For example: we had some guests over while my dad was playing guitar, one of the guests just picked up a spare guitar and started playing with him.
Or [that one video of the two sax players.](https://youtu.be/1_9IMZcbKHQ)
They hadn’t spoke before and they just started making music with each other.
I’m sorry I’m not very good at describing it but how can a musician just start a duet without talking. It seems like magic.
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As a musician, the easiest way I can explain it is like tossing a ball. It’s easy to just a toss a ball to yourself (just like it’s easy to pick up your instrument and play) but when someone else joins in there is an immediate level of companionship and (nonverbal) communication involved.
The song will have a definite key (a key just dictates which notes are played and which notes do not get played to make a good sound) and tempo (basically the speed of the music playing). With those two things set, any experiences musician has everything they need to just play along with somebody.
And more specifically what they’re playing, assuming there’s two musicians, one would most likely be playing rhythm and would would be playing lead. Imagine the rhythm as just playing chords, a constant to exist as the foundation. And the lead is the main melody (like lead vocals or a guitar solo).
Hope that helped at all 🙂
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