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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Are you able to have random conversations with people without planning? Its the same. Us musicians play like we speak… notes are like words. We know how to use them together and in sequence to speak to and with eachother… you listen to the rythm and the key and watch the other artist for physical cues that changes are coming and there you have it. Music.

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