense :)

[@refilweramakhale1330]

Do you only teach Latin and ballroom ?🤔

[@musicalflow_skillslab]

I love your technique videos, Alexey, and I also "liked" this one! But what you say here is highly misleading, if I don't use the word "wrong". The presented rhythms are not _The Cha Cha_ or _The Rumba_ , they are just example rhythms that you can use in your Cha Cha or Rumba dancing (and not only there), among many many others, simpler and more complex ones. I mean you don't really want to make me think that when I'm doing like the Cuban Breaks, then I'm not dancing Cha Cha, because the element has a different rhythm and so it's not Cha Cha anymore... (I did it in competition, the judges said it's ok, so I'm kind of right, I suppose ;-) )

[@ballroomwithalexey3951]

Hi there. I thank you for your concern, but this video is not about explaining all possible rhythms in Cha Cha. It’s about one, main, basic rhythm. Specifically for those who struggle understanding and counting it. You cannot complicated it if you don’t know foundation. So this video is foundation of cha cha rhythm 😊✌🏻

[@musicalflow_skillslab]

@@ballroomwithalexey3951 Thanks for your answer! I know you don't know me, so it's understandable that you think that I don't know what your video is about. Well, there is another main, even more basic Cha Cha rhythm - 1234, dancing just to the beat (yes, this is actually a rhythm and for fact, the judges say it's ok!). Everyone will struggle with anything more complicated if they don't know that, so yes I'm totally with you that it is important to know the foundation! I see that if people know how to dance 1234, then they have no problem at all putting "&"s anywhere they want to put them or are requested to put them in order to pass a test. So which foundation you take may seem to be important for what you want to achieve.

[@refilweramakhale1330]

Do you do online classes?😁

[@ballroomwithalexey3951]

Yes, send me an email if you are interested. [e-mail] 😀

[@bejingmao]

if you listen to the music at all, why would you cha-cha-cha with your feet (or some other part of your body) to a rhythm that was not in the music? Cuban Cha-cha invariably sounds 1 2 3 cha-cha-cha. BUT in a lot of american pop cha-cha music you hear 12 cha-cha-cha. Can you adapt? NO? Tough nuggies.