Hive account@felander I'd recommend you to listen to Bachata and Salsa playlists on YouTube. Something like this:


And try and pick out each individual instrument one by one. Bachata and Salsa have a different combination of instruments, so when you've listened to many Salsa/Bachata songs and picked out the individual instruments, you know which ones are typical for each type of dance.
This then also helps you with the rhythm, because when you can pick out individual instruments, you can easily hear the beat of each of them (eg. the clave in Salsa with a 2-3-5-6,5-8 beat). That way you can find the 1 on which to start. Just like finding a needle in a haystack; Separate the stack into much smaller stacks, otherwise it's way too overwhelming. Hope that helps ;)