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 of the skills needed you already have, like keeping beat and recognising when phrases and sections end.
Then there’s matching the current chords. If you can figure out what repeating chord sequence they’re playing, then you can figure out/already know the notes that fit harmonically. Then you just put them together. A lot of time you can just put pretty much any notes in, as long as you understand what groups of notes fit.
Like in the video, one guy was playing the more bassy ‘foundation’ while the other guy was playing a higher melody and following along.
Alot of it just comes without thinking once you’ve just played enough. You ‘remember’ where your fingers can go next just because you’ve played them enough in sequence. With enough practice, some sequences just ‘feel’ right.
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