How can musicians meet up and start “jamming” with little to no pre planning

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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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Some people in this thread are talking about knowing the same music, or playing in the same key. These can help and deffo make a better player, but there is another way.

I dont know how to play in key, I only know a few chords and I certainly couldnt use this knowledge to play anything complex with anyone. I have a good few friends who are exactly the same.

What me and my friends do instead is literally play around and do what sounds good.

This is two of them just making stuff up on the spot, no planning, no idea about key or chord:

[https://soundcloud.com/theunfinishedcoslaw/neil-n-keith-wee-jam-230908](https://soundcloud.com/theunfinishedcoslaw/neil-n-keith-wee-jam-230908)

Its not the best thing in the world but it just happens naturally.

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