Guapacha

Guapacha timing is an alternative rhythm of various basic cha-cha steps that are normally counted “<1>, 2, 3, cha-cha-1” whereas “cha-cha-1” is counted musically “4-&-1”. In Guapacha, the step that normally occurs on count “2” is delayed an extra half-beat, to the “&” of 2, making the new count “<1>, <hold>-&-3, 4-&-1”.

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